by October Gallery
By Zack Linly, The Root When we talk about white privilege and systemic racism, one thing that always comes up is generational wealth. It’s a thing white people disproportionately benefit…
The retention and recruitment problems that many police departments have experienced in recent years are especially pronounced after four Minneapolis officers were charged with Mr. Floyd’s death. By John Eligon,…
By Andrew Giambrone, DCist D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday signed a new order requiring people to wear masks in most circumstances while in public. The edict will stay in…
Galvanized by the assassination of his brother, Medgar, he helped transform Mississippi politics, running for Congress, becoming a mayor and gaining wide attention. By Robert D. McFadden, The New York…
Black films should be valued for more than what they can teach white viewers about race. By Racquel Gates, The New York Times Watching and discussing films and TV shows…
A Brutal Lynching. An Indifferent Police Force. A 34-Year Wait for Justice. By Wesley Lowery, GQ GRIFFIN, Ga. — In the final weeks of her life, Viola Coggins-Dorsey saw into…
By Henry Sapoznik In over 40 years of working with historic sound recordings, there has only been one record in which I had an irresistible burning interest and passionate curiosity…
The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them? By Caroline Randall Williams, The…
Soledad guards in riot gear at 3 a.m. July 20 snatched 200+ Black prisoners from their bunks, brutalized them, crammed them into the kitchen for hours, zip-tied, unmasked By Tasha…
By Derek Major, Black Enterprise After a Black woman claimed she was being harassed by her neighbors, a group of Black men have begun providing security overnight to ensure her…