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More than 1,000 people gathered in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday to protest an appearance by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The group of around 50 klansmen appeared in Justice Park, formerly named after Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson,” to protest the city’s efforts to rename monuments to Confederates, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

  Illinois State Police are on their way to Chicago to work with the city’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit as of Thursday. Starting at District 11 on the West Side, a new crime-fighting effort will bring forty officers with the Illinois State Police in to help the unit track down wanted criminals. 

A Pennsylvania high school graduation was brought to a complete standstill after a U.S. Army sergeant surprised his son at the ceremony. U.S. Army Sgt. Owen Neuville was deployed to Afghanistan a few months ago, but he managed to arrive just in time for his son Dashaun’s big moment. 

  A video showing an altercation between at least four members of the Berkeley Police and a group of black men and women is making its way around the internet. The 7 minute video shows police detaining a man for what appears to be jaywalking. Tensions escalate, and and another young lady who the recorder […]

by Juahl Ganaway In a scene ripped from The Sugar Shack, the character Pearline (played by the stunning Jayme Lawson) stalks across the stage purring the lyrics to “Pale, Pale, Moon,” the Brittany Howard-penned song that feels more like an invocation than a performance.  “I wanna sing Like I hear the crickets do I wanna […]

Marianne Williamson makes me physically ill, and seeing people support her compounds my nausea. The Democratic candidate made waves last week when she delivered an impressive answer about reparations to Don Lemon post-debate:  “[T]here were 250 years of slavery followed by another 100 years of domestic terrorism… given that there were 4 to 5 million […]

“What is it you want me to reconcile myself to? I was born here almost 60 years ago. I’m not gonna live another 60 years. You always told me it takes time. It’s taken my father’s time, my mother’s time. My uncle’s time. My brother’s and my sister’s time. My nieces and my nephews time. […]

by Donnie Moreland There is a whispered binding between Black folks and the truth. Less truth, in that meta-ethical way we discern the spiritually evidential as Black folks, but truth telling. The expressions, negotiations and altercations with, and of, “facts.” How we tell the truth, digest it and confirm that truth as just that; gospel.  […]

This essay discusses sexual coercion and manipulation   I used to feel bad for getting “90% vanilla” whenever I took one of those online BDSM or kink tests (and answered the questions honestly), or whenever I tried to talk to a potential sex partner about my boundaries and they called me some variation of “boring.” […]

WNBA President Lisa Borders is leaving the organization to lead a fight against sexual harassment and the mistreatment of women in society. Time’s Up, an offshoot of the larger #MeToo movement seeking to reestablish what justice can look like for survivors of sexual violence, has made Borders the organization’s first President/CEO. Before becoming the president […]

According to reports from the LA Times, Verizon Wireless has lifted its controversial policy of limiting the data on first responders’ devices following widespread criticism after it became public knowledge that the company throttled the data during a wildfire for the Santa Clara Fire Department. California Assembly members met on Friday to discuss the issue, […]

On the fourth of July, Therese Patricia Okoumou, a 44 yearold Black, Congolese immigrant woman who has been fighting for immigrant rights in New York for a decade, climbed the statue of Liberty to protest the abusive actions of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and the separation of migrant children at the border.