Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
Black Lives Matter
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes
Memphis Celebrates King For #MLK50, But Still Struggles To Honor What He Worked For
Essayist Zandria F. Robinson considers the festivities of #MLK50.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Janelle Monáe’s New Music Teases a Queer, Femme Sensibility
Singer Janelle Monáe’s first full-length album in five years, “Dirty Computer,” takes an explicit look at sexual expression and female identity.
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Building a World of Acceptance: A Conversation with DeRay Mckesson
Activist DeRay Mckesson says that to make this world a better place, people need to pick one thing to work on and keep at it.
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In the 1970s, It Was The Police That Made Made Detroit’s Streets Deadly
A special police unit terrorized the innocent and murdered the unarmed in the years after Detroit’s race riots.
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Using Technology to Fight the Power
In a new story for Wired, Bijan Stephen looks at how the Black Lives Matter movement uses social media to organize and fight for change. As Stephen writes, “any large social movement is shaped by the technology available to it,” tailoring their goals and tactics to the media of their time. For the nascent Black Lives Matter […]