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For such an interesting candidate, Sen. Rand Paul formally announced his bid for the presidency in the most banal of ways. Speaking before a cheering…
On Wednesday morning, the National Action Network will kick off its 25th year with their annual national convention — a welcome unification of civil rights leaders, politicians, clergy, and community leaders. This year’s conference, held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers from April 8 to April 11, comes amid a national conversation on […]
The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s untimely death has drawn scores of people to Tennessee as well as a handful of other cities to mark the life of the pioneering civil rights icon in early April. From civil rights symposiums to theatrical productions, galas, film screenings and, of course, powerful speeches, folks traveling […]
So this happened. Just days after Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva posted a piece that seemed to attribute the number of Black actors snagging roles in Hollywood…
The headline is as frightening as it sounds: “Half Of Atlanta’s Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients Have AIDS, Grady Testing Finds.” Yet, what may sound like…
I stand with Martese Johnson. There is no excuse for this. @VirginiaABC you should be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/4j3bnfDlBI — UVAProblems (@UVAProbs) March 18, 2015 Earlier today,…
What a week! Everybody digs “Empire,” but if there was ever a time we needed “Soul Train” back in our lives, it’s now. It seems…
In “Part 2” of a three-part video series called “Queen For A Day,” Mildred Muhammad — ex-wife of D.C.-Sniper John Allen Muhammad — and other domestic abuse survivors share harrowing stories of domestic and sexual abuse at the hands of spouses, family members, and partners. Muhammad revealed this about her former husband: “What most people don’t know, […]
Because it is a social construct, race can often be a complicated matter. However, racism – notably, as it works in America – is a…
50 Years After Selma, Let’s Finally End Unbridled, Unjust Protection For Law Enforcement [EXCLUSIVE]
From Eric Garner, an unarmed 43-year-old man killed by NYPD on July 17, 2014, to Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager killed by a Ferguson police…
For many Black children born in the 1980s, Ben Carson is a hero. He is, as BuzzFeed’s Joel Anderson describes in a well-done profile about…
Much was made about the Oscars last Sunday. The hash tag #OscarsSoWhite reflected the absence of color among some of the biggest categories of the…
