OP-ED Elizabeth Warren and Angela Rye at North Carolina A&T
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Elizabeth Warren Needed Better Answer To Angela Rye

From the location to the audience to the moderator, Elizabeth Warren's event at North Carolina A&T was dripping in Blackness.…
11.09.19
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What 'Harriet' Controversies Could Mean For 2020 Election

It’s absolutely frightening that the same duplicitous online tactics that helped elect Donald Trump are still working in 2019 surrounding…
03.24.20
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Why Racism Should Be Treated As Health Risk

As a society we cannot afford to perpetuate health inequities by undermining or disguising the biological impact of racism.
10.21.19
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On The Inexcusable Whiteness Of Amazon's 'Modern Love'

In 2019, it takes an inconceivable amount of audacity to produce a show like "Modern Love" about the complexities of…
10.21.19
op-ed Atatiana Jefferson's window
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Atatiana Jefferson's Nephew Is A Victim, Too

How do we tell Black boys and girls that they aren’t safe in their own homes and the people they…
10.16.19
Freddie Gray Protestors
Will Public Executions Of Black People Ever Stop?

Atatiana Jefferson, a 28 year old who police killed in her own home, joins a growing list of Black people…
10.13.19
op-ed Judge Tammy Kemp hugs Amber Guyger
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The Hug Heard 'Round The World

The problem with the way Amber Guyger’s sentence was laid out isn’t necessarily about her as much as it is…
10.03.19
op-ed Roc Nation And NFL Announce Partnership
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Jay-Z And The Reasonable Doubt Of The NFL

What a phenomenal dilemma for a kid from Marcy projects.
10.03.19
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Cops In Schools Can Be Students’ Biggest Threat

As the arrest of two six-year-olds in a Florida school in October has shown, sometimes one threat to the students…
09.27.19
op-ed Justin Trudeau and Condoleezza Rice
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Everyone Has A Racist Bone In Their Bodies

Though race is a societal construct and hate is taught, being conditioned to have some kind of prejudice is basically…
09.24.19
Conservatives Come Together For Annual CPAC Gathering
Every Receipt Proving Candace Owens Is A Con

We have the receipts.
10.09.19
op-ed Dave Chappelle's Block Party
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The Framing Of Dave Chappelle: Joke's On Us

When it comes to the multi-dimensions of perspective on the stand-up stage, Dave Chappelle is in a class by himself.
09.11.19
South African President Jacob Zuma hosts Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
Mugabe, Trump Have More Similarities Than You Think

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe And U.S. President Donald Trump have a lot in common.
09.06.19
The first of 13 new Popeyes opened this week in Brooklyn Park, as people lined up both inside and outside in cars to place their orders. Popeyes has been a minor fast food player in the Twin Cities with just one lone Minneapolis store. But the company bou
Stop Shaming Black People For Wanting Popeyes Sandwiches

What was supposed to be a feel-good story about Popeyes' delicious chicken sandwiches and Black people enjoying themselves has become…
08.26.19
op-ed Shaun King and Rihanna
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Open Letter To Rihanna: Reconsider Shaun King Award

This -- the announcement that Rihanna's Diamond Ball would be honoring Shaun King with an award -- ain't it.
08.23.19
Jeffrey Epstein and Sandra Bland
Jeffrey Epstein-Sandra Bland 'Suicides' Wrongly Compared

Is it possible that nefarious forces at play killed Epstein instead of him taking his own life? Of course it…
08.12.19
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The Most American Day

The El Paso shooting that killed 20 people was just another day in the United States.
08.05.19
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The Trump Black People Warned You About

Throughout the entirety of Trump’s political career, Black politicians, journalists and generally every Black person in between has been gaslit…
03.24.20
op-ed Joe Biden Attends Rainbow PUSH Coalition Annual International Convention
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Stop Telling Black Voters To Settle

There's been a tendency to encourage people to vote simply for the person with the best chance to rid us…
03.24.20
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The World's Ignoring The Sudan Massacre

Sudanese death -- and, in general, African and Black deaths -- is rarely cause for international recognition because so much…
06.17.19
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