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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 […]
“Believe survivors” is inadequate for confronting the power dynamics that fuel sexual abuse
by Hari Ziyad Content Warning: Sexual Violence In February, the New York Times reported on a years-long feud between fashion executive Peter Nygard and his neighbor in the Bahamas, billionaire Louis Bacon, which was prompted over an adequately ostentatious property dispute. This gilded tea kettle of drama boiled over in a recent lawsuit alleging that […]
Mental health treatment is a Black tradition, white people just took credit for it
by Imade Nibokun Black people invented mental health treatment before the “pray it away” stigma and the white supremacy that produced it. While Black folks continue to address the stigmas attached to mental illness, we must also acknowledge that Black mental health practitioners existed first. The first known physician in history is an Egyptian architect […]
2020 candidates are finally talking about reparations. It’s time to deepen the debate
This post is in partnership with Scholars for Social Justice By Adom Getachew Over the last two decades, Black organizers and activists around the world have moved reparations from the margins to the center of the political agenda. Organizers with the Movement for Black Lives included reparations in their ambitious Vision for Black Lives Platform […]
‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a study of the Black working class and the seductive appeal of capitalism
by Brittany Lee Frederick This essay contains spoilers for Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You features a “dystopia” that is not at all foreign to working class Black America. Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield), who has just been hired by Regal View telemarketing, is encouraged by Langston (Danny Glover), an older and […]
Wall Street is trying to siphon money from a distressed Puerto Rico in latest episode of “Disaster Capitalism”
According to a report from Jacobin, Wall Street is attempting to squeeze every last dime out of Puerto Rico that it can while using what Jacobin reporter Lara Merling calls “indefensible” cuts to public servants of Puerto Rico. The conservative leaning Wall Street Journal tastelessly referred to Puerto Rico’s debt as the top performing bond investment […]
Education Department wants to protect predatory student loan collectors
According to a new report from NPR, the U.S. Department of Education is arguing in an internal document that loan servicers should be protected from state rules that are harder on the companies than existing federal law. The internal memo has not been officially released, but it follows several moves which seem to align the […]
Russians bought offensive Facebook ads to increase American political tensions
Advertisement is powerful for many reasons, including because it operates at conscious and subconscious levels. Advertisement influences everything from where we purchase our necessities to which social issues resonate with us. And in a current climate that includes historically consistent racist violence, increasing ideological tensions and mistrust of the political system, it seems that Russian […]
Fund named in honor of Philando Castile to make sure students get lunches
The St. Paul, Minnesota school where Philando Castile used to work at had an honorable practice of making sure that every student gets a lunch, whether or not they can afford to pay for it. Sometimes, Castile would even pay for student’s lunches with money out of his own pocket. To honor this legacy, a […]
Navient, Formerly Known As Sallie Mae, Sued For Misleading Borrowers
Student loan debt is one of the most critical issues affecting today’s work force. Graduates often come out of school with the weight of tens of thousands of dollars in debt holding them back from moving forward with their lives. If that wasn’t bad enough, a new lawsuit alleges that millions of those borrowers may have […]
KKK Leaders Claim They Were Paid To Fake Scenes For Cancelled A&E Series
The controversial look into the lives of members of the Ku Klux Klan that was A&E’s “Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America” is no more. The cancellation decision was the result of findings that producers paid subjects to be a part of the show. A series of exclusive interviews conducted by Variety […]
A&E Cancels KKK Documentary Series After Producers Paid Subjects
A&E has officially cancelled “Escaping the KKK,” their controversial documentary series that was set to premiere in early 2017 to depict the lives of people looking to leave the hate group. But it’s not because of all of the public backlash that it received – at least, not directly.