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Source: Drazen_ / Getty Apparently, some folks still haven’t gotten the memo that a high school volleyball game is supposed to be about volleyball, not a field trip back to Jim Crow. A Thursday night matchup at Fernandina Beach High School in Florida has sparked an investigation after a parent reported a disturbing display of racism involving students from the school. According to the Jacksonville Free Press, students allegedly held […]

Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, covering stories that hit close to home for our communities, from voting rights to a groundbreaking study that could change how we protect our elders. Here’s what you need to stay informed and empowered heading into the fall. Supreme Court Protects Mail-In Voting In a major win for voter access, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request […]

Source: Alonya Lowe / Getty Too many healthcare settings continue to operate under heteronormative assumptions that fundamentally exclude queer, trans, and gender-expansive Black people from the important conversation around perinatal health. Specifically, Black transgender and nonbinary/gender-expansive people who are pregnant or seeking to become parents run into shock and surprise from providers who are ill-equipped to provide them care. In some cases, they run into outright discrimination and refusal of […]

The Washington Post The word “dope” is one of those phrases with multiple meanings; it can define something as good, bad or even illegal depending on the manner you use it in. For beloved Chicago-based historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, the word was utilized in a positive context to reflect how he feels about his home state with the trademarked slogan, “Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago.” Innocent enough, right? […]