Race

Black man in Georgia denied ‘stand your ground’ defense in murder trial

D.C. councilman calls out police for handcuffing Black teens who sold water

Ohio State football recruit Tyreke Smith wore the most pro-Black shirt ever on his visit

How Trump’s anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-LGBTQ administration affects marginalized people

Stop hoping “the shooter” isn’t Black.

It’s even harder to watch ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ when you know Black women’s history

First ‘Black Panther’ trailer drops in epic blackness glory

Black high school student Aina Adewunmi speaks out after seeing picture of herself being lynched

White Starbucks customer calls Black customer ‘slave’ and punches pedestrian

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

Las Vegas police officer Kenneth Lopera arrested for choking unarmed Black man to death

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

Black church received $2,000 donation and apology letter from a reformed “terrible racist”

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

Keep your white friends and partners away from Black Pride events

Texas police chief on administrative leave after arresting Miss Black Texas USA

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

Racist flyers posted in Chicago encourage Black people to deport Latinx residents

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

Black-owned construction company, WT Stevens, gets contract to replace pipes in Flint

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

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

Black students given detention for wearing box braids

JetBlue kicks Black family off plane because of birthday cake

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

99% of students arrested in New York public schools are Black and Latinx

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

Why The #BlackAndTraveling Movement Must Confront Its Classism

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