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Gary Chambers Jr. Returns With a Fire Campaign Ad

The Louisiana candidate for U.S. Senate wants to torch what’s left of the Confederacy

By

Keith Reed

Published

February 9, 2022
News, Race Matters

Rep. Jamaal Bowman Arrested While Joining Capitol Building Protest For Voting Rights

The New York congressman was one of 27 people arrested by Capitol Police on Thursday.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

January 21, 2022
Opinion

After a Historic 2021 in Politics, Black Women are Gearing up for What Promises to be a Monumental 2022

From Kamala Harris to Stacey Abrams, Black women are poised for increased representation at every level of elected representation

By

Vanessa De Luca

Published

December 29, 2021
Politics

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Becomes Third Black Lawmaker Arrested for Protecting Voting Rights

The Texas lawmaker joins Reps. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.); all were arrested for protesting unjust voting laws.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 30, 2021
News

Ben Carson Doesn’t Want You to Get Reparations and Other Embarrassingly Ignorant Things

When my children are older I will tell them that this was Dr. Ben Carson: I will explain to them that he was the one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons who sadly lost his life in a tragic hang gliding incident off the coast of Honduras, because I want to keep the legacy of Ben…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 19, 2021
Politics

In Historic Move, House Panel Advances Reparations Legislation to Study Impact of Slavery and Racism

After decades of trying to get America to start the process of reckoning with its history of slavery and its contemporary effects, a House panel advanced legislation that would support a study to figure out how to address the issue. This is the first time that the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation,…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

April 15, 2021
News, Race Matters

Evanston, Ill. Becomes First American City to Launch Reparations Program for Black Residents

A small, Illinois suburb has finally done the thing that America has kept hand-wringing about since the end of slavery: reparations. The Washington Post reports that on Monday night the Evanston City Council voted 8-1 in favor of a resolution to launch the first phase of reparations in the city, with $450,000 being allocated towards…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

March 23, 2021
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

The Movement for Black Lives Opposes the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Here's Why the Movement Has a Point

The Movement for Black Lives—a coalition of 150 organizations from across the nation that was formed in 2014 and has been instrumental in organizing anti-racism protests since the Black Lives Matter movement began—has let it be known that it opposes the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (pdf). Of course, the coalition doesn’t disapprove of…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 17, 2021
Politics

During His Presidency Obama Found That White Hate of Black People Made Reparations a Pipe Dream

It isn’t that the first Black president didn’t believe or want to give Black folks their 40 acres and a mule; it’s just the level of white hate he witnessed during his time in office made the push for reparations a “non-starter.” “So if you ask me theoretically: ‘Are reparations justified?’ The answer is yes,”…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

February 26, 2021
Politics

Pay Me What You Owe Me: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Reintroduces Reparations Bill

“Is the stimmy a form of reparations?” my 1-year-old daughter asked me the other day. I looked at her puzzled, and then asked where she’d heard such big words. She replied that her daycare is near: I kid. My daughter doesn’t go to daycare with COVID-19 running unchecked in these MAGA streets. I live near…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 8, 2021