When the Only Thing You Have Going is Being White
What Are You Besides Your Skin Color?
Equality
The Selective Outrage Over Beyoncé’s Dubai Performance Is Weird As Hell
If Beyoncé can’t perform in regions where anti-gay laws run rampant, her next tour will be extremely limited
When Martin Luther King Jr. Was The Most Hated Man In America
It Took 15 Years For MLK Day To Become A Holiday
Why Do Detainees Keep Dying in This Baton Rouge Jail?
In one decade, 45 people died in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Most were charged with nonviolent misdemeanors. Most didn’t have their day in court. Most were Black. How did the system fail them?
White People Should Have to Work on Juneteenth
America’s newest national holiday deserves exclusive access. Sorry not sorry.
An Open Letter to the So-Called Good Cop
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to validate your existence
America Is Failing George Floyd
One year after Floyd’s murder, we’re still awaiting actual justice and…
The Futility of Seeking Justice After Police Murder
I can’t find solace in Derek Chauvin’s guilty…
Amazon’s ‘Them’ Is Visual Terrorism
Representation isn’t reason enough to depict Black trauma on television
Only White Men Get to Have Bad Days — and Only Folks of Color Pay for Them
A White man’s bad day is…
It’s Time to Abolish “Powerful” Performances at Award Shows
Music stars and activists alike have…
Black Artists Are Fed Up With Grammy Snubs, But Don’t Always Respect the Alternatives
Black awards shows exist, yet artists never seem to hold them in the same regard
What to Do if Your Child’s Homework Involves the Phrase ‘Let’s Make a Slave’
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We Should Have Held T.I. Accountable Years Ago
What’s it going to take for us to see the red flags for what they are?
A Woman’s Worth Is Not Determined By Her Proximity to a Man
Women like Vanessa Bryant and Lauren…
Sorry, But My Pessimism Is Stronger Than Your ‘Diversity Training’
If you want to imagine a world…
How a Black Texan Watched His State Show Its White Ass
Nothing owns the libs like cleaning ourselves with baby wipes and boiling cooking water!
The Super Saiyan Form of Karen Is Terrifying
It’s an embarrassment of riches in our weekly roundup of…
Gentrification Is a Five-Course Meal — and the Indigestion is Horrible
Hope you’ve got an appetite…
What Daniel Kaluuya’s Film Endings Really Tell Us
Ending a central Black character’s life isn’t…
This Vaccination Rollout Is Going Exactly as Terribly as You Knew It Would
Black folks don’t trust the…
Georgia Police Chief Says Black Folks Didn’t Have It That Bad During Slavery
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Don’t Talk to Me About Unity
Republicans want us to look past this moment because they’re responsible…
Trump’s Outgoing Gift to the Public? A Hilarious ‘Rebuttal’ of Slavery
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9 Out of 10 Men Have Body Image Issues, and Covid-19’s Making Them Worse
After a life of struggling…
Why I Will Never, Ever Work on MLK Day
No matter what the workplace policy, I’ll be off somewhere lounging, celebrating an icon
Racist Road Rage is Alive and Well, Just Ask this Cussin’ Karen
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Today America Showed Us Exactly Who It Is. Believe It.
This is how injustice rots everyone to the core
Black Conservatives Don’t Care About You — Or Anyone Else
If they only want to go for theirs, they should just say so
Obama’s Dismissal of ‘Defund the Police’ Hides an Inconvenient Truth
Politicians continue to misframe…