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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bishop William Barber II and More Arrested During Protest Against Republican Filibuster

They called the protest 'A National Call for Moral Revival.' Of course, Republicans would have needed to be moral in the first place for a 'revival' to occur.

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 24, 2021
Politics

Democrats' Failed Attempt to Pass Voting Rights, Explained

If you're looking for an explanation of Democrats' strategy to strengthen voting rights, good luck with that. Here's what happened with the For the People Act.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 23, 2021
Politics

Civil Rights Leaders Meet With Sen. Joe Manchin In Hopes That He’ll Be Less Racist

If only the West Virginia senator loved Black voting rights the way he loves white supremacy

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 8, 2021
News, Opinion, Opinion

We Stand in Solidarity With Nikole Hannah-Jones

We, the undersigned, believe this country stands at a crucial moment that will define the democratic expression and exchange of ideas for our own and future generations. State institutions across the country are attempting to ban frank and rigorous conversation about our history in the classroom. Few single works have been threatened with more restrictions…

By

Genetta M. Adams

Published

May 25, 2021
News

White House to Host George Floyd's Family on Anniversary of His Death, but Will Miss Floyd Police Reform Bill Deadline

This Tuesday will mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Two things were supposed to happen on or by that date: Floyd’s family was to be hosted at the White House, and a federal police reform bill named for Floyd was supposed to be on President Joe Biden’s desk. Unfortunately, it looks like only…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 22, 2021
Politics

Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Want Inquiry Into the Insurrection at the Capitol Because He’s Busy Looking for Hillary’s Emails

Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has trouble sitting down with Donald Trump’s hand so far up his… Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen. We talked about this. You have to start off slow and then you can go crazy. Me: Got it. Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is against a 9/11-style commission into the…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

May 18, 2021
News, Race Matters

Mitch McConnell's Own Alma Mater Knows He Doesn't Know WTF He's Talking About When it Comes to The 1619 Project

By now, you must be aware of what I call the Republican war on blackness in education. GOPropagandists with GOPoor critical thinking skills have been GOPushing white fragility bills across the nation that would bar institutions of learning from implementing Critical Race Theory and/or The 1619 Project from being implemented into school curricula. They’re claiming…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 8, 2021
Culture, History

We Found the Textbooks of Senators Who Oppose The 1619 Project and Suddenly Everything Makes Sense

White people love critical race theories. While they generally oppose Critical Race Theory, the academic movement started by Black scholars, they have historically embraced the uncapitalized version of race theory. However, because so many see whiteness as a default, they don’t understand that their entire education has already been racialized. The fact that most people…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 6, 2021
News, Race Matters

Mitch McConnell Urges Education Secretary to Bar The 1619 Project From Federal Grant Programs Because White Fragility is a Helluva Drug

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell—the guy Kentucky senator whose face always looks like it’s melting off of something—is continuing the Republican war on Blackness in education after joining fellow members of the white nationalist circle-jerk party in urging Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to help them ban Critical Race Theory into oblivion despite the easily demonstrable…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 2, 2021
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

Black People Don’t Need Reminders That Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Mean the Fight Is Over. It’s OK to Celebrate Small Victories

I never want to be so woke that I’m unwilling to celebrate small victories. A weird thing happens on social media whenever Black people publicly celebrate anything justice-related: Other Black people come around to remind us that America still ain’t shit and we shouldn’t get too happy. I understand it, of course. I get the…

By

Zack Linly

Published

April 21, 2021