Majority white Vermont high school raises Black Lives Matter flag
Symbols often communicate histories, connections, aspirations, and the kinds of juxtapositions that remind people of where they have been as they work to get where they are going. In this spirit,...
View ArticleOprah’s $500k support of the Parkland students is a raw reminder of her lack...
by Jamila Mitchell Oprah Winfrey recently committed a $500,000 donation for the upcoming March for Our Lives protest, matching contributions from other celebrities such as George Clooney, Steven...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Cincinnati changes its name, issues scathing critique of...
While Black people often share cultural, historical and experiential linkages, we have never been a monolith. These tensions between collective identity and individual autonomy sometimes contribute to...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activist arrested during anti-racism training after...
64 year old Sharon Smith was arrested on March 16th during a Racial Equity Institute event in Biltmore Forest, North Carolina and charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting a public officer,...
View ArticleLargest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook reportedly a scam
While Mark Zuckerberg is being grilled by Congress on issues related to Facebook sharing data with Cambridge Analytica, and the infiltration of the social media giant by Russian trolls, reports began...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter protestors crash wedding of officer who murdered Stephon...
Black Lives Matter Sacramento protesters recently crashed the wedding of a Sacramento police officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark. In a video clip of the protest, they can be...
View ArticlePolice still can’t find 7 y/o Jazmine Barnes’ killer as an older shooting...
After a 7-year-old Black girl, Jazmine Barnes, was fatally gunned down outside a Houston Walmart, police officials released video of the gunman driving a red pick up truck and are now asking the public...
View ArticleJulián Castro, ex-housing secretary under President Obama, declares intent to...
According to the Huffington Post, Julián Castro became one of the first candidates to fully step into the ring for the presidential cycle of 2020 when he announced his intention to run on Saturday in...
View ArticleHouston police union president threatens to track civilian anti-police...
After five officers were shot while serving a narcotics search warrant, the president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union took an authoritarian line against any anti-police sentiment. On Monday...
View ArticleMassive protests erupt in Brazil after Black 19-year-old Pedro Gonzaga killed...
According to Guardian, after a security guard killed a 19-year-old Black man, Pedro Gonzaga, Brazil has been faced with a series of protests in 5 of the country’s largest cities drawing comparisons to...
View ArticleMeet Ashton P. Woods, the millennial Black Lives Matter activist running for...
by Jamila Dawn Mitchell A fighter for equity and progress in Houston, Texas has taken their activism to City Hall. This time, as a candidate. Community organizer, Ashton P. Woods, has officially filed...
View ArticleOur calls to action against anti-Black state violence cannot be ableist
by Tahirah Alexander Green Since the global COVID-19 health crisis began, my post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have intensified. With non-stop discussions of hospitals and medical care in...
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