I have always wanted to be strong. Not strong as in a Strong Black Womanâ˘âan expectation of impossible emotional and spiritual fortitude against a world imbued with misogynoir. Strong as in twenty three-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams. Powerful as in Olympic Shot Putter and gold medalist Michelle Carter. Formidable as in the Dora Milaje […]
Morgan Freeman, the 80-year-old actor perhaps who became a household name after his roles in Driving Miss Daisy and Along Came a Spider is the latest to face a reckoning with sexual misconduct and sexual harassment according to multiple reports. Freeman is also being accused of fostering a work environment at his company Revelations Entertainment […]
by JeCorey Holder
A Montana border patrol agent detained and questioned two American citizens after he merely overheard them speaking to each other in Spanish at a gas station. Early Wednesday morning, the two women, Ana Suda and Mimi Hernandez, were making a midnight trip to a convenience store near the Montana border to Canada in Havre when […]
Junot DĂaz, the award-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, has been accused of sexual harassment and misogyny in the literary world by fellow woman authors Zinzi Clemmons, Monica Byrne, Carmen Maria Machado, and others.
By Mark Matlock The possibility of weed legalization can be exciting to young people like me. Especially since our countryâs current policies regarding weed have increased discrimination already fueled by the War on Drugs. But excitement can make us forget that being able to consume weed doesnât get rid of the overt anti-Blackness that comes […]
Editorâs Note: April is Black Womenâs History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. By Breeana Nykole […]
Iâm wondering what words there are in existence that could be used to accurately describe Black Panther. Stunning, breathtaking, and majestic come close. This film stands firmly in a class all its own. It is not perfect (and I have many feelings about it, but you won’t find any spoilers here), but it is still […]
On Valentineâs Day, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz regenerated an all too rapidly returning national grief cycle. The South Florida man stormed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle and executed 17 people. By early Thursday morning, Cruz was booked into a Broward County jail and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. […]
by Andrew Keahey Awards season is never much of a shining time for creatives of color. It’s consistently a celebration of white achievement while Black excellence and other visionaries of color are routinely ignored in favor of the same tropes and story telling devices that we’re used to seeing year after year. These tropes become […]
On Monday afternoon, one of the greatest Olympic gymnasts of our time broke her silence about the impending trial of Larry Nassar, the ex-team USA gymnastics doctor who is currently standing trial for sexually abusing minors during a period which stretches back to the London games, including girls who were as young as six. In […]
 by Tynesha McCullers A few weeks back, TIME Magazine recognized the #SilenceBreakers as the 2017 â[People] of the Year.â While I am thankful that this honor was not given to the person who is currently in charge of our country, or given to other political leaders or affluent white men, I am more than a […]
