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What Daniel Kaluuya’s Film Endings Really Tell Us
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The 5 Worst Patois We Can’t Unhear, Ranked
Cease and seckle, people
Trump’s Winning Streak Has an Expiration Date
Eluding the jaws of truth twice was a miracle, but a…
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Why Fred Hampton Needs to Be on Your Kids’ American History Syllabus
Hampton’s story, even in the…
6 Holidays Black People Refuse to Celebrate, Ranked
Not even a day off work is worth commemorating these travesties
This Vaccination Rollout Is Going Exactly as Terribly as You Knew It Would
Black folks don’t trust the…
Don’t Try to Put a Positive Spin on the N-Word Like This College Professor
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All the Ways We Told You America Needed to Be Fixed
Black people have been telling America about…
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Georgia Police Chief Says Black Folks Didn’t Have It That Bad During Slavery
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My Lifelong Journey Embracing Mixed-Race Identity
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When Robinhood Halted GameStop, a Million Hobby Traders Glimpsed What Racism Feels Like
Outsmarted by savvy internet users, investment institutions rewrote the rules to maintain the status quo
5 White Wrestlers That Black People Love, Ranked
Tap in for the tap out
The Man Who Captured the Insurrection
Photographer Mel D. Cole has turned his lens on the folks taking to the streets for Trump—both Black and white
White Supremacist Recruiters Can’t Resist a Place Called Whitestown
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Don’t Talk to Me About Unity
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It Wasn’t the Inauguration We Wanted, But We’ll Get Our Joy in 2024
The momentousness of Kamala…
What Black America Needs From Biden’s First 100 Days
Executive orders are well and good, but it’s time to get serious
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
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The 5 Least Surprising Comments on Our Recent Political Coverage, Ranked
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All hail the King!
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Now Is the Perfect Time to Ruin Donald Trump’s Life
Why mince words? If he’s not going to own up to…
Yes, This Was a Coup Attempt — Against Blackness
You can argue the word choice all you want, but you can’t avoid the truth