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Ben and Jerry Pushing Black Voter Turnout With New Ice Cream Rebrand

The company's Change Is Brewing flavor will be focused on protecting voting rights and sold at HBCUs

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

September 22, 2022
Politics

The Upcoming Case That Could Destroy Voting Rights

In Moore v. Harper, North Carolina Republicans want to shut down court challenges to their election shenanigans

By

Keith Reed

Published

September 20, 2022
Politics

“We Have A Scarcity of Will To Address Inequality.” Poor People’s Campaign Continues To Fight For Build Back Better

In a Christmas Eve zoom press rally, the group and progressive representatives push to keep fighting for the stalled bill.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

December 28, 2021
News

The Anti-MAGA Movement: Rev. William Barber’s Quest to Make America Great, For Once

The reverend's Poor People's Campaign is working to build an America that is the exact opposite of Donald Trump's immoral white nationalist oligarchy

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 3, 2021
News, Race Matters

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

Hundreds Gather to Protest Sen. Joe Manchin for Being Sen. Joe Manchin

The West Virginia senator is opposed to legislation that would ensure Black people have the same right to vote as their white counterparts.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 15, 2021
News

Funeral Held for Andrew Brown Jr., Black Man Who Was Fatally Shot by Police in North Carolina

It feels like we’ve been trapped in a never-ending cycle of grief. Even as we felt palpable relief seeing Derek Chauvin be found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, we were immediately reminded that the cycle of police violence doesn’t take a break. Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by police officers in…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

May 3, 2021
Politics

In Rural Georgia, Rev. William Barber Excoriates Trump and His Supporters for Using Pseudo Christianity to Support Racism

Cuthbert, Ga.—Over the past two years, President Donald Trump has made a mockery of Christianity. His white evangelical supporters have aided and abetted him every step of the way. Though the God many of us have grown to know as kind, generous and forgiving, a different God has been erected by Trump and his supporters:…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

November 5, 2018
Black Excellence, Culture

Black Genius Recognized: Meet Our 2018 MacArthur Foundation Fellows

Although we know that genius drips from our very pores—from the magic of hip-hop to the delicacies of soul food—it’s nice to be acknowledged. And, as per usual, the MacArthur Foundation gets it right, choosing the best, the brightest, the most creative, and, dare we say, the wokest from our communities. This year, five black…

By

Angela Helm

Published

October 5, 2018