Politics

How Trump’s anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-LGBTQ administration affects marginalized people

Cuba says “Nah” to Trump’s request to terminate Assata Shakur’s asylum

Stop hoping “the shooter” isn’t Black.

How I am managing toxic relationships with Bill Cosby rape apologists

Akeem Browder, Kalief Browder’s brother, is running for mayor of New York City

Juneteenth and our post-emancipation fight for liberation

1 year after Pulse, the vulnerability (and strength) of queer people of color is more apparent than ever

The Case of Quilombo: Black Students Fight to Stay in Brazilian Universities

President Trump won’t acknowledge LGBT Pride month

Sybrina Fulton considers running for office

Chokwe Lumumba wins Jackson mayoral race

Flint official Phil Stair resigns after being recorded saying “ni–ers don’t pay their bills”

New Yorkers try to stop ICE from arresting man, Hardat Sampat, on way to court

Trump Pulls the US from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

If Black innocence never exists to the state, how can passivism and perfect victimhood save us?

LeBron James responds to racial slurs spray-painted on L.A. home

Noose found in National Museum of African American History

Kushner Meeting Under FBI Scrutiny for Ties to Russia

Police ask car accident victim to prove immigration status before helping, then detain him

GOP House candidate body slams reporter for asking tough questions

Liberation is a 3-step process: Broadening activism’s scope in the wake of the Movement for Black Lives

North Carolina’s racial gerrymandering actions struck down

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivers powerful speech on removal of Confederate monuments

Jeff Sessions is working to undo the work of anti-prison activists

Betty Shelby Found Not Guilty For Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher

Sandra Bland’s family critical of Texas act named in her honor

Trump Reveals Classified Info to Russians

I’ll still complain about politics even when I don’t vote – fight me.

Richard Spencer leads white supremacist march with lit torches to protect Confederate statue

Texas Senate passes Sandra Bland Act, addresses jail employees’ treatment of emotionally distressed inmates

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