By Shantel Perry Cultural appropriation is a continuing epidemic in the United States (US). Yes I said it, Black Culture (although we are not...
By Julie Moreau In February, the New York Times published an article on legislative initiatives to arm college students in an alleged attempt to reduce...
By Xhercis Méndez This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-à-vis police brutality,...
By Rebecca Long As awareness of the harmful affects of the presentation of distorted female bodies in media and advertising has risen, so too has...
By Farrell Greenwald Brenner The ultimate connection cannot be the enemy. The ultimate connection must be the need that we find between us. It is...
By Ashleigh Shackelford After hearing Kanye West’s comments in his interview on “The Breakfast Club,” where he spoke on his prior relationship with Amber Rose, I decided...
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) released its groundbreaking report, “Black Girls Matter.” Ahmad Greene-Hayes, a guest...
Maha Abu-Dayyeh’s contributions were varied and distinct, though inextricably joined, and spanned from the local to global. She helped to institutionalize women’s activism in our...
By Shama Nathan My friend and I sat on his back porch, slithering in the Caribbean heat. We sat in quietness, mostly slapping...
By Denio Lourenco Jr. Everyone has had a time in their life when they have been rejected or turned down by someone they were interested...
By Elizabeth Harwood The January 7th attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is an atrocity. Yet, it is not only the actions of “terrorists” but...
By ray(nise) cange Preface: I started this piece before Mike Brown. Before we were protesting for our rights. I started this one day after running...
Too often when the rubber hits the road with anti-racist white people being held accountable by Black/Latin@/Asian/Indigenous/Arab peoples for their OWN acts of covert and...
by janaya (j) khan In the first month of the new year, three Black trans women have been murdered in the United States. Many of you...
By Sabrina Strings His picture was not to go unnoticed. It was planned that way. Flyers showing his face were posted prominently; one was under...
by QTPOC Liberation “We are here because the gay community has been silent. We need you in the streets with us. We honor the lives...
By Marquis Bey A feminist friend of mine—a 4’10” queer white woman—jokingly mocks my “bro-ness,” that is to say, my proclivity to throw around weights...
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...