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Why Black Folks Can't Swim
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Why Black Folks Can't Swim

Garrick McFadden May 29, 2025

Segregation at the swimming pool didn't help close the gap

Black Fatigue Now Has a Double Meaning Thanks to Racism
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Black Fatigue Now Has a Double Meaning Thanks to Racism

Dr. Allison Wiltz May 28, 2025

We can’t discuss racial justice without agreed-upon terminology

How I Gave Up Cheating and Became Polyamorous
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How I Gave Up Cheating and Became Polyamorous

Andrew Ricketts May 28, 2025

I’m still learning what’s next

Resenting My Patriotism
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Resenting My Patriotism

David Saint Vincent May 26, 2025

America has been a bad parent

When White People Suffer
Photo: “Poor whites, Georgetown, D.C.,” 1935 (Source: Library of Congress)

When White People Suffer

Jeremy Helligar May 26, 2025

Can we still call them privileged?

Being Black In America Is The Most Radical Act Of Resistance
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Being Black In America Is The Most Radical Act Of Resistance

Garrick McFadden May 25, 2025

On the anniversary of George Floyd's passing, African Americans are still exhausted

What Has Changed Five Years After the George Floyd Protests?
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What Has Changed Five Years After the George Floyd Protests?

William Spivey May 25, 2025

Affirmative action is dead, DEI is dying, and white Immigrants get priority access

5 Movies that Screwed Up White People's Minds
The Godfather, Paramount Pictures, 1972

5 Movies that Screwed Up White People's Minds

David Saint Vincent May 24, 2025

Films that subconsciously had an effect on the caucasian psyche

Medicaid Versus Tax Cuts are as Simple as Guns or Butter
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Medicaid Versus Tax Cuts are as Simple as Guns or Butter

William Spivey May 24, 2025

It boils down to tax cuts for the rich or healthcare for the poor

What the Prosecution is Proving in the Diddy Case
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What the Prosecution is Proving in the Diddy Case

Ivy Locke May 24, 2025

They're building a road that leads to more than domestic abuse

Donald Trump's Miscue on the Genocide of South African White Farmers, Explained
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Donald Trump's Miscue on the Genocide of South African White Farmers, Explained

William Spivey May 22, 2025

No graves at the site of the Trump video

What Laz Alonzo Found on His Quest for Eternal Life in 'Fountain of Youth'

What Laz Alonzo Found on His Quest for Eternal Life in 'Fountain of Youth'

LEVEL Editors May 22, 2025

The actor links with director Guy Ritchie for a second time in the action-adventure film

The Republicans are Coming for Medicaid and Medicare
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The Republicans are Coming for Medicaid and Medicare

William Spivey May 21, 2025

Congressional budget office finds $500 billion in Medicare cuts

The Dark, Fumbling Sex Ed of Teenage Dancehall Parties

The Dark, Fumbling Sex Ed of Teenage Dancehall Parties

Andrew Ricketts May 21, 2025

All we wanted was to look like we knew what we were doing

Where Malcolm X Was Killed, Harlem’s Ghosts Haunt a Forgotten Home
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Where Malcolm X Was Killed, Harlem’s Ghosts Haunt a Forgotten Home

Andrew Ricketts May 21, 2025

Where the activist and icon was killed in 1965, you can now get cash and a plate of ribs

The Nightmare of Being a Black Boy at the Oldest Prep School in the Country
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The Nightmare of Being a Black Boy at the Oldest Prep School in the Country

Andrew Ricketts May 21, 2025

Whether alumni or walking the halls of elite schools today, we recognize a tough shared experience

Helping White Folks Kick Their 'Founding Fathers' Fetish
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Helping White Folks Kick Their 'Founding Fathers' Fetish

David Saint Vincent May 20, 2025

They were the founders; not the fathers. ‘Founders’ is both accurate and politically benign

The HBO Max Rebrand Is About So Much More Than a Logo

The HBO Max Rebrand Is About So Much More Than a Logo

Julio Vincent Gambuto May 20, 2025

Life moves swiftly. We all need to take a beat

Will Juneteenth Survive the Attack on DEI?
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Will Juneteenth Survive the Attack on DEI?

William Spivey May 20, 2025

Will this holiday make it to a 4th anniversary?

Malcolm X the Girl Dad Was Hidden in Plain Sight
Malcolm X with daughter Ilyasah Shabazz

Malcolm X the Girl Dad Was Hidden in Plain Sight

Mark Anthony Neal May 19, 2025

On the other side of the hardened activist was a man who stirred his coffee with his daughter's finger and told her it made it sweet

When I Found Malcolm X
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When I Found Malcolm X

Kevin Powell May 19, 2025

Writer-activist-director Kevin Powell pens a poem to his hero Malcolm X who would have turned 100 years old today

Why Many Celebrate The Burning Of Largest Southern Plantation
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Why Many Celebrate The Burning Of Largest Southern Plantation

Jermaine Hall May 18, 2025

Some mourn historical landmark, others celebrate its destruction

5 Movies that Perfectly Explain Why America is So Screwed Up
Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs of New York, Miramax Films

5 Movies that Perfectly Explain Why America is So Screwed Up

David Saint Vincent May 17, 2025

An approved textbook alternative

Blacksplaining The Unrepentantly Stupid Anti-College Campaign
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Blacksplaining The Unrepentantly Stupid Anti-College Campaign

David Saint Vincent May 17, 2025

Trust in higher education, kids

The First 3 Days of the Diddy Trial, Explained
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The First 3 Days of the Diddy Trial, Explained

Laratee VanNieuwenhuyze May 16, 2025

The high-profile trial has revealed a man who has leaned into domestic violence. The prosecution's star witness, Cassie Ventura, spent four days on the stand

Separate and Unequal Again: The Resegregation of America’s Public Schools
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Separate and Unequal Again: The Resegregation of America’s Public Schools

Jeffrey Kass May 16, 2025

The urgency to reverse the back-to-Jim-Crow trend

Moderate Woman Removed From Republican Town Hall for Being a Radical Far-Left Activist
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Moderate Woman Removed From Republican Town Hall for Being a Radical Far-Left Activist

LG Ware May 14, 2025

The cracks in democracy widen

Trump Tries to put White Immigrants at the Head of the Line
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Trump Tries to put White Immigrants at the Head of the Line

William Spivey May 14, 2025

The Episcopal church says no

I Would’ve Been the Good White Person in the Movie
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I Would’ve Been the Good White Person in the Movie

Jeffrey Kass May 13, 2025

Hollywood’s safe space for white folks

Is Pope Leo XIV Black?
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Is Pope Leo XIV Black?

William Spivey May 11, 2025

The real question is, how Black is he?

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