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While Mark Zuckerberg is being grilled by Congress on issues related to Facebook sharing data with Cambridge Analytica, and the infiltration of the social media giant by Russian trolls, reports began to surface that one of the biggest Black Lives Matter profiles on the platform is actually a fake. According to The Root, a CNN […]

Eight-year-old Keaton Jones went viral over the weekend for a video in which he laments being bullied as his mother, Kimberly Jones records him crying in the passenger seat of her car. Over the course of a few days, Keaton received invites to various events from Lebron James, Gal Gadot, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo. […]

The first time I saw Branden Miller as Joanne the Scammer online I was intrigued. The petite, tan-skinned person with hairy arms, a disheveled, layered wig and ice blue contacts was everywhere. I clicked a video. And another one. And another one. And another. I laughed until pain reverberated up my sides and then did […]

A South Florida man who was ripped off by his lawyer has been rewarded with his home. Patrick Coulton was arrested on drug conspiracy charges in 2008. He hired attorneys Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy to represent him. 

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Education & Schooling, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. What are the implications of charter and private schools in communities of color? How do we counteract anti-Black textbooks and teachers in our children’s education? How did you heal from bullying […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are in the midst of a global disaster and it’s taking its toll on everyone in a multitude of ways. While it’s true that Black people have weathered the storms of global anti-Blackness, incremental genocide, and continued discrimination, we are not unaffected by the current crisis. It’s true that “back to normal” for us […]

I always think of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) whenever someone pretends to be a Black woman or disingenuously evokes our aesthetics. While there are many who outright pretend to be Black women, there are also those convinced that they can somehow actually become Black women and others who simply benefit from appropriating our […]

Editor’s Note: sexual violence and mention of rape I’ll admit it: I have a sort of macabre fascination with true crime. My fiancé is always making fun of me for it, and it’s not a trait I’m super proud of, to be honest. I recognize that how the media handles the sensational abuses they document […]

On Thursday, Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, to 47 months in prison for bank fraud.

by Kathleen Anaza In the old tale of tourism, when the needs of a city’s residents are leveraged against the wants of its visitors, it’s the residents who lose. The recent Fyre Festival scam is a prime example of unequal power in tourism interests. A con man from the United States finessed hundreds of celebrities, […]