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by Wanda X. Lust There was a time in my life when I had no idea what an orgasm was or how I could experience one. Over time and throughout encounters with different partners, I eventually learned how it feels  to climax and how to get myself to do so. Even better than learning how […]

*A note from our Deputy Editor: The themes at Black Youth Project during the month of February are Black Joy and Black Love. It is also Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics, the connections thereof, and the things surrounding them* Since the birth of film, we […]

By Kleaver Cruz Two years ago, I woke up wishing I could go back to sleep and wake up to a more just and Black-loving world. I wanted to relieve myself of the pain that surfaces after watching too many news accounts of law enforcement ending the lives of Black people in the U.S., or […]

The Trump-era Federal Communications Commission’s 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 […]

“Who is that guy, mommy?” My four-year-old was pointing at the Abraham Lincoln monument in Washington D.C. in 2013. Just the day before, a jury of six women, only one who identified as a “woman of color,” had found George Zimmerman “not guilty” in the murder of Trayvon Martin. “That’s Abraham Lincoln. He was president.”

Popular struggles– ranging from earliest modern labor movements in Britain and the US, to the global Black Liberation movement, to Energiewende and other climate justice campaigns in Europe– have all demonstrated that to be successful, “resistance” work must go hand in hand with concrete visionary organizing.   Join the New Economy Coalition – a network […]

The look and feel of movements for justice and equity are changing thanks to social media’s ability to spread messages and create access to information, resources, and actions. Pushing these limits of social media use are young people of color and their networks (the ignition of #BlackLivesMatter is an example), as this group finds different […]

It has only been 9 days since President Obama left office and a new administration took over in his place. Since then, Trump has signed a number of executive orders including but not limited to: an order starting the process to create a wall on the US-Mexico border, an order seeking the “prompt repeal of the […]

By: Imani J. Jackson To many millennials’ chagrin and not of our own doing, American capitalism continues to operate despite its negative impact on Black and Brown communities. Confronted with this economic system and sustained government violence against Black and Brown people, activists are increasingly combining traditional civil rights tactics, like protests and economic boycotts, […]

Now that the debates are over, all that is left in this election cycle is Election Day itself, taking place on November 8th. While I think that everyone who is able should get out and vote, I know that many of us are not exactly overjoyed at either party’s candidate for president. Because we know […]

By: Lamont Lilly Workers World Party vice presidential candidate, Lamont Lilly gave the following speech at the Black Resistance March on the Democratic National Convention on July 26 in Philadelphia. This march was organized by the Philly Coalition for REAL Justice.

Lamont Lilly is a writer, activist, and father whose work echoes the struggles for justice and ambitions of our generation.  These four poems push us to think differently about blackness in the contemporary moment. From the author: “Each piece is a reflection of the people, places and experiences of struggle that have shaped who I […]