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Student activists protest Peabody ties to Wash U
About 100 people gathered outside of Washington University St.-Louis’ Brookings Hall in protest of the school’s ties with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy. The demonstrators called for the university to no longer allow the energy company to sponsor its Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization. They also was Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody, to leave Wash U’s […]
As measles outbreak grows in non-vaccinated population, Washington declares state of emergency
Washington state has declared a state of emergency as a measles outbreak spreads in two counties.
Washington Post reports on how the Khashoggi killing was born out of a deadly royal family feud
According to the Washington Post, the Saudis are engaged in a family feud over power, which likely led to the ordered killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The origins of this feud are located in January 2015, at the bedside of a dying King Abdullah. As David Ignatius relates, a Saudi who was at the hospital […]
Washington Magazine’s “I’m Not a Tourist” campaign featuring D.C. gentrifiers sparks backlash
Recently, Washingtonian Magazine ran a photo campaign titled “I’m Not a Tourist” intended to showcase the many native residents of Washington D.C. However, no Black natives were featured, despite the fact Washington D.C.’s city population is 47.7% Black.
“Genius” businessman can’t stop first government shut down where president’s party controls all of Washington
“I’m getting tired of your shit. You don’t never buy me nothing,” Erykah Badu free-styled on her prophetic track “Tyrone” in 1997. The song captures a protagonist whose unbalanced emotional, financial and romantic labor led her to rhythmically collect her dude, a dude who could have also been collected by the homeboys he was so […]
What being Lincoln in a school play taught me about efforts to whitewash Black children in schooling
By George Johnson Anti-Blackness and the “alternative facts” about it did not start when Donald Trump became the 45th President of their United States. For Black children in America, we have only known a history rooted in false narratives, erasure, and the omission of any of our history unless it is first routed through a […]
The whitewashing of ‘IT’ is proof that it’s past time to start centering Blackness in horror
In the years between Victor Halerpin’s White Zombie (1932) and Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), Blackness in the horror genre has largely been a myriad of hidden slavery narratives featuring gendered anti-Black violence and racist dehumanization. Excepting the stories that include Black characters as tokens or magical negroes who ensure the survival of white characters—usually […]
Two women, 41 and 32, shot and killed in Chicago’s Washington Park
The stories of Chicago’s gun violence often follow the same narrative – young men of color, particularly Black, fall victim to either side of the weapon while their women loved ones are left to grieve. A shocking incident in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood has throw that pattern out of play after two women, 41 and […]
Washington State University President Starts Investigation Into Racist Video
A video taken at a Trump rally in October offers a glimpse into what the environment there is like. As if anyone had to guess, the video features the blatant racism and disrespect that’s become synonymous with President Trump. To help combat this growing culture of bigotry, the president of Washington State University, where the video […]
Washington Senator Wants To Make ‘Illegal Protests’ A Felony
What, exactly, is “illegal protest”? No one truly knows despite all of the government officials who think they do. This is why a Washington state senator’s latest attempt to make his interpretation of “illegal protests” worth a felony is such a major concern. Senator Doug Ericksen plans to propose a bill in the state senate that will work […]
Pregnant Mother Fatally Shot By Police In Washington
Renee Davis, a mother of three with a fourth on the way, was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Auburn, Washington this past Friday.
Washington D.C. Will Raise Minimum Wage to $15 By 2020
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed a new law that will raise the city’s minimum wage nearly five dollars. By 2020, workers in Washington D.C. will make a minimum of $15 an hour, starting with a rise to $11.50 this July, according to FOX5.