As Long As Racism Persists, Sports Will Always Be Political
On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks shook the NBA when they refused to participate in a playoff game in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In…
Deputies Pull Guns On 3 Black Teens Despite Witnesses Saying They Were The Victims
Sheriff’s deputies in Los Angeles County aimed a rifle and a handgun at three Black teenagers after a witness called in to report that the teens were being threatened by…
Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’ And The Complicated Duality Of Power
It can be hard to wrap your head around what Michaela Coel aims to do in “I May Destroy You” without taking a step back. It requires some processing to…
Black LGBTQ Americans Face Disproportionate Economic Hit From COVID-19, Study Finds
MEXICO CITY, Aug 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Black LGBT+ people are getting struck hard economically by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, according to a study published on…
Morgan Freeman Reads John Lewis’ Final Words: ‘Now, It’s Your Turn’
The final message of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was broadcast Thursday night in a poignant reading by his friend, actor Morgan Freeman. The essay, which Lewis asked…
Morgan Jerkins On Her New Book, Writing Through Fear, And The Power Of Black Memory
Writer Morgan Jerkins was just 25 years old when her first book, a collection of essays titled “This Will Be My Undoing,” made a splashy debut on The New York…
Police Violence Against Black Disabled People Can’t Be Ignored Anymore
Pearl Pearson Jr. was driving home from a Starbucks in Oklahoma City in 2014 when he noticed police lights flashing behind him. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers suspected him of being…
Exclusive: Former Smithsonian Staff Speak Out Against ‘Culture Of Racism’ At African Art Museum
Ten former staff and board members of the world’s largest museum complex have urged executives to address an alleged long-standing “culture of racism” at its museum of African art. A…
How 2 Pandemics Made Way For A Reckoning In Black Media
COVID-19 was a “foundational shift” for Brooklyn-based freelance journalist Antoinette Isama. On June 13, Isama wrote about the Tribute to the Ancestors of the Middle Passage, a tradition that for…
St. Louis Cops Seize Gun That Couple Pointed At Black Lives Matter Protesters
St. Louis police on Friday executed a search warrant at the home of a local lawyer and seized a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle that he pointed at Black Lives Matter protesters…