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Feminist triumph in action thrillers has always been for and about white women

Juneteenth and our post-emancipation fight for liberation

White feminism doesn’t know what to do with Amber Rose

1 year after Pulse, the vulnerability (and strength) of queer people of color is more apparent than ever

More Than a Token: Parting reflections on being Black at the University of Chicago

The Case of Quilombo: Black Students Fight to Stay in Brazilian Universities

Yara Shahidi is headed to Harvard this fall

When white people enter a space, anti-Blackness always does too

Chicago teens sound off on Jason Whitlock, LeBron James, and racism in America

London experiences third terrorist attack to hit UK in three months

Baltimore 7th grader wins individual chess championsip

If Black innocence never exists to the state, how can passivism and perfect victimhood save us?

Man arrested for machete stabbing while yelling racial slurs

Keep your white friends and partners away from Black Pride events

Behind Amy Schumer’s ‘Get Out’ joke: The horrible legacy of claiming the Black phallus endangers white women

What you need to know about Trump’s proposed $9 billion budget slashes to public education

Liberation is a 3-step process: Broadening activism’s scope in the wake of the Movement for Black Lives

Revolutionary Poetry for Edward Crawford

When I, a Black person, was told I didn’t know enough about another culture to have opinions on slavery

Jeff Sessions is working to undo the work of anti-prison activists

Reading came first: how I journeyed from hotep to Black queer feminist

Chicago man charged after punching Black woman security guard, Zoa Stigler, on camera

I’ll still complain about politics even when I don’t vote – fight me.

Yes, Black liberals commodify Black Lives Matter too and it’s a major problem

Miley Cyrus finally announces the end of her minstrel show, proving once and for all the violence of appropriation

Boko Haram Frees 82 Schoolgirls From 2014 Capture

Why seeing the murder of Ashanti Hunter as anti-Black violence does not distract us from fighting for Black men and boys

What you need to know about Chicago’s ‘gang database’ and the lawsuit from local activists

Why The #BlackAndTraveling Movement Must Confront Its Classism

The forgotten collateral of exhuming the Black dead through art

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