Race

Black witnessing is an insistence on Black being: Re-membering those who were lynched

The Obsidian Collection and Google are working to digitize Black legacy newspapers for a modern world

SCOTUS rules voters can be purged from Ohio rolls if they don’t respond to a notice after missing 1 vote

When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?

The city of Houston is experimenting with land trust to fight gentrification

Distraught father kills himself in a jail cell after being separated from his family at border

It’s no surprise more women are being imprisoned as less men are. We need abolition, not reforms.

Urban planning pioneer Toni Griffin wins award after subverting rules to highlight segregation

Watch: Kofi Siriboe’s new documentary leads a necessary discussion about Black mental health

In South Fulton, Georgia, where Black women hold all top offices, can they set a new model for law enforcement?

Former 911 dispatcher dishes on racist white callers, how ‘BBQ Becky’ is not an anomaly

Black people still can’t swim: Reflections on the McKinney, TX pool incident 3 summers later

California city set to test basic income of $500 a month to fight income inequality

Study: GOP judges give Black people longer sentences, women shorter. What about Black women?

Study: Puerto Rico death toll 4x higher than official number given after Hurricane Maria

Roseanne reboot cancelled, its star dropped from agency after anti-Black tweet

I’m not bipolar, I’m just traumatized: What I learned about Black womanhood from my misdiagnosis

Xenophobic border patrol agent detains two women after hearing them speak Spanish

Oakland’s “BBQing While Black” gathers hundreds to clap-back at #BBQBecky

“Why can’t we just let Black people enjoy something?”

Black mental health care needs to involve more than therapy

Asian Americans increasingly on the white side of the class divide, rate the economy accordingly

3 Black Airbnb guests swarmed after white woman calls police when seeing them check out

In an anti-Black capitalist society, the guilt of Black “success” is almost unavoidable

Bill that would mandate 10 years for injuring police introduced to Congress

3 white men arrested after lynching style murder of 2 Black men in Oklahoma City

I don’t want as many “chances” to f*ck up as Kanye

Black Somali Muslim woman killed after family calls police for help during her mental health crisis

VIDEO: Former NFL player Desmond Marrow assaulted by cops after racial attack, he says

Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

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