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by Donnie Moreland  In my six years participating in scholastic speech and debate competition, the one lasting impression of the sport itself, less any social interaction, was that language is never fixed. Language is neither absolute, or inherent. Language is craftable, manipulatable, sellable and infinitely interpretable.  This seems obvious, but when you think of how […]

Jasiri X and Van Jones at RebuildWI in Milwaukee (Photo by Paradise Gray) At Rebuild Wisconsin, One Hood Media (Jasiri X and Paradise Gray) spoke with Van Jones about why Rebuild the Dream got involved in the Recall of Governor Scott Walker, and what we need to do before and after the Presidential election. We […]

Eight-year-old Keaton Jones went viral over the weekend for a video in which he laments being bullied as his mother, Kimberly Jones records him crying in the passenger seat of her car. Over the course of a few days, Keaton received invites to various events from Lebron James, Gal Gadot, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo. […]

by Maximillian Matthews I wonder when my late father first observed the singularity of my gender performance. Perhaps he saw it when he took me to my first concert during Janet Jackson’s 1993 Janet tour, and noticed how I knew every word she sang on the stage. He may have seen it when he observed […]

Cook County prosecutors decided to not press charges against Officer Robert Rialmo for shooting Qunitonio LeGrier, 19, and his neighbor Bettie Smith, 55, the day after Christmas in 2015. 

Olympic star Lolo Jones just doesn’t know when to keep her foot out of her mouth. The latest is a comment she made in reference to rapper Drake hosting this year’s ESPY awards. @lolojones It’s amazing that Drake is hosting the @Espys but it’s gonna be tough for him to hand out all those awards […]

By Blake Simons The present day Movement for Black Lives, which I argue was revived by the people of Oakland after the murder of Oscar Grant, and came into fruition because of the rebellion that working class Black folks started in Ferguson after the murder of Mike Brown, has been co-opted by Black capitalistic neo-liberals.

The President-Elect is struggling to book acts for his inauguration as act after act refuses to take part in it. However, that doesn’t mean that they’ll all be sitting on their couches at home while he’s sworn in. It has been announced that Solange Knowles and Angela Davis will now be appearing at the Jan. […]

By: Imani J. Jackson Conventional wisdom holds that time leads to progress, and that diversified schools, societies and workplaces lead to unlearning racism and celebrating difference. However, old habits die hard.

“How many times do we expect Black people to build our country?” asked Samantha Bee on the episode of Full Frontal following the presidential election. I have asked this question many times and while I appreciate these sorts of sentiments from “woke” White comedians on a national level, at this point I don’t know that […]

  BYP 100’s National Coordinator Charlene Carruthers is making moves. Most recently the young activist and leader made AARP’s “11 Civil Rights Leaders Under 50.” 

Prince has just announced a multi-date residency at Chicago’s United Center.Dubbed “Welcome 2 Chicago,” the announcement follows similar residencies in Los Angeles and New York. So….who’s going?!