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Saudis under fire for using child soldiers from Darfur, offering money for them to fight in Yemen
According to the New York Times, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been engaging in the practice of hiring child soldiers from the Darfur, Sudan region who have already lived through and fought in a civil war in their own country. The article profiles the experience of Hager Shomo Ahmed, a 16-year-old Sudanese boy who […]
How liberal discourse that distances migrants from “criminals” obscures the crimes of this anti-Black state
By “DJ Ferguson” All Star Batman and Robin: The Boy Wonder written by Frank Miller is an unholy mixture of camp and 90s grim-and-gritty/edgy for its own sake, but this interaction between Batman and Green Lantern will stick with me for the rest of my life. This story takes place not long after Batman: Year […]
US refugee cap to be reduced to 30,000 in 2019, lowest level in 40 years
Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announced that the Trump administration was admitting no more than 30,000 refugees in the fiscal year of 2019. The 2019 US fiscal year begins on October 1st.
Calls to #AbolishICE are counterproductive unless they are also a call to #AbolishPolice
By Benji Hart In the last month, following the emergence of horrific images of migrant children being separated from their families and held in cages by border agents, the call to #AbolishICE has gone mainstream. Most notably, Congolese immigrant activist Therese Okoumou climbed the Statue of Liberty’s base on July 4th following an “Abolish ICE” […]
“Jogger Joe” destroying a houseless Black man’s belongings is a natural part of Oakland’s gentrification
By Blake Simons Oakland has made national news for ridiculous displays of whiteness again, and this time it wasn’t because of BBQ Becky. In a viral video, a white man named Henry Sintay, since infamously dubbed “Jogger Joe,” can be seen destroying a houseless Black man named Drew’s tent and belongings by throwing them into […]
What do we need for a new freedom?: A proudly fat, disabled, bisexual enby’s vision for #Juneteenth
By Denarii Grace Some days I wonder if the work that I do is worth it. On the surface, Black artists/cultural workers, healers, teachers and activists who live most on the margins have the least to gain in their lines of work. And in a society based on the allure of social and financial capital, […]
Call me Akata: Reclaiming our birthright as Indigenous and African people born on American soil
by Chelsea Neason In 1964, Malcolm X made history with “The Ballot or the Bullet”. With this speech, he proclaimed a bone-shaking truth: Black people born in America are not Americans. In Detroit, MI during one of the most impactful decades of visible Black resistance in the United States, Malcolm declared: “We are Africans, and […]
Welcome to Wakanda: ‘Black Panther’ is a love letter between the African Diaspora and the continent
I’m wondering what words there are in existence that could be used to accurately describe Black Panther. Stunning, breathtaking, and majestic come close. This film stands firmly in a class all its own. It is not perfect (and I have many feelings about it, but you won’t find any spoilers here), but it is still […]
Brave 10-year-old Ronyde Christina Ponthieux records video plea to save Haitian protected status
The typical American 10-year-old child is probably not recording diplomatic pleas to the American president. But that child probably also does not have to hope the president will extend temporary protected status (TPS) for people from Haiti, El Salvador and Honduras. Unfortunately, Ronyde Christina Ponthieux’s family story positioned her to express far different concerns than […]
Who owns the Black experience?: Decolonizing theory & how the academy commodifies Black life
Editor’s Note: *I AIN’T THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER THINK OF THIS SHIT. To be Black is to live outside of the ways the world makes sense of itself. Outside of the gender binary, or how men and women are forced to occupy distinct roles, but Black men aren’t given the power patriarchy affords to […]
Death toll nears 500 following landslide in Sierra Leone
One of the worst flooding disasters in Africa has displaced thousands of residents in Sierra Leone and brought the death toll close to 500. Flooding in the area resulted in a landslide last week when a side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed on Monday, according to Al Jazeera.
When white people enter a space, anti-Blackness always does too
On October 29th 2012, Glenda Moore’s two sons were killed during Hurricane Sandy, the youngest casualties during the storm. I say during rather than of the storm because the death of Moore’s children–Connor, 4 and Brendan, 2–was caused by another type of tempest, one that has gone on far, far longer and is far more […]