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CW: graphic descriptions of femicide For, while the tale of how we suffer is never new, it always must be heard. -James Baldwin  My grandmother once said to me, “the hardest thing anyone can be in this world, is a black woman.” Although I’ve carried these words with me throughout the years, it is now, […]

by Jo (Foderingham) Brown The COVID-19 pandemic has forced non-disabled people to socialize almost exclusively via an internet connection. Suddenly, the IRL — “in real life” — world became inaccessible for people who have never experienced inaccessibility. But the world is still inaccessible for disabled and chronically ill folks.  For the last three months in […]

This essay discusses child abuse, sexual violence, addiction, and extreme weight loss I tell him about my recent trip up to Philly and what happened on the way back. Our Uber driver overheard a conversation between myself, a child of the Carolinas, and my friend, the most Texas Texan I know, in which she told […]

The World Bank warned on Tuesday that the economy of the Gaza Strip is approaching an “immediate collapse” and called on Israel and the larger international community to step in. According to the report from CBS News, the economy in Gaza has contracted by 6% over the first quarter of 2018. Unemployment is over a […]

According to reports from the Smithsonian and Chicago magazine, Google Arts & Culture is collaborating with digital archivists from the Chicago Defender and other Black newspapers such as the Dallas Post-Tribune, the Washington Informer and the Baltimore Afro-American to digitize their archives and maintain their legacy. This effort began in earnest when Angela Ford was searching […]

Adults should not be unsettled by self-possessed pre-teens. Adults should know that inflicting physical discipline on other people’s children is an egregious error. Adults should also know everybody does not share their worldviews or dedication to patriotic performance. One Michigan teacher can reflect on these truisms after she was placed on administrative leave and while […]

HBO has reportedly given a green light to the creators of Game of Thrones to produce a series about a fictional world where the Confederacy won the Civil War and slavery is still legal south of the Mason-Dixie line. The reactions to this idea have been strong, yet polarizing. HBO's official announcement for new series CONFEDERATE […]

Seattle police officers shot and killed a pregnant mother of four on Sunday. Charleena Lyles, 30, had called the police to report a burglary before officers arrived, allegedly found her brandishing a knife, and shot her in the same apartment as her children. 

The Golden State Warriors are likely 12 hours into a non-stop celebration that won’t wind down for at least a couple more days. After winning the NBA Finals on Monday night, that’s to be expected. But the team is still making news in other, unexpected ways on the eve its second championship in three years. […]

2016 was difficult as it became the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the United States with 27 reported victims. Nearly half of which were Black. Unfortunately, 2017 didn’t take long to show that this tragedy wasn’t left in the past. Mesha Caldwell, a hairstylist from Mississippi was found murdered 30 miles outside of […]

Four-hundred people were shot in Chicago within the span of 31 days. Ninety of them died. Multiple outlets, including The Washington Post and CNN, are calling August the deadliest month the city has experienced in two decades. Some news reports implicated widespread gang violence within the city for the drastic uptick in crime, while others […]

For the past thirteen days, the #LetUsBreathe Collective has been occupying Homan Square, the known Chicago Police black site where arrested individuals have been disappeared, tortured, and abused. The occupation began on Thursday, July 21st, following the national #FreedomNow Campaign against police unions and has continued in the style of a block party. #LetUsBreathe activists are […]