Two cities start the reparations conversation — will the country follow?
Welcome to Minority Report, a weekly newsletter from the LEVEL team that packs an entire week into a single email. From the long road to…
Society
The Third Crisis of 2020 Is Almost Here
A monstrous wave of evictions and slashed unemployment…
A Definitive Guide to Black Trump Supporters
Forewarned is forearmed. Grab your binoculars.
The Unintentional Racism Found in Traffic Signals
Just because something doesn’t use an offensive mascot doesn’t mean it can’t reinforce a broken system
A Black Man, a Ken, and a Karen Walk Into a Zoom Room
Clinging to the advantages of Whiteness is a…
The 50 Best Black Twitter Accounts Under 50K Followers
You don’t need a massive audience to be massively influential. Get familiar.
Breonna Taylor Is Not A Meme
It’s good to spread awareness — but let’s actually do something instead of relying on punchlines.
It’s All Fun and Games Till A White Person Asks to Fondle Your Fro
When workplace morale-boosting activities go from innocent fun to inclusion fail
People Didn’t Die for a Whitewashed, Corporatized Pride Month
Rallies like Brooklyn Liberation are a…
What June’s Never-Ending Fireworks Say About This Country
I’m sleep-deprived. You’re selfish. Whoever’s behind this is playing us both.
A Frank Conversation About Co-Parenting in a Pandemic
Divorced parents. A 13-year-old-daughter. Quarantine. Could it be any more uncertain?
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…
5 Celebrities Who Should Probably Sit This One Out, Ranked
When the going gets tough, the famous get ready to talk without thinking
Office Allies Can’t Cushion the Blow of Yet Another Black Murder
You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t have the strength to walk non-Black work allies through my trauma
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…
André Leon Talley Made Fashion History — But That’s Not Enough
The icon paved the way for generations, even if he wasn’t as hands-on as some of us wished
To the People Having Beach and House Parties, Your Selfishness Is Showing
Yes, the weather’s nice…
Protesting With Firearms Looks Very Different Depending On Your Race
The Black Panthers carried guns to save their community from police violence. Michigan demonstrators carried guns because they wanted…
The Media Revolution Happening in Brazil’s Favelas
The ‘news deserts’ that plague the country’s…
Rikers Corrections Officer: We’re Being Told to Work Even If We Have Coronavirus
The enormity of the…
Lecrae on Why the Virtual Church Experience Is No Less Devout
In a time of quarantines and social distancing, the rapper ponders new ways to strengthen faith
It’s 2020, And I Had to Leave My Home Because of the KKK
One Black activist’s modern-day nightmare
Jump Up, Turn Up, Dress Up: The Men Playing Mas at Carnival
Wearing colorful costumes at Caribbean carnivals isn’t just for women — but the gender politics are more complicated than ever
I Met a Nazi on My Vacation
This past August, I vacationed for three weeks with my girlfriend and her…