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by Alycia Kamil We Speak Our City Back On Language, Gentrification, and Black Presence in Chicago There are stories that arrive already smoothed out. Made digestible for funders, developers, and media outlets. The kind that trades in progress narratives and polished soundbites. This is not that kind of story. This piece opens differently. The voice […]

By Caroline Colvin For a subset of society whose bodies are so sexualized, so desired, and so sought-after, Black women and femmes as a whole feel a substantial amount of shame when it comes to our sexuality. When you’re a Black woman or femme, pop culture encourages you to be the video vixen — or, […]

After six California police officers murdered 20 year old Willie McCoy, a Black local rapper, on Saturday at a Taco Bell fast-food restaurant, McCoy’s family is demanding answers.

A Montana border patrol agent detained and questioned two American citizens after he merely overheard them speaking to each other in Spanish at a gas station. Early Wednesday morning, the two women, Ana Suda and Mimi Hernandez, were making a midnight trip to a convenience store near the Montana border to Canada in Havre when […]

by Andrew Keahey “I’m so glad I’m talking to you. That colored boy was not helpful.” That “colored boy” was me. I had been the lone person sitting behind the desk when this man with a swastika pin on his camouflage hat came in wanting a deal on a cell phone. His wife stood by […]

Deandre Harris, 20, is known throughout the world for the wrong reasons. Instead of his aspiring music career, he’s known for being the victim of a beating doled out by a group of white supremacists at this weekend’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. A photo was posted on Twitter that showed Harris on […]

Mike Tyson, once considered the most dangerous boxer in the world, opened up about parts of his past many fans were likely unaware of. In an interview with ESPN’s “E:60,” Tyson shared that he was molested as a child and that a man once grabbed him and tried to pull him into a building. “Well I […]

Claremont McKenna College has suspended five students in connection to a protest in April where they blocked the entrance to a speaking even on-campus. Three students were suspended for a full academic year while two were suspended for a semester, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Finding new friends after joining a new school isn’t easy. It’s even harder to make sure the ones you find are the right ones. But no one should ever have to deal with rejecting friendships with people who want to see them lynched. Aina Adewunmi, 15, transferred to Palisades Charter High School in Southern California in […]

It feels like Fox News is facing scandals from every direction. On one end, its losing some of its most prominent figures after years of sexual harassment finally caught up with them. On the other, more stories are coming out about how hard it is to work at the news station as a Black employee. […]

While avoiding the orange-colored elephant in the room, Barack Obama’s first speaking engagement since leaving office was a success. Surrounded by six local students, he spoke on his role in helping prepare the next generation of leaders for what will come.

If you thought that Dave Chappelle was living it up in a deluxe penthouse in New York City you wouldn’t be further from the truth. The comedy star and his family actually live a mostly quiet life on a farm in a town called Yellow Springs, Ohio. However, despite living in a village of less […]