According to Slate, a seven-year-old Guatemalan migrant named Jakelin Caal Maquin died while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol. Initially, the Border Patrol claimed that she died of dehydration after being deprived of food and water for several days, according to a statement released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, reports […]
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld victories in lower courts by Planned Parenthood after Republican-led states sought to strip the organization of Medicaid funding following the court’s move further to the right with the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh.
According to the Guardian, California police indicted eight anti-fascist protesters who were violently attacked at a 2016 white nationalist rally. However, law enforcement have not charged anyone for the attacks against the anti-fascists.
On Thursday night, a gunman opened fire in the Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama during the first of its Black Friday sales. According to several outlets, the shooting resulted in two injured and the gunman dead.
by Daniel JohnsonĀ I donāt know who said it first, and I’m sure it was a Black women, but I agree with the statement that Black women do not deserve to suffer or struggle before they are honored by the Black men who claim to love them. Black women are not things that Black men […]
by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt On April 16th 2018, the City Council of Durham, North Carolina became the first city in the country to unanimously pass a policy statement ending police exchanges between the Durham Police Department and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). This auspicious decision was made possible because of the Demiltarize! Durham2Palestine Campaign, a […]
This essay contains spoilers for season one of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Briana L. UreƱa Ravelo Everything is all about Sabrina Spellman, at least in her understanding of the world. Her know-it-all attitude takes center stage in the white woman centric story the first season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina spends its entirety possessed […]
By Brittany Lee Frederick At a rally in Anaheim, California in September of this year Barack Obama was quoted saying, āIf you vote, things will get better, it will be a start.ā This echoes the mainstream Democrats insistence upon voting for a Blue Wave to create social change next week. While this article isnāt one […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 24th, George Alan Bush, a 51-year old white man, entered a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky and fatally shot two Black people. He reportedly told a white bystander afterwards, “Whites don’t shoot whites.”
by Briyana D. Clarel This summer, I attended a conference for community-minded artists in New York City. Despite the conferenceās commitment to activism, days passed without any Black presenters and the few presenters of color spewed dangerous rhetoric like āWeāre all immigrantsā and āItās about class, not race.ā Of course, the Black contingent came through, […]
By Gabrielle Noel The legal system was never built with Black queer people in mind. This system assigns victimhood, or refuses it, according to social biases, and societyās perception of who is more likely to be a victim or more credible thus affects who is allowed to receive justice. When it comes to sexual harassment, […]
A former Green Beret revealed to Buzzfeed News that he engaged in conspiracies to assassinate various figures in Yemen as directed by the United Arab Emirates government. A botched assassination of Anssaf Ali Mayo, the leader of the Islamist political party Al-Islah, considered by the UAE to be a terrorist organization, exposed the use of […]