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by Amanda F. John  This essay contains discussions of alcoholism and self-harm  Anyone with access to an amazon prime account has likely come across what I like to call the golden scam. What is this fortuitous product you ask? Well, it’s a watch, ironically, it is often made with silver sterling—essentially putting an end to […]

As far as I can tell, no one really knows who first stated that Black people have to work twice as hard and be twice as good to be as successful as white people. I’d like to think that a great mass of ancestors came up with the old adage apart but simultaneously, a testament […]

My heroes are never buried when they die, at least not at first. As soon as I hear the news, I borrow their face from their still chilling body to post alongside a hastily written message of grief and well-wishes. I want to be the earliest to write about their loss, for everyone to see […]

A joint effort from the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express is chronicling the sexual abuse of over 700 people by Southern Baptist Church (SBC) leaders, stretching over 20 years.

By Inigo Laguda It is the most enthralling and excruciating time to be Black. Recently, it seems, some have managed access to glide through avenues that were previously concealed from us—to break down walls that were once erected to ostracize us. We are in the belly of a Black artistic renaissance and some of these […]

by JeCorey Holder RELATED: Comic: We know why y’all keep trying to distance yourselves from slavery As someone who, to my knowledge, has no claim on any sort of Native American lineage, I realize it isn’t exactly within my lane to speak on some related subjects. However, I would like someone to let me know […]

According to Vox, Stacey Abrams formally ended her campaign to become the country’s first Black female governor in Georgia over the weekend. In a speech on Friday afternoon, Abrams acknowledged that her opponent, Brian Kemp, had a lead that was insurmountable in one of the most closely watched races of the midterm election season. “I […]

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey came to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams, who could become Georgia’s first Black woman governor. Amid the close political race, concerns and allegations have been surging over voter suppression tactics being used by Abrams’ GOP opponent, Brian Kemp, to hinder Black turnout.

Gwinnett County is facing multiple lawsuits stemming from its rejections of 595 absentee ballots, a large number of them by African American and Asian American voters. According to CNN’s analysis of state data, Gwinnett County only makes up around 6% of the absentee ballots in Georgia, but one third of those rejected by the state, and roughly […]

PEN America, a literary activism group comprised of thousands of writers, has taken the step of suing a sitting President for his attacks on the press. Tuesday, the organization filed a suit in federal court in Manhattan, alleging that Trump “violated the First Amendment and his oath to uphold the Constitution” via what PEN refers […]

As the November midterm election nears, Georgia’s current Secretary of State and the GOP gubernatorial candidate, Brian Kemp, is holding around 53,000 voter registration applications for additional screening. Most of them are from Black voters.

On Wednesday, Pope Francis summoned bishops to the Vatican City for an emergency meeting to address the worldwide clerical sexual abuse and coverups of the Catholic Church. The meeting comes on the heels of the bombshell Philadelphia investigation uncovering more than 300 clergy members accused by about 1,000 victims.