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A Flint public official has resigned from his position after he was recorded blaming the water crisis on “ni–ers” who “don’t pay their bills.” Phil Stair, the former sales manager at Genesee County Land Bank, was reportedly sitting in a bar  when approached by environmental activist Chelsea Lyons, who was secretly recording the conversation.

The stabbing of London Chanel, 21, is the eighth confirmed murder of a transwoman of color this year. From NBC Philadelphia: The verbal tiff soon grew into a physical fight that ended with Chanel being stabbed twice in the back and once in the neck, according to Small. The attacker and another person, who witnessed […]

by Amber Butts I take my shoes off and step into the dirt. The ground is cold, damp enough to come up through my feet and ease something that had been tight all morning. Leaves press, then give, then press again. The soil shifts under me, not giving way, just answering back. I stand there […]

The highest ranking official in the Michigan health department has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the Flint water crisis. Nick Lyon is accused of not warning the public of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which resulted in at least one death, according to the Chicago Tribune. Lyon’s charges signify the highest strike to […]

Rape and sexual assault on college campuses is at epidemic status and the lack of action taken by school administrators is an alarming concern. These issues were brought up in a recent social media campaign called #RapedByMorehouse where an anonymous Twitter user recounted a tale of an horrific assault.

Civilian protesting has a long history in this country. From early European ethnic minorities in the meat factories and steel mills, to Japanese blue-collar workers fighting back against internment, to current actions to preserve and fund Black futures, public demonstrations against oppressive institutions have been a sign of solidarity with minoritized groups around the world […]

By Denene Millner   I don’t know why folks are acting all shocked by this SAE video madness, as if despicably racist, nigger-filled rants by groups of white college boys is somehow new, fresh, unexpected and unique. Any human who’s ever stepped foot on the campus of a predominately white college or university can tell […]

An Iowa student says his high school economics teacher told him to call him “master.” Jabre White, a Roosevelt High School senior says he was shocked when he heard Mr. McCurtain’s remarks. 

This story originally appeared in the New York Times. By: Andrea Elliot She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising and falling under winter coats and wool blankets. A few feet away, their mother and father sleep near the mop bucket they use as a toilet. […]