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In a recent interview with Democracy Now!, Morehouse professor and television host Marc Lamont Hill explained why most of the solutions to ending police brutality won’t work. According to Hill, this isn’t just an issue of policy, it is an issue of white supremacy.

The senseless murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile this week have drawn increased attention to the ways that police officers interact with people of color, specifically Black men. This video from StoryCorps highlights the ways that popular ideas about being “post-racial” or not “seeing” race at all don’t actually fix these issues. Instead, it […]

Who is allowed to have a gun in the United States? After the House of Representatives’ problematic proposed gun control measures and the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile this week, the answers are becoming clear: people of color are not allowed the right to bear arms.

There have been varied reactions to the footage of both Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old man who was shot and killed while police had him pinned down to the ground in Lousiana, and Philando Castile, a 32-year-old man who was shot four times in the chest at a routine traffic stop. One Ohio  police officer named […]

Black women in the limelight are not only scrutinzed by onlookers and consumers. They are often devalued, hypersexualized, and fetishized in ways that render them mere objects.

Laughter and pain have always had an intimate, almost symbiotic relationship. So it’s fully appropriate for writer, producer and activist Agunda Okeyo to explore that relationship when it comes to the pain that black people encounter through her stand-up comedy showcase. 

[Warning: This post contains graphic content.] Alton Sterling, 37, was shot by Baton Rouge, LA police officers outside of a convenience store he was selling music in front of early Tuesday morning. Video taken by witnesses show Sterling being  stunned and thrashed around by officers, pinned to the ground and having a gun pointed at […]

North Carolina is working diligently to join Texas and Florida as states that have massive “You’re Not Welcome” signs hanging on their borders. If the controversial bathroom bill or testing welfare applicants for drug use wasn’t enough, state legislators are now working to pass a bill that will completely remove access to police body cameras. 

Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City’s State’s Attorney, has come under fire for charging six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, many of which have been acquitted in court. But recent reports have revealed that her career isn’t the only thing being threatened. Now, she’s reportedly receiving multiple death threats. 

Maybe all of our griping and organizing around the lack of people of color awarded by the Academy is finally paying off. Maybe. A few days ago, I sat in a room full of activists as they worked their way through a variety of issues that occur in their spaces. One of these was the challenge of […]

DeRay McKesson most recently made news after running for mayor in his hometown of Baltimore. While that race didn’t result in him charge of the city, it may have played a role in him taking up a new office. McKesson has been appointed as the interim chief human capital officer by CEO Sonja Santelises, who will take over […]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that CNN correspondent and BET News host Marc Lamont Hill will be hosting his very own late night talk show. Starting on Sunday, July 17, Hill will be found on VH1 taking the lead of a new weekly program called VH1 Live. The deal will keep Hill as a Viacom employee following his […]