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This May, eight Black women will be walking the stage to receive their PhDs in Education from Indiana University. These women did not all start the program together, however they found each other during their academic journey and created these strong relationships that helped them achieve their goals, and this May they are making history.

It has been five years since the 31-year-old bassist, singer, and composer Esperanza Spalding beat Justin Bieber by winning the Grammy award for Best New Artist, which also created a large outrage for his most loyal fans.

From the #ByeAnita actions in Chicago to the Fund Black Futures campaign, 2016 has already yielded significant gains for young Black organizers across the country. But the launch of Black Scholars for Black Lives (BS4BL), a collective made up of over 200 scholars and academics who have taken a pledge to use their platforms to […]

After it was revealed that he fired 16 shots at Laquan McDonald, killing him, Jason Van Dyke has had trouble holding a job. Since being stripped of his title by the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Tribune reports that his wife even had to shut down her business due to threats. Now it appears that the Fraternal […]

It only took two minutes for this slam poet to sum up the devastating emotions that are involved with police brutality, and the interesting part was that she did it through Mad Libs.

Back in February, Akilah Johnson was ”surprised and overwhelmed” when she found out that she was a national finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” contest for elementary through high school students. Could you imagine how she feels now that she’s won? Johnson, a sophomore at Eastern Senior High School in the Northeast quadrant of Washington […]

Whether it be because of a subconscious urge to maintain a status quo or wholly intentional, there’s a clear problem with hiring practices in America. A disproportionate number of jobs in multiple sectors go to white men while women of all races and other people of color are often left out to compete for what’s […]

A march was held in Raleigh, North Carolina after a 24-year-old man was reportedly shot in the back by police. A witness claims Akiel Denkins was being chased by officer D.C. Twiddy when the officer fell while hopping a fence and opened fire at a fleeing Denkins. Denkins died shortly thereafter.

Demarkis Stansberry, a 30-year-old transgender black man was shot and killed in a Baton Rouge, La. residence. Stansberry was shot by 24-year-old Nicholas Matthews, who later turned himself into local police. according to The Advocate.

When we talk about desire, we are so often also talking about gender. But, Keyonis Johnson has created a hashtag which appreciates desire outside of the binary hashtags #MCM (“Man Crush Monday”) or #WCW (“Woman Crush Wednesday”).

Less than 24 hours after Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hosted a rally at Chicago State University, all 900 employees of the university received layoff notices. The layoffs appear to be the final blow in the nearly 8 month battle between Chicago State (as well as other predominantly-Black public colleges) and Illinois politicians. But while many […]

Ever since 2012, Melissa Harris-Perry has been a staple of MSNBC’s weekend programming. But due to a recent shift in MSNBC’s objectives, Harris-Perry walked away from her program after being made to feel “worthless” by the studio.