Jim Crow

On Jan. 26, 2021, President Joe Biden signed four executive orders designed to address racial equity in the United…

It’s no secret that Republicans are inimical to people with melanin having equal, fair access to the ballot box. And…

After a grueling 28 days of watching corporations, institutions and random white people pretend to care about the…

Are you white?

“Little bitty pretty one, come on and talk to me” about that one time a vintage clip of Frankie Lymon performing…

Hopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution.

The state of Mississippi is close to 40 percent Black, making it the state with the second-largest proportional…

One of the most tragic moments in Black American history happened in 1963 when a group of cowardly Ku Klux Klan…

Welcome to Lovecraft Country...or um, you know...welcome to America for Black folks.

When Andre Perry thinks about American policing and incarceration, he sees an economic issue as much as a human…

Voting laws in this country are generally crafted to favor white people at the expense of everyone else. Whether…

Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across…

God doesn’t make mistakes, but people do. And sometimes those mistakes look like black aunties, who, in 2020 the…

Capitalism is an interesting thing.

Anyone who grew up in the pre-streaming age remembers those super-effective Disney commercials that would air with a…

For nearly 100 years, the Commonwealth of Virginia has required all couples seeking a marriage license to disclose…

Now, we’ve all heard the stereotype that black folks can’t swim. But, unfortunately, that cliché is based in…

It’s being called a modern-day poll tax, and for good reason.

In the new film Green Book, Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen play a black musical genius and the hard-nosed…