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Jordan Peele buys out theater to support ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ fanning more ‘Get Out’ comparisons

Remains of 95 Black “convict lease laborers” who were basically post-Civil War slaves found in Texas

Metro Nashville City Council votes to prohibit investments in private prisons

The 2018 Black Muslim Psychology Conference is coming to Philadelphia!

Shuri returns to the throne in her own Marvel comic by Nnedi Okorafor

Cornel West sparks spirited discussion about democracy at Dartmouth on 25th anniversary of ‘Race Matters’

‘Little Apple’ web series follows Black girl superhero fighting against racism in Harlem

I am an organizer and sometimes my PTSD makes Black Liberation feel impossible

Social media calls out France’s racism, islamophobia after 2018 World Cup win

Chicago erupts in protest following the shooting of a Black man by Chicago PD

Comic: Revolution means nothing if it doesn’t include Black women and Black queer folks

Poet Simone John talks her book ‘Testify’ and Sandra Bland’s legacy on the anniversary of her death in AAIHS interview

Tens of thousands protest Trump visit in London

The NFL Player’s Association officially challenges league’s anthem policy with grievance

‘Pose’ actress Indya Moore to star in, executive produce Frankenstein retelling ‘Magic Hour’

Calls to #AbolishICE are counterproductive unless they are also a call to #AbolishPolice

Black nerds unite: Blerd City Con is coming to New York!

Disgraced Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, but his replacement could be just as bad for the environment

Meet the Black immigrant woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest I.C.E.

NYC performer welcomes a world without anti-Blackness in “immersive abolitionist fairy-tale,” ‘Neptune’

Wakanda wins the World Cup! Artist designs incredible jerseys for the fictional ‘Black Panther’ country

Leftist who promised to take on corruption and the establishment wins Mexico presidency in a landslide

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions hires Black queer scholar to ensure better representation

Thousands gathered across the country this weekend to protest Trump’s immigration policies

9 protestors arrested at Portland ICE facility as immigration protests spread nationwide

New study shows that focus on appearance creates big barriers for Black women in sports

Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upsets high-ranking official in NY primary. What’s next?

Rwandan publishing house Imagine We is cultivating African storytelling for global readers

“Jogger Joe” destroying a houseless Black man’s belongings is a natural part of Oakland’s gentrification

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of restaurant, Maxine Waters says, “Good!”

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