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Here Is Why You Must Vote In Your…

What’s happening in state capitols, city halls, and school boards have more of a direct effect on our daily lives…

02.02.17

The Essence Festival All Star music concert in South Africa

The Unholy Alliance Between Donald Trump & Black…

Tina Campbell is the latest in a string of gospel singers to inculcate a moral sense of responsibility to endorse…

01.30.17

Was Bresha Meadows Standing Her Ground?

Parents are supposed to protect and provide for their kids. When that doesn’t happen, kids are left to do those…

08.11.16

Court Must Dismiss Police Lawsuits Against Marilyn Mosby

Lawsuits filed by Baltimore police officers against Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby must be dismissed, according to the law. The United States…

08.09.16

Candelight Vigil Held At Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ahead Of Rolling Thunder Weekend

Does America Hate Black People?

Love is verb, an action word. Hate is as well. As a humanitarian, I ground myself in love in order…

08.06.16

Mourners Attend Wake And Funeral For Sandra Bland In Illinois

Sandra Bland Is Why I Gave My Black…

In what has become known as "The Talk," which parents give Black boys about police encounters, I also teach my…

07.13.16

On Black Death Porn - Stop Showing Our…

The only thing that that front page did was traumatize Black mothers, make White supremacists rejoice, and sell more papers.

12.07.16

Five Police Officers Killed During Anti-Police Brutality March In Dallas

Stop Painting Blacks As Terrorists When We Are…

In that moment, I realized that Black lives really don’t matter – not just to the law enforcement officers

07.09.16

National Shooting Sports Foundation Hosts Annual Trade Show In Las Vegas

These 6 Banks Should Stop Supporting Gun Manufacturers

Fifty seven percent of Americans support a universal ban on assault weapons and yet millions of account holders at these…

06.28.16

Who Wants To Block Free Data?

For African-Americans and Hispanics --- two groups that strongly prefer using mobile devices to access the Internet -- the benefits…

06.08.16

Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC

Who's "Savvy" When It Comes To Section 8…

New York's storied history of gentrification, gerrymandering and inflation makes affordable housing a convoluted issue.

06.07.16

U.S. Senate Ignores The Vote Of The People

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell says that the people should have a voice in who selects the next U.S. Supreme Court…

03.09.16

Obama Seeks To Tighten Loopholes In Gun Purchasing Regulations

When Policy & Reality Intersect: My Family &…

"I learned that one of my family members became one of over 30,000 Americans who die every year as a…

01.09.16

Remembering History: Police-Caused Deaths Haven’t Happened In A…

Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, applauds NY's probe into Raynette Turner's death but describes how the stage was set…

08.06.15

Nine Dead After Church Shooting In Charleston

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Is Showing Its Bias…

When white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof was captured and questioned about his role in the AME Emanuel Church massacre that…

06.22.15

Turning Our Young Boys Into Men Like My…

I’m Black, female, and a product of a two-parent household – this shouldn’t be an anomaly. Thanks to my dad,…

06.19.15

OPINION: So Now Black Men Are Not Even…

Police are willing to use lethal force in a library but won’t say why? NOW is not the time for…

05.31.15

Black Mothers Matter: The Real Reason Toya Graham…

I’m disturbed by the depictions of Toya Graham circulating in news and social media. Going upside her son’s head for…

05.03.15

Why Latinos Should Speak Up For Black Lives

How much unrest will our country experience before we substantively address the injustices acutely impacting Black people? For months, across…

05.02.15