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According to the Virginian Pilot, an 18-year old was found dead in his Norfolk, Virginia city jail cell a few hours after a judge determined that he was incompetent to stand trial. On January 14th, Daizhaun Danico Johnson went to a court hearing to determine if he could stand trial on charges of auto theft […]

According to reports from multiple outlets, 18-year-old Nia Wilson was killed by a white supremacist while on her way home in Oakland on July 22nd. As Teen Vogue’s Taylor Crumpton surmises, the brutal attack on Wilson may be connected to an increase in white nationalist activity in the area. Wilson’s sister Latifa was also attacked […]

The Black Muslim Psychology Conference (BMPC) will commence at the Chubb Hotel and Conference Center in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania this July 20-22. Hosted by the Muslim Wellness Foundation and embarking on its 4th year, the 2018 BMPC is titled “Love & Liberation: Lessons on Sex, Intimacy, Marriage & Family”.

After 20 years, France won its second World Cup championship this past Sunday, beating Croatia 4-2. While many celebrated the diverse makeup of the French team in the age of a xenophobic President Trump, many on social media were quick to point out the fact that France has racist and Islamophobic policies and social life […]

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!

Nearing the end of each year, I like to compile a list of upcoming films that look intriguing to me or that I have been anticipating for months, or even years. This year, I tailored my list to be extensive and hella Black, just for y’all. Each of these feature a predominantly Black cast, Black […]

PEN America has announced the 2018 crop of books that made its longlist, which is welcome news in the face of the Trump Administration publicly mulling cutting funding for the National Endowment of the Arts. Programs and spaces like PEN America are vital to the preservation of literary freedom and expression, even more so with […]

The iconic and legendary literary figure Zora Neale Hurston does not need to give us any more material to add to her legacy, but Harper Collins has announced that she actually had an unpublished work completed before her death. Barracoon tells the story of the last known person to survive the transatlantic slave trade, a […]

Freedom work involving Black people in America, particularly when married to education as a liberation tool, necessitates studying historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With this understanding, filmmaker Stanley Nelson created a first-of-its-kind documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising. The documentary is touted on the official website as an exploration of “the pivotal role” historically […]

Single-sex institutions have often been viewed as strict and non-compromising when it comes to admissions and overall culture. Spelman College, the historic women’s only HBCU in Atlanta, Ga., isn’t one of them. In a letter recently sent to students, President Mary S. Campbell has announced that Spelman will offer admission to transgender students beginning in […]

The retrial for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case was scheduled to take place Nov. 6. However, plans have changed. NBC News reports that the retrial has been pushed back until spring of 2018 after Cosby’s defense attorney made a request to postpone jury selection. 

Activists and community members have been calling for an adult trauma center on Chicago’s South Side for years. Despite the area’s ongoing issues with a lack of emergency trauma services, it looked like the support would never come. The University of Chicago Medicine announced that an adult trauma center will open in May 2018. DNA Info reports […]