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Source: Steve Schaefer / Getty Black folks have spent all week cackling, meme-making, and yelling collective gratitude into the smoke as we watched the ancestors give multiple divine smacks to the face of white nostalgia and its sadistic fetish for racial oppression.  In the span of days, three shrines to white supremacy caught heat, holy fire, and even a drop kick from a tree. First, a fire engulfed the big […]

Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty Six years after Chicago police determined that the hate crime against Jussie Smollett was a hoax, they’re finally ready to close the case. However, the Empire actor won’t be getting away scot-free; he’ll have to donate $50,000 to a charity of his choice. TMZ reports that he’ll be handing the check over to Building Better Futures Center for the Arts in Chicago, a nonprofit that aims to […]

Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty In the early hours of the morning, while most Americans were asleep, House Republicans convened a hearing that stretched into an eight-hour marathon to push through a sweeping 1,100-page reconciliation bill.  The timing was no coincidence. It was a calculated attempt to avoid scrutiny and quietly advance a legislative agenda that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, undermines essential public services, and fuels divisive culture wars. This […]

Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty May 19 marked the centennial birthday of civil rights crusader Malcolm X. While his family was afforded just 39 years with him, his impact reverberates globally more than 100 years after his birth. For those lamenting the direction of the nation, fearing proposed cuts to Medicaid, federal job cuts, and the elimination of efforts to advance equity, Malcolm X’s life and legacy have much […]