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White people have long tried to obscure slavery as the cause of the Civil War. Donald Trump is no different.

Details of Jordan Edwards’ Police Shooting Death Change

How Jesse Williams’ divorce highlights the way white-supremacist beauty standards affect relationships

Black people not voting is logical, and vote pushers are usually anti-Black

Oprah Winfrey brings power and emotion to ‘The Immortal Henrietta Lacks’

Black men, we need to acknowledge that we are the problem. Let’s talk toxic masculinity.

For Karen Smith And Other Black Women Who Seek Freedom When The Misogynoir Is Enough

Solidarity can’t work without understanding that Blackness has a role in every struggle

Trevor Wilkins, Princeton Alum, Co-Created App That Encourages Good Grades

RedBlkGrl: The Box With Books by and For Black Girls

Why intersectional feminism needs reproductive justice approaches to HIV

What our fixation on Michelle Obama’s hair says about the space we give Black women to breathe

I still love you Janelle Monáe but you’ve got this “consider stopping having sex” thing all wrong

How a Chicago mayor’s proposal to make post-grad plans a requirement for graduating harms Black & Brown students

Why Stanford accepting the teen who wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 times on his application does little for Black lives

There’s a deeper message behind that Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad

California Wants to Repeal Felony HIV Criminalization Laws. No, That Does Not Deserve Backlash.

Rachel Dolezal, Farcical Blackness and ‘Eating the Other’

The Onus of Belonging: On Disability, Disney Princesses, and Finding My Tribe

Chance the Rapper is the Hero Chicago Students Deserve

11-Year-Old Prepares To Conduct A 75-Piece Orchestra

How femmephobia and the gender binary caused me to hate myself

Hawaiian Rep. Beth Fukumoto’s Departure from GOP Raises Questions About Millennials and the Republican Party

Rival Parents Yell ‘Go Back To Mexico’ To Fourth Grade Robotics Champs

This Cover of TIME Came and Went, but it has a Message for Our Movement

Why I’m tired of white gay men telling queer stories

8-Year-Old Writes Best Seller About Dealing With Annoying Little Brothers

Black Family Forced To Leave New Home After Burglary And Racist Graffiti

10 Reasons Donald Trump Needs To Keep His Hands Off Young People’s Health Coverage

Chance the Rapper Touches On Black Mental Health In Complex Cover Story

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