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Trump administration’s new drug policy is War on Drugs 2.0

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How I kept faith after losing my baby boy

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Is Trump throwing the game to escape impeachment or prison time?

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Here’s who stands to lose the most if the GOP’s health care bill actually becomes law

The House of Representatives voted without analysis from the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a move which the former CBO…
/ May 5, 2017

No teen, no matter academic status, deserves to die

If Jordan Edwards didn't receive a single good grade, he should still be alive.
/ May 3, 2017

Bethune founder would be appalled at Devos invitation to HBCU

It’s been confirmed. Betsy Devos, the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education who believes that HBCUs came out of “school choice,” rather
/ May 2, 2017

Obama is back and we need him now more than ever

Barack Obama is back, and we need him more than ever. It’s been merely 100 days since he left the
/ April 27, 2017

Toxic masculinity and its deadly grip on the black community

If we are ever going grow as a community, we must start addressing these problems head on, because toxic masculinity…
/ April 19, 2017

Let’s stop making mentally ill people the scapegoat for violence

If we want to help people to become mentally healthy, then it’s likely best we not assume who they are…
/ April 18, 2017

‘Chasing Trane’ brings an overlooked John Coltrane back to life

Documentary about the life of jazz great aims for a higher plane — to breakthrough to people with open minds,…
/ April 13, 2017

What we must do to sustain a truly resistant civil rights movement

There are critical lessons this generation’s marchers must be mindful of in order to generate a truly resistant and transformative…
/ April 12, 2017

‘The Kalief Browder Story’ is like dying with your eyes open

Spike TV’s six-part doc "Time: The Kalief Browder Story"left many viewers with a cold ball of anger.
/ April 12, 2017

No respect: The lies about Susan Rice have to stop

For several days now, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice has been dragged through the mud by everyone from cable…
/ April 12, 2017

White womanhood and black men who love them

From the days of slavery and segregation up to now, we’ve seen the workings of white womanhood and its impact…
/ April 7, 2017

Nivea’s ‘White is Purity’ ad renews history of racism in beauty

This week in advertising was nothing short of an epic fail thanks to Pepsi and Nivea, who released two of the most
/ April 6, 2017