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Justice Department lawyers will recommend no civil rights charges against Darren Wilson
The New York Times reports that Justice Department prosecutors are expected to recommend that no civil rights charges be brought against Darren Wilson. Darren Wilson, a former police officer in Ferguson, MO, shot and killed Michael Brown in August. No criminal charges were brought against him either.
I’m tired of suppressing myself to get along with white people
Writing for Salon, Priscilla Ward says that she refuses to suppress her blackness any longer to make others comfortable.
Mike Huckabee is a hating hater and needs to leave Beyoncé alone.
If there’s one thing that people who haven’t been living under a rock know, it’s to never, ever come for the Beyoncé. It is a loosing battle. You will not win. But Mike Huckabee didn’t get this message. Huckabee is upset that Barack Obama allows his daughters to listen to Queen Bey.
I Believe In the Self-Determination of Black People, Not the Oscars
By Dominique Hazzard I don’t really care about the Oscars. I’m not a movie buff, I think awards shows are boring, and I don’t give a huge amount of weight to the artistic judgements of a bunch of hand selected old white men with ballots. Being too invested in receiving affirmation from whiteness and white […]
Now That White People Have Declared ‘Bae’ Over, Black People Can Use It in Peace
“Majority culture’s adoption of the word, stolen from African American vernacular, distorted it to the point of misuse and meaninglessness,” writes Robin Boylorn for the Guardian.
Kordale and Kaleb, Black Gay Dads That Went Viral, Now Featured in Nikon Commercial
Last year, Chicago couple, Kordale and Kaleb Lewis went viral after a picture of them doing their daughters’ hair went viral. Now the family is starring in a commercial for Nikon.
From Ferguson to Palestine: Dream Defenders, BYP100, Black Lives Matter, and Ferguson Activists Travel to Palestine
Charlene Carruthers, national director for BYP100, joined other activists on a trip to Palestine and Israel. Organized by the Dream Defenders, the trip also included representatives from Black Lives Matter, Ferguson/Hands Up United and Justice League NYC as well as journalist Marc Lamont Hill, poet Aja Monet, and USC student Maytha Alhassen.
Nearly 2,000 Killed by Boko Haram
Reports claim that nearly 2,000 people were killed during an attack Baga, Nigeria, a town near the Chad border.
Paris, #BlackLivesMatter, the Cultural Violence, and the White Western State
Writer Malik Nashad Sharpe believes that it’s possible to mourn those lost in the Charlie Hebdo attack and stand with those that have been harmed by racist and Islamophobic sentiments in France.
One Million to Lose Food Stamp Benefits
According to a new report from the CBPP, one million people will lose SNAP benefits before the end of 2016.
Where Is the 24-Hour News Cycle on the Bomb At a Colorado NAACP?
At Think Progress, Nicole Flatow is disturbed by the lack of media coverage on the bombing of the NAACP building in Colorado Springs, CO.
Members of an Elite Squad
Over at the Hairpin, writer Hannah Giorgis has penned a moving essay on sexual assault and police response: But if this predictable, formulaic depiction of justice is Law & Order: SVU’s greatest comfort, it is also its greatest deception. The show has managed to convince a generation of viewers that cops are largely benevolent workaholics who […]