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Voting isn’t just “harm reduction” for marginalized people who have to face the consequences
By Brittany Lee Frederick At a rally in Anaheim, California in September of this year Barack Obama was quoted saying, “If you vote, things will get better, it will be a start.” This echoes the mainstream Democrats insistence upon voting for a Blue Wave to create social change next week. While this article isn’t one […]
Saudis finally admit journalists death was premeditated, but questions still remain over crown prince’s involvement
One day after the Saudi government denied killing U.S. based Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who had been critical of it, the New York Times is reporting that they are now calling the murder of Khashoggi premeditated, as the Turkish government had already been claiming. This represents the latest in a shifting story weaved by […]
Here are the nominees we’re excited to see vie for the Young People’s Literature National Book Award
It’s that time of the year again. The National Book Foundation has announced an official longlist for its annual awards ceremony, which are being held this year on November 14th in New York City. Finalists will be announced on October 10th.
‘The Sinner’ and why white killers are imagined as victims easier than the Black & killed
Editor’s Note: Contains spoilers for The Sinner and Seven Seconds “When a boy that young kills, it’s really never just his fault.” — Detective Harry Ambrose, USA’s hit series The Sinner “The threat just became incredible. I had to make the decision fast because Frank and I were in immediate danger. We were easy targets… […]
I keep writing about white women’s fragility and dog whistle aggression because they keep proving my point
This essay contains discussions of sexual assault and racist violence A Black woman was wrongfully terminated this week. Lisa Benson Cooper is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist in Kansas City, Missouri. After working at the same company for fourteen years, she was fired when two white women coworkers complained to HR about an article that […]
“Unite the Right” white supremacist rally vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters
The second anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally saw about two dozen white nationalists in Washington D.C. While the 2017 rally resulted in the death of an anti-racist protestor, counter-protesters vastly outnumbered the crowd of white nationalists this year. During the first “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a white nationalist drove towards […]
Reclaiming my imagination: a story of a Black nerd who once hated summer reading
I hated summer reading lists growing up — hate is a strong word, but it’s honest.
Black witnessing is an insistence on Black being: Re-membering those who were lynched
by Tabias Olajuawon This essay contains discussion of anti-Black violences, particularly lynching, and mention of r/pe “… Ancestors, you will find us still in cages, Despised and disciplined. You will find us still mis-named. Here you will find us despite. You will not find us extinct. You will find us […]
It’s no surprise more women are being imprisoned as less men are. We need abolition, not reforms.
By Stanley Fritz Last year during Mother’s day weekend, the National Bail out Collective, a coalition of black organizers working, including participants from The Movement for Black Lives and multiple affiliated groups joined forces on an initiative whose main goal was to liberate hundreds of mothers and caregivers who had fallen victim to the criminal justice […]
PTSD is more common than you think
by Tonya McKenzie This essay contains discussions and descriptions of sexual violence, child abuse, and murder There are some things that you never forget, like the sound of a car screeching down the street and slamming into one of your neighbors or the bombastic sound of a gunshot and the sight of the damage that […]
Boy in viral protest photo and two other children missing after SUV crash in California
Devonte Hart, the 15-year-old whose photo went viral during the 2014 protests of the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson PD officer Darren Wilson, is missing after his family’s SUV careened off of a cliff. On Monday, Hart and his family left their home in Washington State and traveled to California, when the accident occurred […]
After Uber’s self-driving car kills a woman in Arizona, company halts self-driving car tests
On Sunday, a 49 year old woman was struck and killed in Tempe, Arizona by an Uber vehicle that was doing testing of its autonomous mode. Reports from BBC indicate that there was a human monitor behind the wheel, but according to Tempe Police Elaine Herzberg was not using a crosswalk when the Uber car struck […]