By: The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) ā Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among young adults, in particular young people of color, and nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 believe the presumptive Republican nominee is racist. That’s the finding of a new GenForward poll that also found just 19 percent […]
By: Fusion According to the GenForward survey, released today by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, young Americans are increasingly supportive of two major progressive causes: the Black Lives Matter movement and transgender people being able to use the bathroom of their gender identity.
By: The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to picking a new president, young people in America are united in saying education is what matters most. But there’s a wide split in what else will drive their votes. For African-American adults between the ages of 18 and 30, racism is nearly as important […]
It takes a lot of courage for a young Black woman to speak up in the midst of racist people. Yet, that is exactly Jessica Disu, an activist, community organizer, and artist from Chicago did on Monday’s airing of Kelly File on Fox News.
By:Ā Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House.
Some people completely miss the point of what Black Lives Matter looks to accomplish. Former Republican Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, is officially one of those people. This past Sunday, he appeared on CBS’Ā Face the Nation to claim that the responsibility for repairing the relationships between black citizens and police departments falls on […]
The Dallas sniperĀ suspect who reportedly killed five police officers this past week has been painted as aĀ sick individual with a vendetta against police. Police say that after conversing with the suspect in failedĀ negotiators, they were unable to take him into custody and used a bomb to blow him up instead. While we recognize the tragedy […]
A unidentified law professor at an unidentified law school is receiving praise for schooling theirĀ students on everything that’s right about Black Lives Matter. Ā AĀ first-year student’s initial criticisms of the professor wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt to lecture resulted in the professorĀ boiling down their entire argument into a “premise” and “critique” breakdown.
When a peaceful protest in Dallas was interrupted by gunfire last week, many people in the area ran in fear for their lies. A man named Kellon Nixon, 34, details in an interview with MSNBC what it was like in the midst of it all.
By: Chaya Crowder Young Black activists in Chicago are wholly committed to local community engagement andĀ cultivating a new generation of politically empowered leaders. Chicagoās chapter of the Black Youth ProjectĀ 100 continues to lead the way in the innovation of community organizing strategies andĀ building efforts. Black Youth Project 100 is an all Black, member-based organization comprised […]
DeRay McKesson is one of the most recognizable names and faces in the Black Lives Matter movement and is known to travel around the country to visit areas in need of police reform. This past Saturday, McKesson was in Baton Rouge, LA when he was arrested by local authorities while live-streaming the experience.
Yesterday, my partner and I planned a day trip. We were thinking about just getting away from it all after a tough week of violence against Black people and the racist mainstream news cycle to accompany it. We looked up some spots that were within an hour driving distance from Chicago, thinking this might be […]
