Politics

The First Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Has Been Formed

NYPD Officers Arrest Black Mail Carrier While Delivering Packages

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Makes His Pick For Chicago Police Superintendent

Austin Police Fires Officer Who Shot Naked, Unarmed Black Teen

Flint Water Crisis Aftermath: How The Blame Game Backfires

Milwaukee Coalition Advocates For Triple Homicide To Be Labeled a Hate Crime

Couple Forced To Undergo ‘Spelling Test’ To Vote In North Carolina Primary

Cuba: Our Controversial Ally in Blackness

Watch Dorothy Roberts Explain Why Race-Based Medicine Doesn’t Work

Nixon Aide Admits The ‘War On Drugs’ Was Designed To Target Black People

Obama Becomes First U.S. President To Visit Cuba In 88 Years

President Obama Is The First President to Speak at SXSW

Michigan Approves Nearly $50 Million For Detroit Public Schools

Melissa Harris-Perry Spills The Tea On Her Split From MSNBC

Chicago Police Says ‘Typical f—ing ni–ers’ Over Radio And Other Bigotry

Anita Alvarez Concedes Cook County State’s Attorney Race to Kim Foxx

Chicago Denied Donald Trump, Maybe Now Voters Will Too

Kerry, Viola, and Shonda Say They’re ‘With Hillary’ In New Campaign Ad

President Obama Holds Republican Roast Session During Speech

Obama Cuts Funding for Christian-Based Abstinence Sex-Ed Program

Trump Found A Loophole To Silence Protest

Michelle Obama Makes Surprise Visits To Elementary Schools In D.C.

Nine Republicans Vote ‘No’ to Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou

Clinton Tells Young Black Woman “Well, why don’t you go run for something, then?”

Gunman Targets Office Of Black Woman Running For Sheriff in Texas

30 Black Students Ejected From Donald Trump Rally in Valdosta, Georgia

#ThouCrushThursday celebrates desire beyond the gender binary

Did We Do Enough To Save Chicago State University? Not At All.

It Matters That Melissa Harris-Perry Won’t Be On MSNBC

SUNY Albany Students To Be Charged After Investigation of Bus Altercation

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