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In Newnan, Georgia on Saturday, neo-Nazis were late to their own rally, so counter-protesters decided to get a head start in demonstrating against the National Socialist Movement, who believe “All non-White immigration must be prevented. We demand that all non-Whites currently residing in America be required to leave the nation forthwith and return to their […]

More than 1,000 people gathered in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday to protest an appearance by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The group of around 50 klansmen appeared in Justice Park, formerly named after Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson,” to protest the city’s efforts to rename monuments to Confederates, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

This article was originally published at Water Cooler Convos. “I love you. Mommy loves you, Charlotte.” I watched a character named “Ofwarren” speak those words to a rosey-cheeked baby before jumping from a bridge. She was attempting to end her own life. Ofwarren survived the plunge into the cold waters below. Yet, the image of […]

Donald Trump once claimed he had no idea who David Duke or the Ku Klux Klan were. But they clearly know who he is as Jezebel reports that the organization is planning to hold a rally to celebrate his election. 

Many powerful images are coming out of the Movement for Black Lives. Most of them are from people on the ground who are organizing to end police brutality. However, this new video from Mic News called “23 Ways You Could Be Killed if You Are Black In America” features celebrities like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rosario […]

March is Women’s History Month and today we take time out to raise awareness about the affects of HIV/AIDS on girls and women. Each year on March 10, advocacy organizations seek to shed light on the disease. 

The following story is written by guest contributor Lamont Lilly. He is a journalist, activist and organizer based in Durham, North Carolina.  By Lamont Lilly It was late evening July 15th, 2013 when 19 year old North Carolina Central University sophomore, Lewis James Little was finally released after a month of incarceration for a murder […]

Okay, sometimes “things” happen in the world that just make me sigh. (Read: blackface cakes meant to represent female genital mutilation.) Over the past few months, there just seems to have been a torrent of misguided gaffes and controversies that continually reveal how much work still needs to be done in the world along the […]

If Caylee Anthony had been black, would you know her name? Washington Post | July 8, 2011 Here’s a quiz: Which names do you recognize? Aja. N’Kiah. Tatianna. Brittany. Caylee. All five girls, authorities said, were killed by their mothers. Yet it’s likely that, besides their family and friends, not many people remember sisters Aja […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uon9CcoHgwA On the last Friday of Women’s Her-story Month, I want to honor black women who are what I call “border-crossers.” Border crossing is centered in the margins and “what moves people” . . . the fluid transmissions and the mergers. It comes out of womanism and black feminism. It comes out the frustration with […]

Paul “PR” Robinson has a message for the black community. In his track, “Willie Lynch,” Robinson reminds us of the country’s history with the British slave owner, while pointing out how we (black people) are the new Ku Klux Klan.

Keisha Thomas remembers it like yesterday. It was June 1996, and 17 Ku Klux Klan members held a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich. Hundreds of locals arrived on the scene to protest the KKK’s presence as police protected the Klansman.