This Week In Racism: We’re Sad to Report That Clayton Bigsby Is Real
It’s an embarrassment of riches in our new weekly roundup of the world’s most pathetic people!
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The 9 Best “F — — the Police” Songs, Ranked
No metaphors necessary when hip-hop’s favorite sentiment only needs three words
Can This Man Save Chicago’s Murder Epidemic?
With decades of brokering peace between gangs, community leader Bishop Omar Jahwar has a plan for quelling violence in the perilous city
A Young Marley Fights For Her Grandfather’s Dream of Afro-Solidarity
Bob Marley was never able to forge true brotherhood with Black Americans. Decades later, his granddaughter’s generation is fighting to…
How KRS-One’s ‘Sound of Da Police’ Went From Anti-Cop Anthem to Theme Song and Back Again
The 1993 song reinvigorated the rap legend’s career — and against all odds became a Hollywood (and police) favorite
Breonna Taylor Is Not A Meme
It’s good to spread awareness — but let’s actually do something instead of relying on punchlines.
The Man Whose Surveillance Camera Sparked a National Uprising
The footage taken outside Dragon Wok…
People Didn’t Die for a Whitewashed, Corporatized Pride Month
Rallies like Brooklyn Liberation are a…
Why Black People ‘Resist Arrest’
It was used as a justification for Rayshard Brooks’ and George…
The Battle to Defeat Robert E. Lee in a Kentucky Town
One war veteran and attorney — and, yes…
Don’t Celebrate White People Being Late to the Fight
Yes, this moment is different from other moments…
Bill de Blasio Is Feeling the Heat. Good, Let’s Turn It Up
Once a presidential hopeful, New York’s…
The Weight of White Guilt in the Workplace Is Too Damn Heavy
My coworkers — bless their hearts — are making a tough time even worse
Why Racism Feels the Way It Does
The killings of innocent Black men and women sparked the blaze, but…
There’s No Such Thing as a Pretty Protest
Critics of riotous rallies are missing the point
Maybe Lives Do Need to Be Torn Apart
Before our nation erupted, Christian Cooper extended graciousness…
What We Should Have Learned From the L.A. Riots
As the director of a documentary on the Rodney King…
I’m Taking the Week Off. Take Care of Yourselves.
Showing compassion in perilous times
CNN’s Omar Jimenez Could Have Been Me — or Any of My Black and Brown Colleagues
Only syllables and…
The Unrelenting Anti-Blackness of 2020
As the coronavirus and police brutality endanger Black bodies…
Dear Black Men: I Love You and I’m Scared for You
On behalf of the women in your lives, thank you. For…
How You Can Make a Difference in the Fight to Stop Police Brutality
Real criminal justice reform is…
A Plan to Stop Police Killings of Black Men
Black voters’ power at the ballot box is vast, but it’s…
Enough
Most men don’t abuse women. The problem that we need to talk about, though, is the men who…
Rikers Corrections Officer: We’re Being Told to Work Even If We Have Coronavirus
The enormity of the…
If You’re Going to Challenge the 1619 Project, Don’t Do It This Way
Conservatives’ “1776 Project” sounds a lot like Bill Cosby’s pound cake speech all over again
No, You’re Not R. Kelly — But You Still Have Work To Do
If I’m in danger from a man, that man is more…
Most Death Row Movies Are White-Savior Flicks in Disguise — Not These
‘Just Mercy’ and ‘Clemency,’ both out this week, right some serious wrongs in the prison-drama genre