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.
As time moves forward, more celebrities are using their influence and wealth to improve the world they live in. Most recently, Grammy-winning singer The Weeknd has donated $250,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to Billboard.Â
A new law was passed in Illinois to make it mandatory that driving classes teach students what to do if they’re pulled over by police. Because we all know that when these situations escalate, it’s almost always the civilians fault, right? According to ABC 7 Chicago, Governor Bruce Rauner signed the law into effect this […]
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
Donnell Thompson was both unarmed and innocent. Yet, he was still fatally shot by a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputy last month when he was mistaken for another individual who had stolen a car and eluded authorities earlier that night. The department now seems to be doing what they can to take ownership for the situation […]
Last year, Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed in the office of his Dallas-area high school after he was suspected of making a homemade explosive device. The reality was that he was just a really smart kid who built a clock that happened to go to school with some really racist, paranoid people. Now, Mohamed and his […]
Netflix and Marvel are running a victory lap side-by-side after all of the success their co-productions. Both seasons of Daredevil have been widely successful, as has the first season of Jessica Jones. Next up in the lineup is Luke Cage, which will premiere on Sept. 30, starring Mike Colter. An initial teaser showed Luke putting the abilities he was […]
The initiative that kids take when things need to get done is always amazing to see. When Tyran Bell found out that his mother was facing financial difficulties and couldn’t afford to buy his school supplies, he stepped up and used her Facebook to ask around and see if anyone would pay him to mow […]
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young people in America overwhelmingly support LGBT rights when it comes to policies on employment, health care and adoption, according to a new survey. The GenForward survey of Americans ages 18-30 found that support for those policies has increased over the past two years, especially among young whites. But […]
At only 14 years old, Bresha Meadows is currently sitting in Trumbull County Juvenile Detention Center facing a charge of aggravated murder. The victim? Her allegedly abusive father, who Meadows shot in the head with the same gun she claims he threatened to kill her mother and entire family with.
We were all reeling when scholar and TV news host Melissa Harris-Perry took a surprising  (and highly publicized) exit from MSNBC in spring. Since then, Joy Reid has taken on the weekend morning slot for her new show AM Joy. This past Saturday morning, she showed why she was deserving of her own show all […]
In February 2007, history happened. The Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears were heading into Super Bowl XLI with two black head coaches leading them there. Either Tony Dungy or Lovie Smith were going to walk away as the first-ever black head coach to win the Lombardi Trophy. Now, the results are in the record books and […]
