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By Arielle Iniko Newton Last weekend, my six roommates and I were interviewing potential roommates to fill an unoccupied room in the social justice-oriented home we share. One of the prospects was a white, cisgender, heterosexual man. Upon interviewing him we quickly learned that he did not possess a commitment to dismantling whiteness that we […]

April is Black Women’s 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. This essay contains brief descriptions […]

Reproductive justice advocates—Sistersong, in particular—and community organizers pushed for more humane treatment of pregnant inmates in North Carolina and helped secure a recent policy change to that end in the state. The News Observer reported that Prison Director Kenneth Lassiter signed a policy to end the use of leg or wrist restraints on women, who […]

There have been two class action lawsuits filed against local and state officials by residents of Flint, Michigan. Claimants say the lead contamination which has plagued the city for almost four years and counting infringe upon their civil rights. After lower courts threw the cases out, the Supreme Court left in place a ruling handed […]

Police in Austin, Texas are scrambling following two bombings this week which they say are connected to an earlier bombing on March 2nd that killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. Initially, the Austin police suspected that House may have put the bomb together himself until the last two explosions rocked the city and the country. The […]

*Editor’s Note: March is National Disabilities Month and our themes at Black Youth Project are Ableism & Physical and Mental Health. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them.* Something is wrong with my liver. That’s what the test results my doctor sent to my inbox say, at […]

If largely white male conservative politicians brought equity issues the same energy they reserve for policing what women do with their wombs, America might demonstrate the exceptionalism they espouse. Vice President Mike Pence brought this point home on Tuesday when he delivered a keynote speech at a luncheon in Tennessee. The Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) […]

By Dilara K. Üsküp “Christianity is the white man’s religion. The Holy Bible in the white man’s hands and his interpretations of it have been the greatest single ideological weapon for enslaving millions of non-white human beings.” — Malcolm X (Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X & Alex Haley) While the idea that Christianity […]

I’m 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 […]

When creators of popular art care enough to help people in the communities from which they come, rooting for them remains pretty easy. Longtime reggae artist Orville “Shaggy” Burrell recently raised 100 million Jamaican dollars, which equals about $800,000 in American currency, on behalf of children who need care in his native Jamaica. The “Boombastic” star presented […]

The positive pieces: Serena Williams sounds purposeful, peaceful and in love with life in the February 2018 Vogue  cover article. The world’s most dynamic athlete chronicled visions that became her reality. Last September, she and husband Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder, became the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl named Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Yet, amidst […]

By Terrence Sage The following is a list of comics either ongoing or releasing this year. It is focused on either Black creative teams penning the adventures of superheroes, or comics that star Black superheroes in a prominent light!