NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWhite Women Protesting Gun Violence Won't Work Because America Values Weapons Over PeopleWhite women in Colorado staged a sit-in Monday, but politicians won't ever ban guns.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJune 6, 2023
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionHow a Photo Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About America and Haitian MigrantsIt’s American history, really. Cowboys have always been good. Black people have always been on the other end of the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWe Stand in Solidarity With Nikole Hannah-JonesWe, the undersigned, believe this country stands at a crucial moment that will define the democratic expression and…ByTa-Nehisi Coates, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore and Martha S. JonesPublishedMay 25, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWas Drake’s Views Really Fire or Did It Leave a Lot to Be Desired? Let’s ArgueOn this fifth anniversary of Drake’s fourth studio album Views, I think it’s high time we say what needs to be said.ByShanelle GenaiPublishedApril 29, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionI Think It May Be Time for Tyrese to Throw in the TileOK, first things first—let me just say that I like Tyrese.ByShanelle GenaiPublishedApril 26, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWhat if White People Are Wrong?Of all the toxic traits that white supremacy offers, perhaps its most oxymoronic byproduct is the supreme confidence…ByMichael HarriotPublishedApril 20, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionDaunte and the Debt Collectors: How the Cops Became RobbersOn Sunday, April 11, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was driving with his girlfriend in Brooklyn Center, Minn., when an…ByMichael HarriotPublishedApril 14, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionIf You're Black, Every Day Is April FoolsWhile some may claim there is no such thing as “white culture,” I vehemently disagree. Those schooled in the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedApril 1, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionI Don’t Know Which Very Smart Brotha Needs to Hear This, but Maxwell’s 'Ascension' Is Actually the Best Song EverBefore we get into this, let me first start by setting the framework for this entire piece with the wise words of…ByShanelle GenaiPublishedApril 1, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionA Thing I Wrote About Guns and LoopholesI should begin with the hole in my sister’s face.ByMichael HarriotPublishedMarch 25, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionBlue Lives Only Matter When They Are Killing Black PeopleThe headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always. ByMonique JudgePublishedMarch 18, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWhite People Don't Make No SenseThis headline is grammatically correct.ByMichael HarriotPublishedMarch 11, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionCancel Culture Doesn’t Exist, But Even If It Did...Maaaaaan, I Know Conservatives Ain’t Talkin'First of all…ByZack LinlyPublishedMarch 8, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionResearchers Decry Declining Births in America, But What Incentives Are There for People to Have Babies?The pandemic has helped usher in a decline in new babies being born in America, continuing a trend of diminishing…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 4, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionAmerica Predicts Six More Weeks of Whiteness (at Least)Early Tuesday morning, a corpulent, fur-covered woodchuck waddled out of its rathole burrowed beneath the surface of…ByMichael HarriotPublishedFebruary 2, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionCorporate Monopolies Are a Racial Justice Issue. We Need Federal Regulation NowFrom a racial justice perspective, it is important to note that all major industries in America are monopolies…ByJade Magnus OgunnaikePublishedJanuary 29, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionBlack Vets Weren't Surprised Military Members Stormed the Capitol. Now They Want the Department of Defense to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in Its RanksIn 2010, while serving as an Army combat medic, I was stationed on a former Nazi-base in Western Germany.ByRichard BrookshirePublishedJanuary 27, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWhere Do We Go From Here? Why Biden Needs a Plan for Tackling White SupremacyWednesday’s inauguration was a breath of fresh air in many ways. We saw the swearing-in of the first woman, Black…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJanuary 22, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionCapitol Police Are Actually Members of a Massive Hate Group—The Fraternal Order of PoliceWhile pundits and elected officials wonder how the Capitol Police could have allowed a group of white supremacists…ByScott RobertsPublishedJanuary 19, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionAfter Decades of Crime TV Shows, It’s Time We Shift the NarrativeSome of the most popular crime shows are returning with new seasons in the next few weeks, and it’s time to have an…ByKristen MarstonPublishedJanuary 15, 2021