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How Black people mourn the loss of a Superhero

“Machine Learning” by Donnie Moreland

Hereditary Wounds: A Short Story

High rates of femicide make it hard to be a Black woman in this world

What might happen if we ignore our grief during quarantine?

Is COVID-19 a crisis within a crisis for Black women?

I don’t know what my grief looks like outside of social pressures to perform it in acceptable ways

Nipsey Hussle’s death warrants more than a “Black Man Take Down” conspiracy theory

5 Israeli teenagers arrested for the fatal stoning of a Palestinian woman ahead of elections

Two suspects arrested in murder of Jazmine Barnes, but neither matches witness descriptions

France’s investigation into attack that prompted the Rwandan genocide is finally ended

Recently sworn-in Puebla, Mexico Governor Martha Erika Alonso dies in helicopter crash

7-year-old dies in Border Patrol custody after being separated from family that now disputes agency’s account

Cop who killed Terence Crutcher teaching class on “Surviving the Aftermath” to Tulsa officers

‘The Sinner’ and why white killers are imagined as victims easier than the Black & killed

An open letter to my boyfriend after the ghost of my abuser appeared during sex

How do you mourn an abuser?: Rapper XXXtentacion killed outside motorcycle dealership in Florida

Study: Puerto Rico death toll 4x higher than official number given after Hurricane Maria

Sandra Bland documentary to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

NYPD kills 34 year old Saheed Vassel after claiming they thought metal rod was a gun

South African revolutionary leader Winnie Mandela dies at 81

After Uber’s self-driving car kills a woman in Arizona, company halts self-driving car tests

Puerto Rico governor orders review of Hurricane Maria death toll following discrepencies

Singer and actress Della Reese dies at the age of 86

Hurricane Irma kills 9 in Caribbean as Florida awaits landfall

Umar Muhammad, restorative justice activist, killed in motorcycle crash

10-year-old Bishop Curry is working to help end hot-car deaths

Roger Ailes, FOX News Co-Founder, Dies at 77

FBI To Investigate Death of Black Muslim Teen Found Hanged In Woods

Respecting The Totality of Muhammad Ali’s Legacy

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