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Homelessness remains a serious problem in the state of California

My Conflicted Feelings On The Fourth Of July

Why Black Americans Should Still Celebrate This Independence Day

Read Alice Walker’s Powerful Poem Inspired By Jesse Williams’ BET Awards Speech

It Looks Like The Academy Is Actually Listening To People Of Color

DeRay McKesson To Join Baltimore City Schools In Appointed Position

Why We Need to Talk about Light-Skinned Privilege

Teen Raises Nearly $300,000 After Helping Stranger With Groceries

President Obama Designates Stonewall National Monument

Janet Mock Discusses The Deeper Meanings Behind Stonewall

Trans Activist Tiq Milan Explains the Importance of #Pride

Goddess Diamond Is The 14th Known Trans Person Murdered in 2016

Movement for Black Lives Yields New Targets of the State

NYPD Conducts Manhunt For Teen Who Escapes Arrest After Skipping $2.75 Subway Fare

Violent Arrest Of Black Teen In Madison, Wisconsin Spurs Protests

An 18-year-old Artist Got Her Art In The Met And She’s All Kinds Of Dope

This 7-year-old Girl Wants Other Black Girls To Know They Can Be Princesses

The Senate’s Failure To Pass Gun Laws Is An Embarrassment

Oakland’s Police Department Is A Cautionary Tale For Other Cities

Xenia Rubinos Brings Afro-Latina Fire With New Album ‘Black Terry Cat’

A Case for A National Juneteenth Holiday

10 Songs for Your Juneteenth Celebration

A Survivor’s Account Of The Orlando Shooting [VIDEO]

Cutting our hair won’t guarantee our “success” but ending white supremacy will

Freddie Gray Asked For Help During Arrest

Putting Donald Trump’s Hateful Opportunism In Perspective

Trans and Queer Latinx Folks Respond to the #PulseShooting in This Moving Video

WATCH: Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari discussing racism in Hollywood

Donald Trump: “Obama Was Involved in Orlando Shooting”

Another Black-Owned Bank Going Under?

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