Politics

Illinois Gov. Rauner Booed At Chicago State Commencement

Yes, Black liberals commodify Black Lives Matter too and it’s a major problem

BLM activists work to free over 30 mothers from jail for ‘National Mama’s Bail Out Day’

Betsy DeVos booed during commencement at Bethune-Cookman

Trump fires FBI Director James Comey because he can apparently do that

California bar celebrated Cinco de Mayo with fake border wall and green cards

Bill Brennan, New Jersey candidate for governor, connects for-profit prisons with slavery

Report: ‘Imprisoned Justice’ Details Life Inside Immigrant Detention Centers

What You Need to Know About The AHCA

What you need to know about Chicago’s ‘gang database’ and the lawsuit from local activists

Barack and Michelle Obama to donate $2 million to Chicago youth jobs

New Black Politicians, Yvette Simpson and Chokwe Lumumba, Emerge In Mayoral Primaries

White people have long tried to obscure slavery as the cause of the Civil War. Donald Trump is no different.

Trump Administration Seeks to End ‘Let Girls Learn’ Brand

Details of Jordan Edwards’ Police Shooting Death Change

Milwaukee County jail officials cut off inmates’ water, even after dehydration death

Members of Congress work to ban ‘conversion therapy’

Baltimore Mayor Asks FBI For Help To Curb Gun Violence

Chicago students to learn history of infamous police torture scandal

Private Prison Company Gets Contract for Immigrant Detention Center

Taking down the Confederacy is more than a symbolic act

Discounted Metro Cards For Low-Income New Yorkers Excluded From Budget

UC Berkeley Students Sue Campus Over Cancelled Ann Coulter Speech

Upward Bound grants for young people denied due to double-spacing and font errors

Black people not voting is logical, and vote pushers are usually anti-Black

Watch: Barack Obama’s first post-presidential speaking engagement

ICYMI: 16yo Deja Foxx calls out Republican senator on defunding Planned Parenthood

Five Young Boys Held At Gunpoint By Michigan Police

Seven Employees Join Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox News

New Orleans Removes Confederate Statue

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