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This week, Beyoncé fans (collectively known as The Beyhive) were excited to hear that she would be performing her surprise country song “Daddy Lessons,” at the Country Music Awards. It was of course empowering to hear that Beyoncé, a black woman who is dominating music, was branching out into country, a genre that is a […]

The convenience of services like Uber and Lyft has lead to many passengers electing to use them instead of cab services. Especially given the complicated history that cab drivers have with picking up and ignoring certain passengers. However, a new study shows that Uber and Lyft may suffer from the same issues in regards to discrimination […]

If you went out at all this past holiday weekend, chances are you saw some cultural appropriation. Not to suggest that it doesn’t happen during the rest of the year, but a holiday that allows people to dress up in public leads to a lot of culturally problematic mistakes. While on the set for the […]

When Colin Kaepernick first let his passion for social justice become public, many critics wondered if he was just making a statement or if he’d actually try and improve the world he saw. He’s already proven that he’s willing to do the work, but he continues to do so in a variety of ways. During […]

Due to the importance of transparency in government work, it is essential that we talk about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and the new emails that might surface from this investigation. What I should say about them, however, is unclear, as these new emails may not have anything at all to do […]

By: Imani J. Jackson I want Scott Mescudi, better known as rapper Kid Cudi, to be okay – for himself, for his family, for his loved ones and for those who sought – and for those who will seek professional assistance like he did — when their burdens are too weighty, complex, and repeated to […]

Despite being published just a few months after I was born, I first read Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father at 14. It was 2008, and it seemed as though the prospect of electing the nation’s first black president had consumed all of society. It had certainly taken over my family; for some of my […]

It is true that the Movement for Black Lives is leaderless; it is also true that Deray McKesson has been dubbed the face of this same movement, and within his time as “The Face,” many people – including Black people – have come to critique his decisions. With his name most recently in the news […]

This article was originally posted at Water Cooler Convos. Last week, a group of Texas State University, San Marcos students walked out of class after their Anthropology professor discussed Black Lives Matter and suggested (correctly) that everyone descends from Africa, as reported by The Tab. While there are some conflicting accounts about what transpired that day, […]

By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Liane Golightly has finally decided who she’ll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-year-old Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her. But the former supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich says it’s the only choice she can make. “I kind of […]

The new October GenForward Survey of young voters finds that Democratic nominee for President Hillary Clinton has made major gains in the past month with young white voters, up from 27% last month to 35% in October, placing her in the lead over Trump (who is at 21%) with young whites. Even so, Trump supporters […]

Clarence Thomas has held a seat on the United States Supreme Court for just a day over 25 years. From one perspective, it could be said that he was the most powerful black man in U.S. politics pre-Obama. From another,  he has a long history of conservative politics and has been accused of sexual harassment. […]