Racism and Self-Determination

Defending Botham Jean

The night of Sept. 6 in Dallas an off-duty policewoman, Amber Guyger, entered the apartment of a 26-year-old Afro-Caribbean man,…

September 22, 2018

Nike’s choice of Kapernick signals POC and youth power

Nike announced on Sept. 3 that former National Football League star Colin Kaepernick would be the face of the company’s…

September 17, 2018

Serena Williams fights back against sexist attacks

The 2018 U.S. Open will be most remembered for how the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams challenged the…

September 12, 2018

African-American suffrage: Voting rights and suppression

At the end of the U.S. Civil War, the 13th, 14th and 15th Reconstruction Amend­ments to the U.S. Constitution were…

September 12, 2018

Chicago mayor gives up on third term as killer cop heads to trial

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sept. 4 that he would not run for a third term, bringing joy and…

September 12, 2018

Disability groups reject racist Georgia voter suppression

A proposal by the Randolph County, Georgia, Board of Elections to close seven out of nine polling places in one…

September 10, 2018

Aretha’s Detroit bids farewell

For two weeks, Detroit has been mourning the death of Aretha Franklin, the legendary musical artist, activist and genuine philanthropist…

September 6, 2018

Conference strategizes tearing down statues, walls

Durham, N.C. — Energized by the fall of the Silent Sam statue in neighboring Chapel Hill, N.C., just days before,…

September 6, 2018

Students resist the Klan on North Carolina campus

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Barricades surrounded the stump of Silent Sam and other monuments on the campus of the University…

September 3, 2018

Trump’s racist redirection and South Africa

This Aug. 21 was undoubtedly one of the roughest days of the Trump presidency. His former campaign manager Paul Manafort…

September 1, 2018