by Anonymous Response from the masses to recent mass shootings are, yet again, an avoidance of white violence and racism. In the wake of the shooting event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida, citizens and elected officials have reignited the gun-control debate. Central to the debate is the accessibility of semi-automatic riflesâthe weapons […]
Anyone who holds conversations via GIF, meme and/or emoji likely understands that evolving communication technologies and media platforms breed evolving requests for user inclusion. While many users celebrated the digital visuals of darker-skinned people and families with same-sex parents, people who live with disabilities have not yet seen their experiences readily reflected through emojis.
Widely-loved Chicago Public Schools Principal Robert âRobâ Croston has died, as the Chicago Sun Times reported. The Times noted Crostonâs legacy of âresourcefulness, energy and leadership inspired his studentsâ and his dedication to exposing economically and ethnically vulnerable Black students to rigorous lessons and learning opportunities with students of different races through a merger that […]
The Trump-era Federal Communications Commissionâs recent hair-thin vote to reverse net neutrality paralleled the Alabama Senate special election. In both instances, victors celebrate, but they also know they eked out a win from a near-miss. The FCC votes reflected party separation. The three Republican commissioners voted for a policy change, while the Democrats voted to […]
In a speech to a conservative think tank, FCC chairman Ajit Pai seemed to paint the problem of an open internet as a purely ideological one, offering up the way that Twitter functions as a problem. Pai posited that because Twitter is free to decide who can use its platform, somehow that means that they […]
Arguing for improved sustenance options in America seems less than first-world. However food and water, the very substances that fuel us, remain reproductive and environmental justice issues. Food and water quality matter because they affect people as a whole, but especially people of color and those in the socio-economic margins. The specific instances vary. Environmental […]
Iâve been thinking a lot about porn and erotic display lately, but not in a way that brings me any pleasure. Iâve been thinking about them in an inquisitive, almost anthropological way that raises within me more questions than it does answers, and creates more discomfort and disgust than it does gratification. This is because […]
By Maya King For more than two centuries, religious institutions have sat at the intersection of pain and liberation within African-American communities. Churches like Birminghamâs Sixteenth Street Baptist and Atlantaâs Ebenezer exemplified this, giving birth to the people and movements that defined the Civil Rights Era while providing political capital and a sense of stability […]
In May, 17-year-old Priscilla Sameyâs interesting high school story made rounds throughout social media. This happened not because of her impressive achievement of gaining admission into seven out of eight Ivy League institutions, but rather for escorting one of her admission lettersââHarvardâsââto her senior prom. While many lauded her for such a âboldâ move, others […]
Kouren-Rodney Thomas, 20, had moved down to Raleigh, NC with his family to find somewhere safer for him to grow up than New York. Unfortunately, a neighborhood watchman who was “securing his neighborhood” fatally shot Thomas early Sunday morning.Â
Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate completely failed to pass any of the four proposed amendments concerning gun laws in this country. They were concerned with gun sales, background checks, and the accessibility of weapons to those people on the government’s radar. Even after experiencing the deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter in recent […]
The governor of Florida’s chief elections official has issued an order to all 67 elections supervisors. The order imposes new restrictions on how and where voters can return completed absentee ballots.
