Black children in America deserve the freedom of a full, complete, enjoyable, and unencumbered childhood, and political education can help them understand the systems shaping their lives and empower them to make sense of what they experience.
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Posted inCulture
The NEA’s Rejection of the Classical Theatre of Harlem Isn’t About Art
The Classical Theatre of Harlem was unexpectedly excluded from this year’s National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding list due to a new policy priority that threatens to silence certain voices and erase certain communities.
Posted inHomepage
On Trayvon Martin’s 30th Birthday, Black Lives Still Matter
Trayvon Martin’s life is honored on his 30th birthday, highlighting the ongoing struggle for justice and equality in America, as Black lives are still mattering despite the whitelash and attacks on DEI.
Posted inWord In Black
Black America Doesn’t Have to Shop at Walmart
Let’s be clear: Walmart needs Black America a heck of a lot more than Black America needs Walmart. Wielding roughly $1.8 trillion in spending power this year, Black folks’ economic […]
Posted inWord In Black
Inspired by ’60s Asian-Black Solidarity, She Uses Design to Fight Racism
by Renata Sago of Word In Black News In 2019, not long after she graduated from the University of Southern California, Michelle Hanabusa was questioning her identity. Years earlier, a debilitating […]
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Trump and Vance’s Lies Fuel Violence Against Haitian Immigrants in Ohio
Former President Donald Trump and Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance have spread false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, leading to an increase in violence and discrimination against them.
Posted inNational
Sonya Massey & the Lost Ambition of Police Reform
As Sonya Massey’s murder at the hands of now-jailed Deputy Sean Grayson makes national headlines, advocates for police reform and abolition see just how little progress has been made. A neurodivergent Black woman killed in her own home, Massey’s profile overlaps with many other victims of Anti-Black police violence. However, the horrific death of the mother of two has captured distinct attention for its encapsulation of the dangers faced by the most marginalized demographics of the country. As well as exemplifying the government’s unwillingness to make meaningful change.
Posted inHealth
How Racism Limits Black Health
By Brianna Patt Racism within the healthcare system can not only impact patients, but even traumatize the Black women that work within it. Black Womens Healthcare Trauma To understand Black […]
Posted inEducation
When Afrofuturism Enters the Classroom
By Joseph Williams Originally appeared in Word in Black This story is part of “Black to the Future,” a series that examines how Afrofuturism pushes us to imagine and create a world […]
Posted inSpiritual
African American Catholics Seek Saintly Recognition
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware Originally appeared in Word in Black Black Catholics in America, who are three million of the 1.3 billion church members, are angry about a lack […]