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Black Americans Want Biden To Take out White Supremacy

Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Network, explains how the largest recurring poll of Black Americans can help fight white supremacy. (part 2)

By

Jessica Washington

Published

July 20, 2022
Legal, News

Barack Obama & Other Black Leaders React to Roe v. Wade Overturning [UPDATE]

Condemnation shows the SCOTUS ruling is out of step with most of the country

By

Keith Reed

Published

June 24, 2022
News

Patrisse Cullors Speaks Out on BLM and Its Controversy

In an emotional interview with The Guardian, Cullors shared why she joined BLM and what led to her departure.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

February 28, 2022
Entertainment, Television

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the New Trailer for Upcoming Docuseries Uprooted From Discovery+ and NowThis

A companion podcast hosted by Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza is also set to be released.

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

January 31, 2022
Entertainment, It's Lit

‘This Isn’t About Good People or Bad People’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores The Purpose of Power With Alicia Garza

The Black Lives Matter co-founder and Black Futures Lab founder puts our present moment in context with a riveting retracing of her own path to activism.

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

September 23, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Alicia Garza Discusses Leaving Black Lives Matter, the Complications of Balancing Activism and Branding on Jemele Hill Is Unbothered

One thing is for sure, two things are for certain: Spotify’s Jemele Hill Is Unbothered isn’t always what we expect, but it’s always a treat. On the latest episode, the award-winning journalist chops it up with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who dishes on her new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come…

By

Jay Connor

Published

April 21, 2021
Beauty + Style

Let Them Lead: It’s Time to Follow Black Women and Girls Toward Justice

Despite some (if uneven) progress with vaccinations, we still face a pandemic of pandemics: A deadly virus that exposes and aggravates deep-seated racism and gender-bias throughout our societies and institutions. Indeed, all of the data affirm, women—particularly women of color—bear the brunt of these interconnected crises. The facts are devastating: Women of color have been…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

March 31, 2021
Beauty + Style

Over 465 Feminist Leaders Sign GLAAD's and Raquel Willis' Open Letter to Support Transgender Women and Girls on Transgender Day of Visibility

It is March 31, which means we’re here to celebrate and honor International Transgender Day of Visibility. The annual event is to celebrate “the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.” GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization,…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

March 31, 2021
Politics

Alicia Garza and Black to the Future Action Fund on What Democrats Owe Black Voters

Black organizers are leveraging the powerful showing of Black voters in the last election to call on President Biden and Democrat lawmakers to move forward on “bold, innovative” solutions to address the many crises facing a community of people who helped secure pivotal wins for the party in 2020. Black to the Future Action Fund,…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

February 18, 2021
News

Black Lives Matter Nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

The Black Lives Matter movement, which has proven itself a defining force for human rights advocacy in our time, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination was made by a Norwegian member of Parliament, Petter Eide, according to the Guardian. Three Black women—Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded the Black Lives…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 30, 2021