Opinion

Solange’s new album ‘A Seat At The Table’ is food for the black soul

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Congress overrides Obama veto on 9/11 bill, but what about slavery reparations for African-Americans?

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It’s time for America to stop putting our black lives on trial

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Trump’s all-white Chicago trip is further confirmation he doesn’t care about black people

To visit the very place that he has discussed as violent for black people and to ignore the entire community…
/ September 29, 2016

Why all PWI’s should be waving the flag for ‘Black Lives Matter’

We live in a country where a flag hanging the words Black Lives Matter is deemed more problematic than the…
/ September 28, 2016

Hollywood finally embraces what it means to be black and awkward

A new tide of creators representing all things black and awkward is on the rise in television, and it's a…
/ September 26, 2016

Black people giving police officers ‘free hugs’ won’t save black lives

While Ken Nwadike believed he was spreading a good message of loving thy neighbor, it reverted to loving thy oppressor...
/ September 26, 2016

NC governor Pat McCrory proves just how little he cares about black lives

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory held a press conference and removed any doubt that he cares little to nothing about
/ September 24, 2016

‘Black Lives Matter’ is destined to fail unless it embraces Garveyism

All these years later, the children of the enslaved are still trying to wrestle their humanity out of the hands…
/ September 23, 2016

Schools named after slave owners are the new Confederate flag

What does it say about a country that still names its schools after those who kidnapped black people and chained…
/ September 21, 2016

Trump town hall on ‘core black issues’ with Sean Hannity is so absurd it hurts

Will Donald Trump’s last-ditch efforts to convince black voters that he is the candidate best able to address “African-American concerns”…
/ September 21, 2016

Terence Crutcher shooting reminds us that blacks are treated worse than dogs

When you ask how Terence Clutcher can meet such a horrible fate, remember that dogs are just like people, but…
/ September 20, 2016

Lack of compliance? No, Terence Crutcher’s crime was being black

Monday, we watched Terence Crutcher die on video tape...
/ September 20, 2016

What fans burning jerseys really say about black freedom in Ameica

“If you don’t love our country, get the f—k out of it,” a man in an Instagram video says as…
/ September 18, 2016

I’m a black gay man who won’t date men who hate black women

As a black gay man who comes from a lineage of strong women, it is my duty to honor the…
/ September 16, 2016