Here’s Why Simone Manuel Needed to Bring Up Race At the Olympics
It’s hard to celebrate our Olympic victories when our gold-medal triumphs get second billing and we’re being dehumanized in the media and on the streets.
police brutality
“Why Did You Shoot Me?”
When a cop pulled the trigger on Charles Kinsey, a Black behavioral therapist working with his autistic patient, it revealed everything that is wrong with policing in America.
Will White America Ever Reckon With Its Racism?
Last week's spate of murders by cops is the latest reminder that Black suffering has always been part of the American experience. But many White people would rather not talk about it.
Spike Lee Did the Wrong Thing
The filmmaker of 'Chiraq' puts the onus on Black women and their sexual power to solve Chicago's insurmountable problems. Deferred orgasms are not the answer.
Dear Black Children: Everyone Can Beat You!
Our columnist grew up in foster care, and knows all too well what it is like to be rendered invisible and reeling in emotional pain in a high-school classroom.
What Have We Learned From Ferguson?
Last August's murder of Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson ignited one of the most important movements of our lifetime—a movement we will need for years to come.
Yes, I’m An Angry Black Woman!
This summer, five Black women have died in jail. And 9 Black parishioners were murdered while praying. Rage is not just righteous; it's the only rational response to White supremacy.
Could I Become the Next Sandra Bland?
The writer is haunted by the injustice of the 28-year-old's death, and the knowledge that the simplest act of defiance—even in an airport security line—could end in tragedy.
White Male Cops: Keep Your Hands Off Black Women and Girls
The police aren’t just terrorizing Black men. They have a history dating back to Jim Crow of brutalizing Black women, too: tasing, kicking, punching, slamming their bodies. And killing them.