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Editor’s Note: This Sexual Health and Awareness month, we will be exploring related issues at BYP, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. What does sexual health look like outside of cishetero norms? Where does the #MeToo movement go from here? What can we do to better support survivors, including survivors […]

By Arielle Iniko Newton Last weekend, my six roommates and I were interviewing potential roommates to fill an unoccupied room in the social justice-oriented home we share. One of the prospects was a white, cisgender, heterosexual man. Upon interviewing him we quickly learned that he did not possess a commitment to dismantling whiteness that we […]

People out to avoid the merits of certain claims often state some version of “only God can judge me.” The statement is expected to pause the progression of criticism and, with hope, allow certain allegations to fade. In the world of entertainment mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons, an analogous response about his generalized goodness was […]

Traditional media power-players seem spooked by the reach and relative newness of digital media and digital natives’ use of their platforms to amplify justice. Legacy brands, that present televised commercials to viewers, increasingly face off with digital media advertisers, and the social media realm of clicks, celebrities and influencers. And neither legacy brands nor digital […]

Charter schools have long been the subject of debate. Many critics feel that they’re being used as a privatized way to make public schools obsolete. While these schools receive funding from the same financial pool as public schools, they’re usually privately owned and operated. They also aren’t restricted to the same regulations as public schools. […]

By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House.

While there are sure to be challenges at any kind of institution, the challenges that people of color face at predominantly white institutions (PWI) are a separate story. To take that idea even further, the experiences that black women have at PWIs can be even more stressful. To detail those exact experiences, Kwyn Townsend Riley […]

Vlogger Kat Blaque explains why asking a minority to educate you is just another form of oppression. Photo: Youtube/Screenshot

Often lost in the conversation surrounding Chicago’s gun violence crisis are the experiences and challenges of the survivors of this violence. We must ensure that the voices and struggles of survivors are heard as well, and that they have the supports they need.

by Cathy J. Cohen To say that the term affordability has become the buzzword of this political season would be an understatement. The growing prominence of the term “affordability” is evident in the press, among politicians, and even in the public’s Google searches. The political success of focusing on affordability became evident in recent Democratic […]

by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD A few weeks ago, I posted on Threads about the ways that male-identified women are harmful to building community. I said this in reference to the numbers of Black women who work tirelessly defending Black men like Chris Brown, Bill Cosby, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and so many others who commit […]

by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD In August 2017, I received a text message from a dear friend. The text read, “Hey darling, would you be interested in writing a 800 – 1000 word piece about white women’s role in white supremacy for Teen Vogue? They reached out to me about it but I’d rather pass […]