Over the weekend, hip-hot artist Jasiri X posted this image on his twitter feed. It’s taken from the front page of the New York Daily News’ website. Note the screaming headline and the sympathetic caption: “Accused killer Dylann Roof had one chance at a stable family life — and his abusive dad ruined it for…

Being Black in America is a constant challenge. The news has shown over and over again that you can’t

Being Black in America is a constant challenge. The news has shown over and over again that you can’t

I don’t really know how to write this. I don’t even know where to begin. There’s a thing I’ve kept to myself – well, mostly to myself – for a very long time, and I’ve always thought it was nobody’s business. Well, mostly nobody’s business. But I keep wondering if it’s really that simple. What if…

You never forget the sound of the telephone ringing At 6:30 in the morning. You never forget the sound of your father’s voice. You never forget the little lie he told because the awful truth Was too much to bear in the morning’s bitter light. You never forget the sound of your own voice Wailing at…

Elon James White: If you’re in St. Louis or headed here for the Weekend of Resistance: All I have to say is rest up.

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson released a video statement apologizing to the Brown Family and  Ferguson

As the adage goes, the good intentions of things like this are precisely what the road to hell is paved

 Over the last two weeks the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have grown in size, fury, volume. and visibility.

Last week, freelance journalist Ryan Schuessler blogged about his time in the media pit with fellow journos

A talk show host crowed out the “headline” that actress Melanie Griffith and her actor ex-husband

The swift ascent to Internet Fame is generally advanced by the very young. This is fine until the relationship

I first became aware of Brittany Maynard in the grocery store late one night when her face and the headline

YOU HAVE TO VOTE. OK, it’s not up to me to tell you what you “have to” do. But please vote. Like,

Identity is a tricky thing. A complicated thing. A constantly changing thing. The person you were at

On the Steve Harvey show last week, celebrity chef and grandmotherly racist Paula Deen came on to talk

Yes, people are going to look at you funny in Bumblefuck, Ohio, for having a little brown girl. Welcome

Meet Brian Howard. Until last Friday, Brian was a contract employee with a Federal Aviation Administration radar

Over the weekend, hip-hot artist Jasiri X posted this image on his twitter feed. It’s taken from the front page of the New York Daily News’ website. Note the screaming headline and the sympathetic caption: “Accused killer Dylann Roof had one chance at a stable family life — and his abusive dad ruined it for…

I don’t really know how to write this. I don’t even know where to begin. There’s a thing I’ve kept to myself – well, mostly to myself – for a very long time, and I’ve always thought it was nobody’s business. Well, mostly nobody’s business. But I keep wondering if it’s really that simple. What if…

You never forget the sound of the telephone ringing At 6:30 in the morning. You never forget the sound of your father’s voice. You never forget the little lie he told because the awful truth Was too much to bear in the morning’s bitter light. You never forget the sound of your own voice Wailing at…

So, they’re at it again. In the aftermath of Ohio State’s (unexpected) victory over Oregon in the first-ever College Football Playoff Championship Game – is that what it’s called? There have been so many iterations of the college football championship it’s hard to know what’s what – students at OSU’s campus in Columbus, Ohio, were…