Politics

White House To Screen BET Documentary On Homophobia In Black Churches

Young Activists Disrupt Anita Alvarez Campaign Event Chanting “16 Shots!”

Chicago Mayor Goes After ‘Loosies’ Instead of Unfair Tax Policy

An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis

Former Black Panther, Albert Woodfox, Freed From Jail After 43 Years

We Should Be Happy Antonin Scalia Died

Two 911 Dispatchers Suspended After Quintonio LeGrier Murder

Queer Black Woman Park Cannon Elected to Georgia House

Student Loan Debt Is Becoming A Life Sentence In the US

12 Protesters Arrested After Blocking Traffic In Downtown Chicago

North Carolina Begins Testing Welfare Applicants For Drug Use

Released Felons Can Now Vote In The State Of Maryland

The Black Panthers Are Finally Getting Air Time

BYP100 Feature: Read the ‘Agenda to Build Black Futures’ Now

NYPD Officer Found Guilty In Death of Akai Gurley

Lincoln Park High School Students Walk Out To Protest CPS Budget Cuts

Justice Department Sues Ferguson Over Policing Issues

Black Lives Matter and Reproductive Justice Groups Come Together To Fight For Black Women’s Rights

Black Power: A Q&A With Charlene Carruthers

Austin Police Shot An Unarmed, Naked Black Teenager

Not Your Grandfather’s Black Freedom Movement: An Interview with BYP100’s Charlene Carruthers

Mic Covers Native American Tribes’ Efforts to Preserve Their Culture

The Rent In The New Cabrini Green Complex Is Ridiculous

Black Princeton Professor Arrested, Handcuffed To Table For Unpaid Parking Ticket

Howard President Suggests HBCU’s Go Tuition Free Under Obama’s Plan

Black Lives Matter To Sue Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority

University of Chicago Fraternity Racist Emails Leaked

Activist DeRay McKesson Is Officially Running For Mayor Of Baltimore

Boko Haram Responsible For Terrorist Attack, Killing at Least 65 People In Nigeria

Snoop Dogg Sits Down To Meet With Mayor Of Flint About Water Crisis

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