“Hair Love” director and writer Matthew A. Cherry addressed the importance of normalizing Black hair during his acceptance speech on stage at the 92nd Academy Awards. The short animated film, which tells the story of a Black father who wears his hair in locs and […]
Last week, President Donald Trump announced the expansion of his controversial travel ban adding several more countries to the original list first signed in 2017. After the announcement, Democrats and immigration advocates have condemned the expanded policy, noting that the new order not only […]
Farouk James, an 8-year old boy from London, is not being allowed to attend several schools in the city because of his long, natural hair. His mother, Bonnie Miller, has since been advocating for his son and others who are experiencing discrimination based on […]
Jay-Z, like many others, stood behind Colin Kaepernick as he knelt in protest of police brutality. They backed the former 49ers quarterback when the NFL ousted him for his actions. But then, Jay-Z and Roc Nation did a deal with this same organization, which included a […]
More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black. Of an estimated 568,000 […]
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a criminal justice reform plan that would reduce the costs of incarceration by redirecting funds to education, community policing and rehabilitation in an effort to amend a system he sees as prejudiced against lower-income communities and people of […]
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