Jun 2 2018186/2/18Joy-Ann Reid Apologizes for Blog Posts—AgainKirsten West Savali209MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid is apologizing (once again) for inflammatory posts unearthed from her now-defunct blog, the…
May 25 2018195/25/18Exclusive: Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Discusses Her Legacy, Growing Monument CampaignKirsten West Savali5Ida Bell Wells-Barnett—abolitionist, suffragist, journalist and organizer—is a legend. She is the blueprint for…
May 23 2018155/23/18Dashcam Footage Appears to Clear Texas Officer Accused of Sexual Assault of Wrongdoing, Attorney Says [Updated]Kirsten West Savali175Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 4:35 a.m. EDT: The Texas Department of Public Safety has released dashcam footage…
May 21 2018645/21/18‘Highly Offended’ White Teacher Kicked My 9-Year-Old Son Out of Class for Taking Knee During PledgeKirsten West Savali155When my 9-year-old son told me that he had been thrown out of his fourth-grade class for kneeling during the Pledge…
May 20 2018235/20/18Al Sharpton Claims ‘White Male Supremacy’ Is ‘on Its Last Breath’ Because Harry Married Meghan, and I Need Him to Stop TalkingKirsten West Savali44During a National Action Network rally Saturday in Harlem, the Rev. Al Sharpton said that the marriage between His…
May 19 2018145/19/18Malcolm X Matters: Icon’s Words Still Ring TrueKirsten West Savali10As the #BlackLivesMatter movement continues to grow in strength like the perfect storm, the prescient words of…
Apr 28 2018254/28/18For the ‘But-But-But, What About Harvey Weinstein?!’ Brigade When Bill Cosby Being Found Guilty Is Too MuchKirsten West Savali160Bill Cosby has finally been found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually…
The Movement4/27/18Apr 27 201810The Movement4/27/18The MovementExclusive: Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, Beloved Voting-Rights Organizer, Speaks Out About Capital Murder Charges He Faces in Alabama: ‘I Am Innocent’Kirsten West Savali8The Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, 52, national president and founder of the Ordinary People Society, or TOPS, and a renowned…
The Movement4/17/18Apr 17 201845The Movement4/17/18The Movement#DianteYarber: California Cops Gun Down Father of 3 in Hail of Bullets. His Crime? Sitting in Walmart’s Parking LotKirsten West Savali143Barstow, Calif., police officers fired what sounded like more than 30 bullets into a car in Walmart’s parking lot,…
Apr 16 201824/16/18Exclusive: R. Kelly Likes Women to Be Like ‘His Puppy, His Mother or His Daughter,’ Says His Latest AccuserKirsten West Savali21Another day, another young woman coming forward with allegations against alleged serial predator Robert Sylvester…
The Movement4/15/18Apr 15 20188The Movement4/15/18The MovementErica Garner Posthumously Wins Shorty Award for Social Media ActivismKirsten West Savali2Erica Garner—activist, organizer, writer, comrade, sister, mother and daughter—is the recipient of the 2018 Shorty…
1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/4/18Apr 4 201891,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/4/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 9: ‘We’ve Gotta March Again.’ Sanitation Workers Remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Battle CryKirsten West Savali5The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, one day after the funeral of Larry…
1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/3/18Apr 3 201841,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/3/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 8: Memphis Police Officer Guns Down 16-Year-Old #LarryPayne as Sanitation Strike ContinuesKirsten West Savali4Memphis, Tenn., exploded into chaos on March 28, 1968, as militarized police officers—armed with rifles, tear gas,…
The Movement3/30/18Mar 30 201818The Movement3/30/18The MovementOfficer Blane Salamoni, Alton Sterling’s Killer, Has Been FiredKirsten West Savali38Blane Salamoni—the Baton Rouge, La., police officer who killed 37-year-old Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016—has been…
1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/28/18Mar 28 201871,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/28/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 7: Police Officers Terrorize Black Memphis During MLK’s Final MarchKirsten West Savali6After speaking to a rapt crowd on March 18, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., as…
The Movement3/27/18Mar 27 201819The Movement3/27/18The Movement#AltonSterling: Officers Attempted ‘Lawful Arrest,’ Says Louisiana Attorney General; No Criminal Charges Will Be FiledKirsten West Savali104Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced Tuesday morning that two Baton Rouge police officers will not face…
1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/20/18Mar 20 201861,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/20/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 6: The Memphis Sanitation Strike From the Wives’ PerspectiveKirsten West Savali4During the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike, there were no signs that read “I am a woman” or “I am a wife” or…
The Movement3/15/18Mar 15 20189The Movement3/15/18The MovementWhere Can Black Children Walk Out to Safety?Kirsten West Savali14To the black students who walked out of schools across the country yesterday: We see you. We watched as you stood…
1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/8/18Mar 8 201851,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/8/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 5: Children of the Memphis Sanitation Strike Share Their StoriesKirsten West Savali2For the children of the Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strikers, the sounds, sights and smells of revolution, capitalism…
The Movement2/28/18Feb 28 201813The Movement2/28/18The MovementPain and Policy: Why Reparative Justice Is Needed to End the War on Drugs [Retracted]Kirsten West Savali10RETRACTED (6/12/18):