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Editor’s Note: Contains spoilers for The Sinner and Seven Seconds “When a boy that young kills, it’s really never just his fault.” — Detective Harry Ambrose, USA’s hit series The Sinner “The threat just became incredible. I had to make the decision fast because Frank and I were in immediate danger. We were easy targets… […]

This essay contains discussions of sexual assault and racist violence  A Black woman was wrongfully terminated this week. Lisa Benson Cooper is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist in Kansas City, Missouri. After working at the same company for fourteen years, she was fired when two white women coworkers complained to HR about an article that […]

By Briana Lawrence Once upon a time, there was a nine-year-old girl who had to lose weight for her father’s wedding. She was gonna be the cutest flower girl to ever walk down the aisle, but only after she dropped a few pounds. With the guidance of her soon-to-be stepmother, she lost the weight, fit […]

by Arnetta Randall I think the more identity boxes you check, the more you yearn to see people like yourself in the media. For me, its young, Black, educated, queer characters on the screen. Even though we now have television shows like Queen Sugar, Love Is, Insecure and the groundbreaking Pose, there is still a […]

By L.N. Lewis I visit a certain website almost monthly, reading names and cross-checking news stories. It is a stark spreadsheet, a database of nightmares reaching back to May 1, 2013, titled killedbypolice.net. For April 2018, it lists 418 names. Among them: Shukri Ali Said, aged 36; Elijah James Smith, 20-years-old; and Brenda Jenette Harrison-Bumbray, […]

by Indigo If I were to introduce myself to anyone today, I would introduce myself as Loni. I would introduce myself as a non-binary afro-boricua whose gender pronouns are exclusively they, them, and theirs. I would introduce myself as someone who is unafraid to correct anyone who refers to me by my given name, or […]

by Andrew Keahey I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This has never been a secret. I know it, my friends know it. I’ve watched the entire series multiple times, and I own the DVD’s. In my house, there have been Buffy parties with Buffy cakes, and everyone who is unlucky enough to be friends with […]

According to the Associated Press, the NFL has suspended its new policy stating that players must stand for the national anthem if they are on the field or be fined. As Black Youth Project recently reported, the NFLPA (National Football League Players Association) challenged the NFL on its anthem policy with a grievance suit. In crafting […]

by Ayika Tshimanga  Before Robyn Rihanna Fenty released her commercially successful project that is popularly regarded as her best work to date, ANTI (2016), she produced an underrated gem that would lay the groundwork for ANTI to exist, Rated R. At the time of Rated R’s release, Rihanna was widely regarded–and arguably may still be […]

Millennials are more supportive of LGBT community members than the generations before us, but we still have a lot of work to do.   According to a recently released study by GenForward, “Millennial Attitudes on LGBT Issues: Race, Identity, and Experience,” just over half of Black Americans (53%) and 50% of Latinx Millennials believe that […]

by Andrew Keahey Black horror films have a consistent combination of factors that make them successful in the public eye: relatability and catharsis. The elements in our horror movies meant to frighten and upset are often familiar to us, and are scary because the fear is something we have felt before, and often. When the […]

by Andrew Keahey Jordan Peele is really killing it lately. First, there was the unprecedented success of his horror opus Get Out, for which he won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Now, he’s been announced as the showrunner for a new, updated Twilight Zone. His next horror project, Us, will star Winston Duke and […]