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This Monday, after the J’Ouvert festival in Brooklyn, 22-year-old Tiarah Poyau was heading home around 4AM with her friends when a man she did not know approached her and began dancing on her. She told the man, “Get off me,” and, in response, he pulled out a gun and shot her at close range, above her eye. 

This article was originally posted at Water Cooler Convos. I recently watched a video where trans men explained the idea of male privilege. In the video, they talked about how, after transitioning, they experienced a sense of freedom when walking down the street and moving in public spaces. They noticed that people stopped cutting them off […]

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard has declined to bring sexual assault charges against three men at Morehouse and one at Georgia Tech. The two cases had lingered without charges for over two years because, according to Howard, they involved complexities surrounding whether one can consent under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

“I gotta be honest with you Jennifer. Me and the homie wanna hit.” I paused for a minute the first time a boy said that to me. I was a junior in high school. I was still exploring my sexuality but hadn’t been sexually active before. I had been talking to this guy, let’s just […]

As details of Nate Parker’s rape trial seemingly came out of nowhere, so did the many people who chose to support him despite the gruesome details of his rape case. With Parker’s upcoming film, The Birth of A Nation, set up for an October release, whether or not to support it has become a deeply personal question many […]

Nate Parker’s future appeared to be whatever he wanted it to be. He’s become a respected actor who was about to break into the next phase of his career as a director and producer of the highly-publicized film “The Birth of A Nation” that shocked audiences at Sundance and was quickly bought up by a major […]

In dashcam footage of the violent July 2015 arrest of 26-year-old Breaion King, a Black woman and elementary school teacher in Texas, an Austin police officer named Patrick Spradin explains to King that part of the reason why so many Whites are afraid of Black people is because they have “violent tendencies.” This explanation is his justification […]

It takes a lot of courage for a young Black woman to speak up in the midst of racist people. Yet, that is exactly Jessica Disu, an activist, community organizer, and artist from Chicago did on Monday’s airing of Kelly File on Fox News.

Jessica Williams joined Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 2012 as the youngest person to do so at only 22 years old. After quickly becoming a fan favorite correspondent over the past four years, Williams has announced her departure from the show.

Trigger warning: This story details police violence against a teenage Black woman. There are links to videos of the physically violent arrest. A recent video posted to Facebook showed the brutal arrest of a 18-year-old woman, identified by local news media as Genele Laird, outside of the East Towne Mall in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to […]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is arguably the most competitive showcase of art in the world. Now, a young Black woman who goes by “Cliff” on social media knows what it means to be a part of the iconic Met community.

Mayte Lara Ibarra and Larissa Martinez both graduated from Texas high schools as valedictorians on the same day. They both took the opportunity to stand firm in their beliefs and declare their status as undocumented citizens that immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, according to the New York Times.