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The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina comes at a time when we must remind ourselves that #BlackLivesMatter, but black lives are not treated as equal, as worthy, or as human.
The civil rights community has lost one of its greatest champions and elder statesmen with the passing of Julian Bond…
What are the New Black Panthers up to, and what is their next move? The New Black Panthers are in the news these days, most recently for holding a protest this week in front of the infamous Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Texas, where Sandra Bland died in custody on July 13 following a traffic stop and arrest days earlier…
Will Biden run? And if he does, what is his stance on #BlackLivesMatter?
OPINION – President Obama just completed an historic trip to Kenya, his ancestral home and the land of his father’s family. And we need to pay attention to his journey to the African continent this time around, and for a number of important reasons…
OPINION – In the area of criminal justice, this was quite a week for President Obama. Articulating a vision for reform of the prisons and an end to mass incarceration, commuting the sentences of 46 federal inmates convicted on nonviolent drug offenses, and becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit a correctional institution…
The Confederate flag has taken center stage in the media as South Carolina is expected to finally remove it from […]
The recent rash of black church burnings have many African-Americans wondering if this marks a resurgence of the nation’s original terrorists — white […]
President Obama — or Reverend President — has captured America’s attention on racial inequality. He must make the issue his […]
OPINION – Was the President’s eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s homegoing service an example of a truly liberated Obama who is now nearing the end of his term? Or did his performance reflect the events unfolding in this country and Obama stepping up?
The Confederate flag and Dylann Storm Roof are perhaps the most potent and virulent symbols of racial hatred these days, […]
theGrio REPORT – Rachel Dolezal had quite a week, perhaps unlike anyone you know, as her parents revealed that the African-American studies professor, #BlackLivesMatter activist and head of the Spokane branch of the NAACP is not a black woman, but white.
Rachel Dolezal, 37, the head of the Spokane, Washington, branch of the NAACP, has represented herself as an African-American woman […]
Swimming while black is a crime? Or having a black pool party? Maybe the police in Texas have lost their […]
What happens when the police are the criminals? The city of Chicago settled with the family of LaQuan McDonald for […]
The city of Baltimore has reached a tragic milestone, as May became its deadliest month in over four decades. Last […]
OPINION – We pay lots of attention when police kill unarmed black people—and we should—but do we care as much when black people kill each other?
Can you think of a better way for a black man to spend Memorial Day than to burn a Confederate […]
OPINION – Nine dead. Eighteen injured. Nearly 200 arrested. But apparently, not much to see here. Looking at the media coverage of the May 17 mass murder among Texas motorcycle gangs, you would get the impression that it is not a big deal…