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I don’t want as many “chances” to f*ck up as Kanye

Comic: Stop stealing from Black women

Iconic Black men are falling from grace. Good.

We let Kanye get away with being Kanye for too long

Waffle House, Starbucks, and the unalterable anti-Black, patriarchal violence of newsworthiness

Janelle Monáe’s ‘Pynk’ subtly acknowledges the existence of trans bodies, but we deserve more than that

Stop misusing “people of color” to erase issues specific to Black people

The tragedy and hilarity of Iyanla Vanzant’s ‘Fix My Life’ antics with Hazel-E

Weed legalization highlights how progressive policies deceptively re-entrench anti-Black dynamics

A brief history of reactionary white violence in America

The bittersweetness in Junot Diaz’s #MeToo moment and how men traumatize women on their way to healing

“Thinking Blackly”: State violence, U.S. law, and legal death dealing

A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

UCPD’s shooting of student in mental health crisis highlights the academy’s role in police brutality

White liberals stay predicting dystopias caused by whiteness—without doing anything about it

GA officials don’t suspect foul play after finding body of missing CDC employee Timothy Cunningham

I need white people to control their guns AND their sons

Black dreams and storytelling have long been a part of the push towards Black liberation

The stories of our struggles are not for white people to consume in an effort to ‘do better’

Black Stoneman Douglas students draw attention to the intersection of race and gun policy after Parkland shooting

We need to prioritize Black girls in the conversation about police in schools

March For Our Lives and the gun control debate are leaving Black children behind

How Jay-Z & other venture capitalists are creating new problems in the name of social justice

Comic: We need to take the mental health of Black women far more seriously

“The Shape of Water” and the problem with “privilege”: Escaping oppression at the expense of destroying it

For Black girls who don’t tesser well

Black Separatists do not belong on SPLC’s list of hate groups

SXSW didn’t warn attendees about bombs targeting Black people in Austin, in case you forgot Black lives with money don’t matter either

“Use your white voice”: Why the ‘Sorry to Bother You’ trailer speaks to me

As light-skinned people, it’s our job to make space for those silenced most by colorism

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