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Organizers of California Women’s March cancel event over concerns that it’s ‘too white’
According to Newsweek, the primary organizers of a Women’s March that was to take place in Eureka, California has been cancelled due to concerns that those who would participate in the event would not accurately reflect the diversity of the community. In a statement released by the founders on Facebook, they explain that following conversations […]
It’s not just white incels. We need to talk about the Black Manosphere, too.
Mainstream conversations about online misogyny keep neglecting The Black Manosphere, and it’s because of misogynoir by Aaron Fountain On his weekly podcast, The Brother Pill, Sacramento-native and now Poland-transplant, Oshay Duke Jackson, conducts segments, interviews, and discussions about the issues faced by Black men. Occasionally, he talks about these things alone, but on most episodes […]
Britain’s non-white workers earn £3.2bn less than their white peers every year for same work
The Resolution Foundation has reported that Britain’s 1.9 million Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) workers face a “pay penalty,” earning considerably less than their white counterparts for the same work.
France’s investigation into attack that prompted the Rwandan genocide is finally ended
According to Guardian, two French judges have dropped their investigation of the 1994 attack on the former President of Rwanda, Juvenal Habyarimana, which led to the country’s infamous genocide. The probe has been a central source of conflict between France and Rwanda because seven people who are close to Rwanda’s current President Paul Kagame were […]
Death of second migrant child reignites concerns over U.S. border policies
After the deaths of 7-year old Jakelin Caal and 8-year old Felipe Gomez Alonzo in federal custody, national concerns over the health and rights of migrant children have been reignited. While Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen sent U.S. medical corps to provide additional health screenings for migrant children, the federal government still refuses to hold […]
Comic: I’ll believe The Lord is against homosexuality when he tells me
by JeCorey Holder
Why do so many others want to claim Blackness if it means oppression?
By Inigo Laguda It is the most enthralling and excruciating time to be Black. Recently, it seems, some have managed access to glide through avenues that were previously concealed from us—to break down walls that were once erected to ostracize us. We are in the belly of a Black artistic renaissance and some of these […]
Recently sworn-in Puebla, Mexico Governor Martha Erika Alonso dies in helicopter crash
According to BBC, Martha Erika Alonso, the Mexican governor of Pueblo who was recently sworn-in, died in a fiery helicopter crash along with her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno Valle on Monday.Officials speculate that the helicopter may have malfunctioned due to an unspecified failure. The two pilots also died, as did a third passenger.
ICE dumps 200 migrants at El Paso bus station, leaving them in the cold with no money or shelter
According to Newsweek, over 200 asylum seekers were dropped off at a bus station in El Paso, Texas on Sunday night. Many of them were without money, food, and most did not speak English, making them incapable of communicating with those who worked at the bus station. Newsweek reported that dropping immigrants off at bus […]
Trump promises government shutdown will remain unless border wall funding is approved
Today, President Trump vowed the government shutdown will continue until his border wall receives funding. He also promised to visit the border in January 2019.
Hungary is in revolt over a draconian overtime bill workers are calling a “slave law”
According to Jacobin, protests have erupted in Hungary against the recent passage of a law allowing employers to demand up to 400 hours of overtime work, with payment delayed for up to three years. Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban pushed for the law aggressively, and has sparked massive protests that have not been seen […]
Anti-Black bullying in schools devastates children. We need to invest in their healing
By Gloria O. The recent death of McKenzie Adams, a nine-year-old from Alabama who endured months of racist bullying before dying via suicide, really hurt me. It immediately evoked memories of bullying in my own childhood, reminding me of the sad fact that the world can make such little progress in so much time. Anti-blackness, […]