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The U.S. Government has will pay 17 Native American tribes $492 million after a legal settlement, according to NPR. The payment is meant to make amends for the mismanaging natural of resources and other tribal assets. The settlement is meant to serve as a compromise between the tribes and the federal government, especially after President Obama promised […]

Colin Kaepernick has gone to great lengths to show that while he’s protesting the National Anthem, he has great respect for members of the military and their sacrifices. Despite this, many people feel that anything but unapologetic support for all things tied to American symbolism is un-American. While he originally supported Kaepernick’s freedom of speech, […]

Bill Cosby has been accused of rape by dozens of women but only a handful of them will be able to take any kind of legal action due to statute of limitations that legally absolves rapists of any accountability of their crime(s) after a specified amount of time has passed. If that sounds like a […]

Prison inmates across the country have been going on strike against unfair labor practices that closely – or completely – resemble slavery. The movement has now reached a new level as guards at an Alabama prison joined in by not coming in for an entire shift.

Dylan Marron is known for keeping it all the way real in his short films with Seriously.TV. Professor Michelle Alexander, who’s book The New Jim Crow drew collective attention to mass incarceration in the United States, is also well-known for being brutally honest about the ways that implicit and institutional racism operate to dis-privilege Black […]

It’s not hyperbole when people of color claim that one of their daily concerns is if they’ll encounter police and, more importantly, if they’ll walk away unscathed. This police paranoia doesn’t even disappear once people of color reach the peak of celebrity status, like Serena Williams, the greatest tennis player and, arguably, athlete, of this […]

Colin Kaepernick honestly may have never planned for his protest to spread to anyone else. Even if he did, he probably didn’t think that it would turn into a national practice being displayed on various levels of multiple sports. But that’s the situation we’re in and he’s giving his support back to those who have […]

A group of protestors were marching by Eastern Michigan University’s campus following a racist act that brought shame to the entire institution. Unfortunately, their demonstration was interrupted by another act of disrespect as a driver tried to drive their SUV through the crowd. 

The University of Vermont earned praise from Black Lives Matter supporters – and criticism from its dissidents – after raising a BLM flag next to the U.S. and state flags. Many students were deeply affected and were left with pride for their school’s decision to support black lives. 

As residents of Chicago deal with sustained murder rates and gun violence, the police department is looking for ways to combat it. Their latest attempt to resolve the issue was by adding 1,000 new officers, detectives, lieutenants, and sergeants within the next two years. 

Last week, Justin Carr, 26, made his way to the streets of downtown Charlotte to join in the protests over Keith Scott’s fatal shooting by police. He reportedly just wanted to make his grandmother proud, by marching in a protest similar to how she did with Dr. King. “ ‘I just want to come down […]

By Lamont Lilly   Mainstream media would have most of us believe that the current struggle at Standing Rock, North Dakota is all about clean water – that its only focus is stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from running through Indigenous reservation land. And yes, it is about these things. But while such a […]