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Christmas is only a few days away, and we wanted a share 10 songs that are making the rounds on our Christmas playlist this year. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers of Black Mirror S4, E6, “Black Museum” I do not trust myself when I enjoy a tale of Black people experiencing unbearably violent situations on screen. Perhaps I have read too much of Frank Wilderson’s Afro-pessimist film critique Red, White and Black, but I am never quite sure whether […]

To say Venezuela is in a state of upheaval and revolution is putting it mildly. Just days after Christmas, Venezuelans are facing a 2,400% inflation rate and severely depressed purchasing power, according to consulting firm Econometrica, which places Venezuelan buying power at one fifth what it was when Hugo Chavez began the country’s Socialist revolution […]

By Kleaver Cruz Two years ago, I woke up wishing I could go back to sleep and wake up to a more just and Black-loving world. I wanted to relieve myself of the pain that surfaces after watching too many news accounts of law enforcement ending the lives of Black people in the U.S., or […]

Cook County prosecutors decided to not press charges against Officer Robert Rialmo for shooting Qunitonio LeGrier, 19, and his neighbor Bettie Smith, 55, the day after Christmas in 2015. 

There is something particularly disturbing about racism in children. A recent video of two little White girls receiving Black baby dolls for Christmas shows how disturbing it can be to watch in action.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hoping to provide new policing procedures as the city’s law enforcement agency continues to find itself under public scrutiny.

The Chicago Police Officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald plead not guilty in court on Tuesday.

Some of our favorite sports stars are redirecting their passion on-the-court to major off-the-court issues. Through a partnership between Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun safety advocacy group, and the NBA, basketball stars like Steph Curry, Chris Paul, and Carmelo Anthony, are working on an ad-campaign to bring awareness to gun violence and the stories […]

My one-year-old son loves to wear his sister’s red, polka dot Christmas dress. For a few weeks, he would sneak into her bedroom, pull it off of the hanger, and drag it around the house until someone with more dexterity would put it on his body. We never told him he couldn’t wear it because […]

By Victoria Massie How could you forget? Has it been that long? I, too, was once a convenience you purchased at the corner. Was I not on your grocery list yesterday? “Slave F 26” written right below the milk and corn? The auction block still rests next to the market downtown. Was I not the […]