Navigating these times as a Black man during one of the most difficult years of my life is a challenge. But, it is in my vulnerabilities and brotherhood that I locate my humanity.
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State bill addressing racial disparities stemming from slavery on, is the first passed addressing reparations for California’s African Americans.
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Record numbers of interested bankers for Greenwood digital bank shows there is big business in meeting long-time, neglected banking needs of communities of color.
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Months after billionaire businessman and philanthropist speaks out on police killings and reparations, mainstream news reports that the Austin resident faces a potential tax investigation. Releasing the report at this moment questions if this is retribution for his recent work against inequities in the US, or merely a coincidence.
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PayPal announced their first round of nonprofits to receive grants to assist in their recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Continuing the series of tackling the attack of the Karens, Lisa Durden speaks to Black men on the Karen phenomenon. In an interesting conversation, contributors center antagonisms against them in the racialized weaponization of white women.
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“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”
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Youth incarceration is a serious issue for Black girls. As is the case of Grace, a special needs high schooler who served months in a detention center after not completing online work during a pandemic. Lisa Durden gets into this issue on her podcast.
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At the height of the George Floyd Protests, Oprah Winfrey dug into her journalistic roots to host a town hall discussing hundreds of demonstrations that racked America. Lisa Durden assembled a group of Black women in the media to critique it.
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The cops involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor in a no-knock warrant by Louisville, Kentucky officers stir a discussion on Black women and state-sanctioned violence.
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Celebrating Black life and American history in the holiday, Juneteenth, is needed more than ever, even in a pandemic. This year you have options, in-person, or go virtual.
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Recent hangings draw concern in the height of anti-Black violence protests.
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In response to growing Black Lives Matter protests, Baraka puts forth edict against white nationalism and racism. Can it stop those issues within the Newark PD?
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Across the country, reports of law enforcement officers attacking peaceful demonstrators have become the norm in protests sparked by the recent police killing of George Floyd.
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A police station building goes up in flames in the third day of police protests in Minneapolis around slain African American, George Floyd.
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While reporting in Italy, I look at the US with great sorrow. There will be no return to normal because normal was a grotesque lie.
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Lisa Durden, award winning producer and social-political commentator details her experiences with the US healthcare system when her father fell ill with Covid-19.
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In this simple Facebook post, David Summers narrates how an innocent pedestrian attempting to enjoy a morning stroll turns into a reminder of the constant pressure and profiling as a Black man in the US.
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From the Indian Removal Act to the countless wars on Native people, Dr. Eileen DeFreece, who is a member of the Lenni Lenape talks about how her people remained in the area, in spite of hundreds of years of hostility by the white domestic terror and the US government.
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Earlier in November, an anonymous group of Black Facebook employees put out an open letter describing ongoing racism and discrimination they face in the company. Although, they have brought many of the problems to the fore, much of their concerns and maltreatment goes unanswered. What does this say about the largest social media company in
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The current call for reparations for Blacks in the United States gets a bump up in legislative discourse with a hearing scheduled on Wednesday, July 19.
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Wealth inequality, and in particular, the racial wealth gap grows with staggering numbers. A report released by Founders of Color (FOC) says that it will take a Black family 228 years to equal the wealth of whites. For Latinos, it is 211 years.
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Four Congressional officials question how the Feds deal with extremists in the military after the arrest of Christopher Hasson, 49, a Coast Guard lieutenant who is being held for gun violations and illegal drug possession. It is believed that he is a white nationalist who was planning domestic terrorist attacks.
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“The American dream, the idea that anyone can succeed through hard work, is one of the most enduring myths in this country,” penned newly minted author and journalist, Reniqua Allen in a NY Times article.
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Economic justice was the last major crusade that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched in the United States before his assassination on April 4, 1968. Sixty years later, it is a critical campaign that we must re-launch.
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While Mahwah Township tries to prevent the local Native tribe from participating in their outdoor prayer ceremonies and the state government attempts to usurp their recognition, the Ramapough Lunaape tribal members refuse the denial of their constitutional rights.
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Misrepresentation in data findings and contentions about underused state resources still plague a Michigan city four years after its water crisis.
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“My heart is full of rage and anger!!! Lord, please help me!!!!” The tweet sent by 25-year-old Chikesia Clemmons after a Mobile County Circuit Court judge ruled that she was guilty of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
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The Blanton Museum of Art says that it has taken pains to prevent controversy.
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In the historically contentious racial atmosphere of the US and Latin America, the dichotomy of being an Afro-Insert-Here while navigating the new generational terrain creates anxiety, confusion, and social erasure.
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A California congressperson wants to know, what exactly is Black Identity Extremism, and who is being targeted?
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Frederick Douglass’ critique of July 4th is as relevant today as it was in 1852.
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Maya Angelou said, “Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.”
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Three years after Kalief Browder took his life following the traumatic experience of being detained for 1,120 days in Riker’s Island jail, with more than 800 of them in solitary confinement, we need to move towards prison abolition.
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A lesson in making human decency company policy.
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Having a Ph.D. doesn’t make you immune from racism, it just means you have the logic and diction to justify it.
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A Black graduate student fell asleep in the common area of her dormitory. She awoke to a racially charged encounter, but invoked a promise she made to herself after seeing what happened to motorist Sandra Bland years before in a Texas traffic stop.
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New York City’s Design Commission approved the removal of the statue of James Marion Sims located in Central Park
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Protests and talks of boycotts ensue as Starbucks offers an apology while investigating incident
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Three minutes and 24 seconds. That is how long it took 11-year-old Naomi Wadler to galvanize an international audience to think about dead Black girls, their disenfranchisement, and their relationship to gun violence in a national dialogue on gun laws.
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Monica N. Britton is quick to acknowledge the love and encouragement she received from her parents during her years as an undergraduate student at the University at Albany.
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How recent publications on race can help us think through the U.S. Census changes.
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