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Kansas City Activist Wants to Keep it Real About Race

No question is off-limits at the event designed to encourage dialogue without judgement about race

By

Angela Johnson

Published

July 5, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Days Before Juneteenth, State Leaders Make Call For Reparations

A panel discussion explored the nationwide push for reparations and how it can redress the harm of slavery .

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

June 14, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Bilen Mesfin Packwood Works with the Bay Area to Redefine What “Pro-Life” Means

Packwood’s communications strategies helped Black organizers fight against issues threatening the lives of Black people.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

June 13, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Apologizes For Racist Juneteenth Salad

Not surprisingly they didn’t even try to hide the racism.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

June 6, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

UK Black Civil Rights Group Is A First For The Country

The Black Equity Organization hopes to be the UK’s NAACP.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

June 2, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Obama Reunites with Boy who Asked to Touch his Hair 13 Years Ago

Jacob Philadelphia was five years old when the iconic photo was taken of him and the former president.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

May 31, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

“Trump isn’t out there with a gun, but he’s enabled a war against Black people,” says Cornel West

In his op-ed, West said white supremacy is “as American as apple pie.”

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

May 24, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Stanford Investigating Noose Found on Campus as a Hate Crime

On May 8, a noose was found hanging from a tree outside an undergraduate residence hall.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

May 11, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Brooklyn Residents Fight A Racist Pipeline Purposefully Built Under Their Neighborhoods

There’s nothing green about the Northern Brooklyn Pipeline snaking its way through Black and brown neighborhoods. Well, except for the profits.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

February 16, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Black Former Receptionist at Confederate Museum Files Discrimination Complaint

The complaint centers on her treatment while serving there

By

Keith Reed

Published

February 7, 2022