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In the same week which has seen the attempted mail bombing of prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Maxine Waters and the shooting of two Black customers at a Louisville Kroger, there has been yet another attack by an alleged white supremacist. This time the target was a Jewish synagogue and community in Pittsburgh.

by JaLoni Amor Owens For many Americans, one of the only days that left the nation feeling as hopeless and defeated as it did on November 8, 2016 was the day after. Those on the left, whether or not Secretary Clinton was their first choice for President of the United States and whether or not […]

By Gabrielle Noel The legal system was never built with Black queer people in mind. This system assigns victimhood, or refuses it, according to social biases, and society’s perception of who is more likely to be a victim or more credible thus affects who is allowed to receive justice. When it comes to sexual harassment, […]

The upcoming November midterm elections poses a unique opportunity for Florida’s 13 million voters to assist in prison reform. After 850,000 Florida voters signed a petition to demand “Amendment 4”, a voting rights restoration bill, be on the November election ballot, Florida may finally allow convicted felons the right to vote without an elaborate clemency application […]

One of Donald Trump’s first acts as President of the United States has had far-reaching consequences, because the executive order he signed on January 23, 2017, explicitly denies aid to any foreign organization that promotes, performs, or offers any information on abortion. According to the Washington Post, a policy similar to this one has been […]

This essay contains discussions of death in childbirth and reproductive violences “Who she pregnant for?” This is how I remember my aunts inquiring about the potential father of any given person’s unborn child while I was growing up. Not “Who are they pregnant by?” or “Who are they pregnant with?” The question was always, Who […]

Singer/songwriter/producer John Legend recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post calling for the removal of non-unanimous juries from the State of Louisiana’s Constitution. At present, Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states in America where a person can be sent to prison without the unanimous vote of a jury. Legend cites the constitutional […]

Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law has faced renewed criticism for allowing a white man, Michael Drejka, to fatally shoot an unarmed Black man, Markeis McGlockton, after McGlockton pushed Drejka away from harassing his girlfriend and child. Almost a month after the fatal shooting, Drejka was finally charged on manslaughter by state prosecutors. As the […]

By Kejhonti Neloms I can never forget the time when your car broke down in the parking lot of those shitty Flaget Apartments across the street from the old folks’ home. It was the West End. It was summer. It was 8AM. I think it was Sprint that fired you. Maybe it was Nextel. I […]

Earlier this month, local Minnesota police received a call about four Black children wielding knives and sticks at a park. Right after, police came to the scene and pulled their guns on the children as bystanders stood by. The police detained the children and later released them as there were no weapons. The Minneapolis Park […]

Millennials are more supportive of LGBT community members than the generations before us, but we still have a lot of work to do.   According to a recently released study by GenForward, “Millennial Attitudes on LGBT Issues: Race, Identity, and Experience,” just over half of Black Americans (53%) and 50% of Latinx Millennials believe that […]

President Trump just announced he is commuting the sentence of 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson, who has been jailed over 20 years on her first non-violent drug offense, following his Oval Office meeting with Kim Kardashian West. The presidential meeting and pardon received much coverage and criticism online.