The first 100 days of Donald Trumpās presidency have been marked by continuous attacks on the most vulnerable communities, just as promised. Those who have been resisting this administration have rightly responded to these attacks by attempting to shed light on every step taken toward such harmful effortsāfrom the blatantly bigoted āMuslim banā and its […]
Isabell Meggett Lucas, 87, is one of the many people who have visited the recently opened Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and had a life-changing experience.Ā
A Cook County judge was murdered outside of his home this past Monday morning in a robbery. Prosecutors say that Judge Raymond Myles, 66, wasn’t the intended target after it was found suspects had been following his 52-year-old girlfriend for a couple of weeks to learn her schedule.
Ariyana Davis applied to a total of 24 colleges and universities this past year. 23 of them were HBCUs.Ā Being the stellar student that she is, the Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School senior was accepted to all of them.Ā
Bayview Correctional Facility was once a veryĀ dangerous women’s prison in New York. Records show that it once had the highest number of staff sexual assaults in the country. Now that it’s been closed, the building is going to be used as a safe haven for women’s a girl’s rights organizers, some of which were once […]
By Imani J. Jackson #Blackboyjoy sounded more like hustle than hubris earlier this week during a telephonic interview with Trevor Wilkins. The tech entrepreneur is a Southside of Chicago native and celebrant. He is also a Princeton sociology graduate who shared parts of his journey to co-creating an app with more than a half million […]
Maria Stuart noticed something was missing from her favorite books: herself. The RedBlkGrl founder created the subscription box filled with books for Black girls who want to see themselves in their favorite stories.
Columbus PoliceĀ Officer Zachary Rosen is under investigation after video footage has been released showing him kicking a restrainedĀ man in the head. He’s been placed on “non-patrol duty,” according toĀ NBC.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an associate judge on New York Stateās highest court, has been found dead in the Hudson River. She was found by authorities on Wednesday afternoon and pronounced dead after 2 p.m., according toĀ The New York Times.
By Jallicia Jolly Amidst the recent attacks on access to quality health care and sexual and reproductive health services, the assaults on the lives of racial and sexual minorities specifically reveal the systematic violation reserved for poor women of color, particularly Black and transgender women. The neglect of Black womenās intersectional health experiences in national […]
Rosa Parks’s home has been moved to Berlin, Germany to avoid demolition.Ā
A Sacramento police officer has been placed on administrative leave after cell phone footage showed him charging at a pedestrian, throwing him to the ground and punching him several times for what appears to be nothing more than jaywalking.
