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13 Queer Creative Influencers That Are the Black Future
By Candice Iloh At the same time every year it seems the whole country focuses in on the same extraordinary black trailblazers of the past. They are the ones that have made the cut into your history books and who have managed to remain on the tongues of even the youngest black kids coming up […]
Aniah Ferguson Is Not A “Brute” and Prison Isn’t the Answer
By Arielle Newton A widely circulated video of a vicious assault of a teenage girl has resulted in the arrest of Aniah Ferguson, the 16 year old Black girl principally involved in the attack. She’s charged as an adult with criminal contempt and mischief. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams offered a $1000 reward for information leading to the […]
Black SAE Pledge Hazed to Death Four Years Ago
SAE, the fraternity whose Oklahoma University chapter was suspended over racist video, has a dark past. From Daily Kos: Four years ago Cornell University closed down their chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Many members of the fraternity left the school altogether. They had just killed a man. George Desdunes, an aspiring doctor, was a 19 […]
Man Arrested for the Murder of Islan Nettles
From DNAinfo: A Brooklyn man was arrested for the brutal 2013 beating death of transgender woman Islan Nettles — nearly two years after confessing to the crime, prosecutors said. James Dixon, 24, of Clinton Hill, was indicted for manslaughter and felony assault in relation to Nettles’ death, prosecutors said Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Dixon was held without bail […]
16 Black Girls From the Future You Should Know
By Candice Iloh You don’t have to search far to find Black women who are out in the world doing incredible work. In all fields and industries Black women create, build, and thrive in professions and crafts across the board. Markedly, many of us can easily close our eyes and run down the list of […]
Officer Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
From the New York Times: A New York City police officer was arraigned on Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on several felony charges, including second-degree manslaughter, in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in an East New York housing project last November. The officer, Peter Liang, appeared in a suit and tie […]
From Brownsville to the White House
From the White House: A couple of weeks ago, a photo of 13-year-old Vidal appeared on Humans of New York, a popular blog. He talked about his principal Ms. Lopez, saying: “She told each one of us that we matter.” After garnering more than 1 million likes and shares on social media, the photo gave rise […]
Ya Tú Sabes: Being Boricua and Morena
By Rana Zoe Mungin The key, ultimately, is to blend. Granma speaks Spanish, but she’s dark enough that no one asks, just assumes, really, that she’s the same: black, Afro American, whatever you’re willing to say. Her people are from PR, but she was born on St. Croix, the only kid with a different daddy, […]
When Being a Valedictorian Isn’t Enough
High-achieving low-income students of color are being boxed out of CUNY, New York’s city colleges.
NYC Students Can View ‘Selma’ for Free
Thanks to twenty-seven prominent movers and shakers, 27,000 NYC 7th, 8th and 9th graders will be able to see ‘Selma’ for free, reports Variety.
Unarmed man shot at by NYPD charged with assault after cops hit innocent bystanders
A 35-year-old Brooklyn black man was unarmed when NYPD officers shot at him in the middle of Times Square on Sept. 14. The officers did not hit Glenn Broadnax, but struck two innocent bystanders. Somehow, Broadnax is being charged with assault for the officers’ negligence.
Shaneka Thompson Isn’t Just ‘a Woman in Baltimore’
The following piece is from The Root. It was written by Demetria Lucas D’Oyley. By: Demetria Lucas D’Oyley Shaneka Nicole Thompson’s name should be familiar to you by now—but it isn’t.