Yesterday morning, I found myself searching for answers on the 6 train. I did everything I was supposed to do but,…
Earlier this week, we heard about a Wichita, Kan., Black Lives Matter protest that turned into a community barbecue…
An Atlanta 14-year-old who called out "White Boy Privilege" at a slam-poetry contest at his school in May is now…
Like many celebrities who wrongly employ the phrase as a means of evading responsibility for their actions, A$AP…
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump—once known for his famous catchphrase “You’re fired!”—has officially been crowned the…
"Black Olives Matter."
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke continued his ongoing notoriety as an outspoken black cop against the Black…
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I was a grad student at the UCLA film school, getting my MFA in screenwriting, when a consumer-trends company asked…
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How do we go from #BlackLivesMatter to changing the policies that devalue black life?
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Within the last couple months or so, my soon-to-be 8-month-old daughter has been transitioning from her diet of the…
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Thursday’s ABC town hall with President Barack Obama was anticipated with bated breath.
On Saturday, as protests mounted across the country following the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando…
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Philando Castile, a Minnesota man who was fatally shot by a St. Anthony, Minn., police officer during a traffic…
The family of Darrius Stewart, a black teen who was shot and killed by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in the…
The city of Baton Rouge, La., the Baton Rouge Police Department and other law-enforcement officials are facing a…
The past few weeks have been rough. We are dying daily, and yet many of you have been sound asleep. You saw Mike…
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It has been less than a week since the “newsplosion” of the police-shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando…
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