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Used in a relentless pursuit of the elusive middle class, side hustle culture is killing Black folx
Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Black Liberation & Organizing, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How do we hold politicians accountable to Black communities? Is that even possible? What should be our role in the electoral politics? What does abolition look like in practice? What […]
Heather Heyer and the white “allies” who have “done more” than us for our own liberation
On Saturday, 32-year-old Heather Heyer was murdered while protesting a white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a man plowed his car through a crowd. Heyer was white, and in her death she was predictably and quickly turned into a paragon of “allies” “doing the work.”
GOP Looks To Undo Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Program
As part of her campaign to help fight childhood obesity, Michelle Obama introduced the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act during the 2012-2013 school-year. Under this program, school lunches became healthier by replacing high sodium and otherwise unhealthy foods with fruits and other options. Many students wondered what happened to their favorite snacks and GOP lawmakers were infuriated […]