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 Polyglot is a newly released scripted web series which focuses on the diverse scene of multi-ethnic, multi-identified creatives of color in Berlin. Created by filmmaker Amelia Umuhire, the show gives an in-depth look at young people of color navigating emerging spaces in Germany. The first episode introduces viewers to Babiche Papaya, a rapper and poet played […]

    Legendary NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain will make history by becoming the first player to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. 

Oberlin College canceled Monday’s classes to hold a “Day of Solidarity” after a spate of racially-charged incidents, including including defaced Black History Month Posters, swastikas, and people wearing KKK outfits on campus.

Tracy K. Smith, a top award-winning poet, has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. Smith’s work, which consists of three poetry published collections and one forthcoming, have won her the Pulitzer Prize, the James Laughlin Award and an Academy of American Poets Fellowship, according to Publishers Weekly.

Rosa Parks’s home has been moved to Berlin, Germany to avoid demolition. 

Hold on to your pocketbooks. Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 25th to initiate building a wall on the border of the United States. What’s worse? Republicans in Congress are going to designate taxpayer dollars to fund it. You heard that right–the money you work for, day in and day out, is going towards […]

The day after a public figure with a well-documented history of misogyny, racism, xenophobia and many other prejudices was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, millions marched.

  The following piece is from Medium. It was written by Musa Okwonga. By: Musa Okwonga If you’re a black person who has ever visited a place where there aren’t many other black people, then you will be familiar with The Nod. The Nod is just that: An almost imperceptible lowering of the head toward any other black […]

Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell were killed when Cleveland Police Officers fired 137 bullets into their car. Both were unarmed.  I’m just returning from 2 powerful conferences that dealt with the issues of race and privilege in America. The first was NCORE (The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity) which provided a opportunity to talk […]

 When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and […]

Just a few thoughts on 9/11 I wanted to share which I thought were more appropriate a day after. As the above graphic clearly shows, 9/11 went from the supposed pursuit of one man to endless wars that have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. In Afghanistan where 9/11 was used as the primary […]

This January, Jasiri X is preparing the release of his latest mixtape “Rappers on X”, which features many of the collaborations X has done over that past year including tracks with Planet Asia, Brother J of X-Clan, Hasan Salaam, Mac Miller, Kam, Yung Bruh, NYOIL, Chen Lo, Ayatollah Jaxx, Futuristic, J Pinder, E.D.G.E., Ghosty, and […]