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By Brittani McNeill It is common knowledge that Black children are on the low end of an ever widening racial achievement gap in this country. It’s even becoming more widely acknowledged that systemic problems and institutional neglect, as opposed to simply personal or even parental shortcomings, lead to this problem. An examination of this achievement […]

Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law has faced renewed criticism for allowing a white man, Michael Drejka, to fatally shoot an unarmed Black man, Markeis McGlockton, after McGlockton pushed Drejka away from harassing his girlfriend and child. Almost a month after the fatal shooting, Drejka was finally charged on manslaughter by state prosecutors. As the […]

In late 2016, a marker placed at the spot where Emmett Till’s body was found was riddled with bullets. Now, several miles away, a memorial marking the store where he was falsely accused of threatening a white woman in 1955 has been defaced. 

Kenneth Lopera, a Las Vegas police officer named,  has been arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter after killing a Black man named Tashii S. Brown with an unapproved chokehold. 

American University officials are investigating the sudden appearance of bananas hanging across campus. To make matters worse, references to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Black greek letter organization, was targeted in what the university president is calling a “crude and racially insensitive act of bigotry.”

When you look across the late night landscape as it currently stands, you’ll find a lot of white and a lot of men. Despite America being filled with everything but white men, they’re still often treated as the faces of pop culture as they host late night television. Fortunately, Comedy Central is looking to change […]

The distrust between police officers and people of color doesn’t go away just because they’ve obtained fame and increased added commas to their bank accounts. They still feel the tension in the communities and are often harassed and wrongfully arrested themselves. To prove that they’re not removed from the international dialogue on police violence, a group of […]

It seems as if Stephanie Johnson doesn’t know how to not make history. 20 years ago, she became the first Black female pilot for Northwest Airlines. In 2016, she became the first Black female captain for Delta Airlines.

Black features and cultural practices have long been seen as “unprofessional,” especially our hair. Recently, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case do decide whether or not these often racialized preferences can be used by employers in hiring. According to NBCNews, the court found that it was not illegal for employers to refuse to hire […]

Leslie Jones has had a polarizing couple of weeks. Not too long ago, she was the target of an entire hate campaign where countless trolls attacked her for a long list of bogus reasons. Luckily for us, she didn’t leave Twitter after all because we’ve been blessed with her hilarious, animated commentary on the 2016 […]

Corey Menafee spent years cleaning Calhoun College, named after slavery advocate and former Vice President John C. Calhoun. Like many others that walked the halls, he always noticed a stained glass window that depicted slaves picking cotton. One day in June, enough was enough and he took his broomstick and smashed the window students have been […]

Far too often large organizations let things slip through the cracks that should never have been made in the first place. Red Cross recently came under fire after photos of a signboard they produced made its way around social media. What was the problem, you ask? Well, the picture shows people visiting a public pool and points […]