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‘Black Lightning’ gives hope to nerdy Black kids like me

Four Oscar nominations offer more proof that ‘Get Out’ is game-changing storytelling

A history of white valor: How World War II stories were made to erase violence against Africa

Comic: We know why y’all keep trying to distance yourselves from slavery

Erykah Badu finding “good” in Hitler highlights the limits of Black empathy after slavery

It’s not just straight men: We all have to reckon with internalized femmephobia in the wake of #MeToo

HTGAWM’s sex trafficking storyline is a hidden but pervasive narrative for vulnerable Black girls

The Black barbershop is both toxic and intimate for cishet Black men

The question of Blackness: How conversations about Bruno Mars and Cardi B miss the mark

Reparations will never be given — it’s time we protect the everyday people who take them

The ‘Tales from the Hood’ sequel will be right on time

“I’m is talking right”: How the stigma around Black language holds us back from liberation

Let’s talk about phenotype and global Blackness

Here’s a list of 20 of the dopest Black comics set to takeover 2018. You’re welcome!

Climate changes costs the U.S. big, new report reveals

As a Black woman, I won’t say #Metoo in Rose McGowan’s* movement

Reading ‘Black Museum’ and ‘Get Out’ as comparative Afrofuturist zombie slave narratives

An evening with Angela Davis inspired me to advocate for prison abolition for Black girls

Netflix’s ‘Bright’ is copaganda, plain and simple

Black Mirror’s “Black Museum”: The slave revolt fantasy Hollywood never intended to make?

Church makes me sick: How Black Christians are stalling Black liberation

Powerful women in Hollywood come together to release multi-faceted anti-harassment plan

The Black church isn’t one-dimensional either: How Gullah-Geechee people subvert Christianity to retain Black history

Black joy is resistance: Why we need a movement to balance Black triumph with trials

Comic: I’m tired of homophobia and feigned Afrocentrism from Black Christians

A 2018 calendar and watch list for Black moviegoers and film buffs

For Christians, Christmas shouldn’t just be a celebration, but a time to recommit to Black liberation

My Black girl magic is not the work of God

But Black women are not cocoons: I’m tired of being expected to mother Black men and applaud when they finally grow up

Where were internet access crusaders when Facebook stopped Korryn Gaines from streaming cops murdering her?

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