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Source: JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado / Getty Every year when Black August rolls around, the stories we pull from the archive tend to center on Black men’s experience while the distinct warfare waged against Black women political prisoners gets reduced to a quiet whisper, if mentioned at all.  I learned to tune my ears to those whispers early on in my academic career. My education in Black political activism began on […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know with the stories shaping our lives right now. From the ballot box to the courtroom, here’s what our community needs to keep front and center this week. Byron Donalds Wins Florida GOP Nomination, Eyes a Historic First Byron Donalds, an African American Republican, secured his party’s nomination for Florida governor Tuesday night. He defeated several well-known rivals with the […]

✕ D.L. Hughley’s latest Notes from the GED Section, had one subject in its crosshairs this week: Stephen A. Smith. The central question was straightforward, what does it say about a celebrated Black media figure when, fresh off an honor from his own community, his next stop is Fox News? TRENDING STORY: Stephen A. Smith Vows To Clap Back After NABJ Blessed Him With “Thumbs Down” Award TRENDING STORY: Timeline Of […]

Source: Bettmann / Getty Every year when Black August rolls around, the stories we pull from the archive tend to center on Black men’s experience while the distinct warfare waged against Black women political prisoners gets reduced to a quiet whisper, if mentioned at all.  I learned to tune my ears to those whispers early on in my academic career. My education in Black political activism began on the streets […]