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#BlackLivesMatter Means Recognizing Joy — Not Just Trauma
Black teens want to see more joy on social media.
By Brittney McNamara
D.C. Is Protesting the Police Shooting of 18-Year-Old Deon Kay
“They took my baby, they just took my baby from me."
By Lucy Diavolo
Trump Compared Police Violence to Golf
“Just like in a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot putt.”
By Lucy Diavolo
Players in Major Sports Leagues Went on Strike
“What was most important was the solidarity, the unity, the collectiveness.”
By Lucy Diavolo
Protests Sparked by Police Shootings of Jacob Blake and Trayford Pellerin
In Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Lafayette, Louisiana, people took to the streets.
By Kaylen Ralph and Lucy Diavolo
Supporters Demand Authorities #FreeTianna, a BLM Protest Organizer
“Her life and future is on the line."
By Jameelah Nasheed
We Should All Be Commemorating Black August
“August is a month of meaning, of repression and radical resistance.”
By maya finoh
The Case for Abolishing the Department of Homeland Security
The agency poses a grave threat to our civil liberties and operates with near impunity.
By Shiyam Galyon and Laïssa Alexis
I Was a Security Guard at the Hospital Where I’m Now a Med Student
"The mistrust in our community around medicine is, to some degree, justified."
By Adaira Landry
How We’re Taking on Anti-Black Racism in Puerto Rico
“We have been erased from our own history.”
By Gloriann Sacha Antonetty and Alexandra-Marie Figueroa Miranda
Black Progress Has Always Been Met with Racist Backlash
We’ve seen this again and again throughout history.
By Gennette Cordova
NYPD Use Unmarked Van to Arrest a Teen Protesting Police Brutality
"Nowhere in our laws are you permitted to kidnap people.”
By Jessica Castillo
Black Journalists Hope Media's Racial Reckoning Can Create Change
“It’s about firing some people. ... Some people need to go.”
By Jewel Wicker
John Lewis Inspired Me As a Black Gen Z Activist
Lewis taught me that the fight for justice demands courage.
By Sade Green
Trump Is Deploying Feds in More Cities with Operation LeGend
"We will also soon send federal law enforcement to other cities."
By Lucy Diavolo