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Supplies meant for Puerto Ricans suffering hurricane aftermath found abandoned
According to reports from Think Progress, water, food, baby supplies, Tylenol, and other items were found abandoned in ten trailers packed full of donations for Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria. The items donated were allegedly found rotting in a rat-infested environment at a state elections office parking lot on the island. Authorities have already […]
Former Harlem Globetrotter missing, car found abandoned on California highway
A former member of the Harlem Globetrotters has disappeared while traveling to Seattle. Rico Harris, 37, left his mother’s Alhambra, California home more than a week ago to visit his girlfriend.
Baby abandoned on doorstep set for college this fall
This is a story that we need more of. An 18-year-old girl who was left on the doorstep of a complete stranger is set to attend college this fall. Last Friday marked 18 years since Janessa Gibbs showed up on the doorstep of Sara Gibbs’ Mississippi home.
Mystery of Abandoned Toddler’s Identity Solved Thanks to Social Media
The identity of a 4 year-old girl abandoned on a stranger’s doorstep has been solved, due in large part to social media. Over 2 million people re-posted photos of the little girl, eventually leading to a tip that identified her as Zoe Brown.
Abandoned by his family and left homeless and alone, Orayne Williams earns college scholarship
Abandoned by his family and left homeless and alone, Orayne Williams earns college scholarship Ben Chapman, New York Daily News, June 15, 2010 In less than two weeks, some 50,000 city high school seniors will graduate. Few of them will have overcome as many obstacles as Orayne Williams. Abandoned by his family and living alone […]
Mutual Aid is Inherently Antifascist
My maternal grandmother, Audrie, who was a second mother to me, was my first entrypoint in witnessing mutual aid in practice. She became a widow before the age of 21, followed by a long bout of alcoholism and depression, and had experienced her share of heartbreak. She and my maternal grandfather were two Black Panthers […]
Three Ways to Love Black
by Benji Hart 1. I’m a teenager, attending the annual Kwanzaa celebration at Amherst College, the small private school where my dad is a professor. A modest band of Black students and faculty have gathered for dinner in the Octagon. The plaster building, lemon meringue in both color and texture, was reclaimed […]
Black military men’s bodies are the cost of their patriotism
by Donnie Moreland My grandfather—my mother’s father—participated in the first sit-ins in Greenville, South Carolina. My grandfather is a military veteran. He patrolled the tomb of the unknown soldier, was employed as a manufacturer with the Department of Defense and was a supervisor, in the Pentagon, when Flight 77 made contact with the building at […]
The internet, as a digital looking glass, can normalize violence for Black boys
by Donnie Moreland I’m entering my apartment lot, around 9:45 PM, having returned from the gym. My vision often obscured around this time, I’m hurried to brake as two figures creep along in front of me. The two feel my headlights on their backs, thus they oblige my curiosity, and turn around. They are Black […]
The Black Lunatic
A history of forced institutionalization in service of white supremacy
The trans child in me still needs to feel wanted
by Jamila Dawn Mitchell I’m writing this because I need to feel wanted. That’s it. It may sound selfish to most. To a psychologist, though, this makes sense. Most things we do are done in spite of our desire to want to be loved. The sense of belonging is the essence of our humanity and […]
The white writer’s misimagination of Black characters in science fiction
by Inigo Laguda This essay contains spoilers for Another Life (2019) and Annihilation (2018) For a writer, I read astonishingly little. I chalk my aversion up to over-inundating myself with books as a boy and filling all my curious voids with grand words and fantastical tales. It’s almost like I nauseatingly engorged myself on literature […]