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Young activists and organizers in the United States are often criticized by opponents who suggest that these young people are only focused on their own liberation. But, the truth is: many young Black and Brown activists and organizers have a lens to the ways that our colonial history and the anti-Blackness we experience in the […]

Another Southern state has agreed to catch up with the times and stop celebrating people who went to war just to keep Black people in chains. The city council of Hollywood, Fl. voted 5-2 to change the names of three streets named after Confederate leaders which just-so-happen to run through predominantly Black neighborhoods. Per usual […]

David Desper, 28, from Trainer, Pa. has been arrested following a manhunt after he shot a Black teenager during a road rage incident. Desper has been charged with first and third degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and reckless endangering after shooting Bianca Roberson, 18, on Wednesday. 

Tommy Le, 20, was considered “an easy person to talk to about anything” by his classmates at Career Link. About 45 of his classmates were preparing to graduate from the South Seattle College alternative high school program when he was nowhere to be found. Given how far he’d come for this moment, his absence was troubling. […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences appears to be making a concerted effort to combat its reputation of being predominantly white and predominantly male. Following last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Academy has welcomed its largest and most diverse class yet, according to NBC News.

Kerry Crews, the police chief of Commerce, Texas, has resigned after the controversial arrest of a Black woman last month who claimed she was called a “black bitch.” 

President Donald Trump’s recent comments about who should not control the nation’s economy shine light on the ways that his biases against poor, Black, and LGBTQ people have become central to his administration.

Marshawn Lynch is really trying to make a difference in the lives of young people. To offer some community support, a barbershop owned by Marshawn Lynch is offering free haircuts to students who come in with their report cards.

Steve Harvey’s been… polarizing… for quite a while. You can go back as far as the whole problematic “Think Like a Man” campaign or as recent as his willingness to sit down with Donald Trump. He’s always doing something to make you raise an eyebrow or two.

Finding new friends after joining a new school isn’t easy. It’s even harder to make sure the ones you find are the right ones. But no one should ever have to deal with rejecting friendships with people who want to see them lynched. Aina Adewunmi, 15, transferred to Palisades Charter High School in Southern California in […]

Activists and community members have been calling for an adult trauma center on Chicago’s South Side for years. Despite the area’s ongoing issues with a lack of emergency trauma services, it looked like the support would never come. The University of Chicago Medicine announced that an adult trauma center will open in May 2018. DNA Info reports […]

San Antonio Police initially misgendered a woman who is now being recognized as the 10th transgender person of color to be killed this year by the Human Rights Campaign.