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A few weeks back, chart-topping emcee Megan Thee Stallion revealed via Instagram that she was shot in the foot on…
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Jul 28
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Lezley McSpadden Head and Justin Hansford
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When Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by then-New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo on July 17,…
Jul 28
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acceded to the presence of federal police in her city—the same federal officers who…
Jul 23
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Nia Martin-Robinson
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Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of white supremacy and patriarchy. I’m tired of the systems that police, control and…
Jul 1
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Mike Espy
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It’s taken a long time, but change is coming to Mississippi: our state flag—with its archaic symbol of the…
Jun 19
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This weekend, as I watched COVID-19’s racial disparities blow a 104,600-point lead to extrajudicial police killings,…
May 31
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Protest violence has surged in cities across America, fueled by the racist brutalization and attendant mental…
Apr 22
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When I was a little girl growing up in Jamaica, my schoolteachers frequently recited the phrase: “No man is an…
Feb 11
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It has been two whole weeks since Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others perished in a…
Feb 10
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done—or been implicated in? What’s the worst mistake you ever made? Were you…
Feb 7
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It was another ritualistic dragging on social media this week, as Black Twitter read Gayle King for filth for daring…
Feb 4
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Yesterday, Black Twitter lost its entire and collective mind after hearing that a beautiful, accomplished, and…
Feb 2
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The premature, unbearable death of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other souls on board his…
Jan 29
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There are, according to my research, three grades of ash; each uncomfortable in its own way, but one a bit deeper…
Jan 27
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The first time I saw Kobe Bryant play live was at the McDonald’s All-American Basketball Game in 1996. The game was…
Jan 19 2020
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When I saw photos of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf and a bewildered, vaguely hostile expression in the wake…
Jan 16 2020
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For years, Russell Simmons was looked at as the “face of hip-hop.” A go-to promoter and manager of the emerging…
Jan 3 2020
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It happened twice and she couldn’t tell anyone. But she told me.