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Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. This month’s #BYPSpotlight episode is with Janae Bonsu, an organizer and scholar whose work centers the intersection of structural and gender-based violence. She recently stepped away from her position as National Co-Director, National Public Policy […]

By Stanley Fritz Last week, rap legend and newly minted billionaire Jay-Z showed us the limits and flaws of “Black capitalism” when he signed a deal with the NFL. This is, of course, the same league that has gone out of its way to block Colin Kaepernick from playing because he kneeled during the national […]

According to Reuters, U.N. investigators say that Israel’s security forces may have committed war crimes as well as crimes against humanity when they wounded more than 6,100 Palestinians and killed 189 during protests in Gaza last year.

As the Israeli elections near, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working with an extreme right-wing party as his two centrist political opponents, former army chief of staff, Benny Gantz, and Yair Lapid merge their campaigns on a joint ticket.

According to the New York Times, quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be settling his collusion case with the NFL for blackballing him after his famed national anthem protests. During the 2016 season, Kaepernick invited vigorous debate around the issues of race, policing, and even workplace standards. Owners were forced to react to players around the league […]

On Sunday, freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar shared her belief on Twitter that AIPAC, one of the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying groups in the United States, is responsible for incentivizing American politicians to be pro-Israel. As a result, the Somali Muslim Minnesotan has been the target of a smear campaign alleging she is anti-Semitic.

American made weapons and other sensitive military technology has made its way into the hands of al-Quaeda and some of the Iranian-backed rebels who are currently fighting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to new reports by CNN. It appears Saudi Arabia and the UAE have used the American weapons to purchase loyalty, militias, […]

After Yehuda Biadga, a mentally ill 24-year old Ethiopian Jew, was murdered by Israeli police last week, thousands of Ethiopian Jews began protesting against police brutality and anti-Black racism in Tel Aviv.

Israel has arrested 5 Israeli Yeshiva high school students for the fatal stoning of Aisha Rabi, a 48-year old Palestinian woman in the West Bank last year. The fatal attacks on Palestinian civillians by Israeli settlers have increased ahead of the national elections in April.

A Muslim speech pathologist at a Texas school filed a lawsuit against the Pflugerville school district for firing her over refusing to sign a “pro-Israel” oath in her work contract.

According to Haaretz, a 23-year-old Palestinian who used a cane to walk, Mohammad Khossam Khabali, was shot in the back by Israeli military police while he walked through Tul Karem. Video evidence shows Khabali with a group of friends as he is waiting outside of a restaurant before the shooting. He was critically wounded and […]

Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian elected to Congress, is planning to bring and lead a congressional delegation to the West Bank. The House member will not meet with any Israeli or Palestinian government officials.