The Fierce Urgency and Intimacy of #MLKNow
Xerona Clayton, organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and personal friend to Martin Luther King…
#MuteRKelly: NYC Rally Planned to Pressure RCA to Drop 'The Pied Piper of R&B' [Updated]
Several powerful advocacy organizations are joining forces at the RCA Records headquarters in New York City on…
Unapologetic: Activist and Author Charlene Carruthers Says Radical Movements Require Radical Honesty
If you ask activist and author Charlene Carruthers whom she hopes will read her new book, she’ll mention teenagers and…
Protest Is Not Supposed to Make You Feel Comfortable
Over the weekend, activists allied with Black Lives Matter Sacramento showed up at a wedding event for Officer Terrence…
Erica Garner Posthumously Wins Shorty Award for Social Media Activism
Erica Garner—activist, organizer, writer, comrade, sister, mother and daughter—is the recipient of the 2018 Shorty…
Young Futurists 2018: These Are the Leaders This Country So Desperately Needs
If history has taught us anything, it’s that young people will always lead the way. Whether it’s the young…
Notes From the Field: Through Some of America’s Biggest Racial Dramas, Anna Deavere Smith Has Been Taking Notes
For over 25 years, Anna Deavere Smith has been observing us.
She’s Grown-ish! Happy 18th Birthday, Yara Shahidi!
Here at The Glow Up, we hate to play favorites, but we’d be lying if we said we didn’t have a very special place in our…
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart Is a Loving Look at the Legacy of Lorraine Hansberry
I wanted to be able to come here and speak with you on this occasion because you are young, gifted and black. ... I,…
Feeling Good, Finally? Nina Simone’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Is a Bittersweet Victory
In the world of women in music, there are queens, princesses, first ladies and even a duchess—but there has only ever…
Watch: An 11-Year-Old Meghan Markle Shuts Down a Sexist Dish Detergent Ad
With her curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and freckles on full display, at 11 years old, Meghan Markle knew…
Florida A&M University: Activism Since Day 1
I marched a hole in my shoes the first time.
BIE, Felicia: Fighting for Justice and Our Basic Human Rights Isn’t Extremism
They are trying to turn black people into the bogeyman. They want everyone else in America to see us as a threat so…
Color of Climate: How Black Activists Are Preparing South Fla. Residents to Weather the Storm of Climate Gentrification
Phalange Brutus never thought that joining a Facebook group could change his life. When the 36-year-old joined Outdoor…
Color of Climate: Is Climate Change Gentrifying Miami’s Black Neighborhoods?
Paulette Richards has lived in Liberty City for almost 40 years. In that time, the 57-year-old community organizer has…
DeRay Mckesson Is Leaving His Position With Baltimore City Schools to Focus on Activism
Black Lives Matter activist and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson will leave his position as head of human…
Watch: Female Artists Take Their Fight Against Bigotry on the Road
Three women of color—Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Jessica Sabogal and Melinda James—traveled from Los Angeles to Albuquerque,…
#DayWithoutImmigrants: Businesses and Activists Show Just What Could Happen
Today is a #DayWithoutImmigrants, and businesses and activists in various areas across our great country, which was…
#WeOutOrNah? The Internal Conflict of a Conscious Black Person Postelection
“Ohio. North Carolina. Florida. My God. This is really happening.”