op-ed Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony at Reading Pennsylvania City Hall

Finding And Losing Juneteenth

While it has been wonderful seeing more Black people discover Juneteenth and learn about the legacy of this uniquely Black…
01.01.70
op-ed Protests Continue In Louisville Over Deaths In Recent Police Shootings

LMPD Does Not Keep Us Safe

If racism is a public health crisis, then the Louisville Metro Police Department is a tumor. And a tumor can't…
01.01.70
op-ed 2019 WTA Finals - Press Conference And Training Session

'Be Better'

Sports journalists have extraordinary access that can inform fans’ understanding of the athletes and their performances, but they must do…
01.01.70
black music month Nicole & DJ Khaled's Birthday Celebration With Haute Living And Roger Dubuis

Drunk Uncle Self Care: Treating Trauma, Debating Hip-Hop

Since it's Black Music Month and we're approaching a summer of vaccination roulette with family, here's a curated list of…
11.08.63
op-ed Reaction to Birmingham Bombing

How Can We Protect Black Youth?

Black children are not killed because police fail to recognize them as children. They are killed because they are Black. 
01.01.70
Ruins of Greenwood District after Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, June 1921

Tulsa Race Massacre: Making The Case For Reparations

The Tulsa Race Massacre is a stark example of the failure of the U.S. democracy to provide justice for race-based…
01.01.70
op-ed Wake And Funeral Held For Ma'Khia Bryant In Columbus, OH

The Conspicuous Consumption Of Black Death

The mission for funerals like Ma'Khia Bryant's should be to celebrate children and mourn lives cut too short. Instead, these…
09.09.50
op-ed A protester holds a sign out of a car during the MaKhia...

The Myth That Cops Keep Us Safe

There is no lullaby of "justice," only the ongoing nightmare of policing.
09.18.43
op-ed Ma'Khia Bryant

No Country For Black Girls Like Ma'Khia Bryant

With much left to unpack in the guilty Derek Chauvin verdict over the murder of George Floyd, Ma'Khia's death details…
02.01.43
Minneapolis Reacts To Verdict In Derek Chauvin Trial

Supporting Black Youth After Chauvin Verdict, Ma’Khia Bryant

The trial outcome of George Floyd’s murderer was a relief – until it wasn’t. On the heels of the verdict,…
01.01.70
op-ed The Fashion Awards 2019 - Red Carpet Arrivals

In The Madness, Rihanna’s Song 'Disturbia' Hits Different

In a piece entitled “White America, Let’s Negotiate,” Trevor Baldwin wrote about his state of mind under Klandemic Stress Disorder.…
01.01.70
Pop-Up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Held At Predominantly Black Church In L.A.

One Year Later: COVID-19's Impact On Black Communities

Here are five ways COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black Americans and how where we were in March 2020 compares to…
01.01.70
op-ed March In Solidarity With Asian Community Held In Atlanta, After Tuesday Night's Massage Parlor Killings

Prayer For Afro-Asians After White Man's 'Bad Day'

The bloodletting of white nationalism and white supremacy is no brand new agony for us. Now, we mourn more loss…
01.01.70
op-ed One Year Anniversary Of The Killing Of Breonna Taylor Marked By Protests

We’re Building The World That Breonna Deserved

It’s been one year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor, another Black woman taken from us for no other reason…
03.03.05
op-ed People protest a Kentucky grand jurys indictment of one of three police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor, but not for her death

Breonna Taylor Deserved Reproductive Justice

Justice for Breonna doesn’t only mean accountability in the eyes of the law. She deserved the right to create and…
01.01.70
one year later News - George Floyd Protest Donald Trump Birthday Protest - New York City

We’re Going To Be Alright

Between the pandemic, the high-profile murders of Black people and the state-sanctioned violence against protesters that followed, we have been…
05.30.04
op-ed The Royal Family Attend Church On Christmas Day

A Royal Disgrace: We're Discussing Racism All Wrong

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s experiences are a rare case study of how racism should be discussed. But that conversation…
01.01.70
op-ed NAACP Holds Mock Funeral To Bury The 'N-Word'

Why Must White People Insist On Saying N-Word?

It’s wild that in 2021 we still must explain when and in what context white people can use the N-word.…
01.01.70
black history month Washington Protest

History Of Black Nationalist Women's Political Activism

A breakdown of the hidden history of Black nationalist women’s political activism.
01.04.02
op-ed Hand raised during protest in Washington D.C.

Time To Keep Promises To Black People

As we continue to see the ravages of climate disasters, a failing health and economic system and the expansion of…
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