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May 16, 2022
How do I do better as a white man? asked Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey of Emmanuel Acho on the latter’s show ‘Uncomfortable...
EMOTIONAL JUSTICE is a framework created by Esther A. Armah to confront, explore and work to heal a legacy of untreated trauma ...
May 26, 2021
May 25th. Now, a date for global Black calendars. George Floyd's murder one year ago today ignited and expanded a movement, and on this day...
November 14, 2020
The Aisle. Reach, engage, stretch across it. So says Biden, and the Biden camp post the US election win. After these last four years, the...
October 20, 2020
Dear Cube, I watched your interview with Roland Martin. You explained your 'Contract with Black America' document was created after you...
July 8, 2020
Black Lives Matter. In statement after statement, corporate giants, tech companies, the world of publishing, arts and entertainment, retail...
June 2, 2020
Armed. With white supremacy. Systemic whiteness is the deadliest of weapons. It is the first defense. It is absolute protection...
March 2, 2020
Don’t. Not if you’re a Black person who has an entire life of lived experience, studied expertise, scholarly credentials or activist...
August 29, 2019
1619. Not a date. A severing, a stealing, a story. Stories. I am standing at Cape Coast castle, in Ghana’s central region. It was from this...
July 19, 2019
‘I want my father! And I want my sister! Fuck your condolences! My sister died fighting for justice! She died! She’s dead! She’s gone! My...
June 14, 2019
Brown eyes meet brown eyes. His do not make conversation with mine. They look, but they don’t see. Not me, anyway. Pa. And me. His were in...
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