Violence

The internet, as a digital looking glass, can normalize violence for Black boys

Is your crowdfunding support colorist? Probably.

Watchmen, an homage to Black memory (loss)

White teenagers arrested for plotting to attack Black Muslim community

APA says ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny in new report

Jameek Lowery went to cops for help, warned they’d kill him on FB live, then died in their custody

Police still can’t find 7 y/o Jazmine Barnes’ killer as an older shooting gains suspicion

Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Voting isn’t just “harm reduction” for marginalized people who have to face the consequences

The violence of Black fratenities is a Black masculinity problem

Hulu documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ powerfully explores the effect of toxic masculinity on boys

Zimbabwe election protests turn fatal after soldiers crack down on demonstrators calling results a sham

New Zealand to grant 10 day paid leave for domestic abuse survivors

An open letter to my boyfriend after the ghost of my abuser appeared during sex

How do you mourn an abuser?: Rapper XXXtentacion killed outside motorcycle dealership in Florida

3 white men arrested after lynching style murder of 2 Black men in Oklahoma City

Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

Seven killed in prison brawl in South Carolina, highlighting brutal conditions that breed violence

Black women are the most likely to be unarmed when killed by police, according to study

Sacramento police shoot Stephon Clark 20 times in his own backyard, falsely claim he had a crowbar in his hand

Experts say family of Korryn Gaines has long fight ahead for the $37 million + in damages they were awarded

Teenage Parkland survivors demand political response to school massacre

White supremacists are targeting colleges for racist proliferation and footholds

Twitter bans some white supremacists from their platform, but efforts still feel hollow

15-year-old girl who declined a grown man’s advances ID’d him as her shooter before her death

North Korea performs intercontinental missile test after the U.S. names it a sponsor of terrorism

Jelani Maraj, brother of Nicki Minaj, convicted of child sexual assault and endangerment

Man kills 14 year old son because rigid masculinity standards are murderous

The violent fat antagonism in Michael Blackson’s terrible “joke” about sexual assault claims

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