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Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls
After spending time behind bars, Shawanna Vaughn now advocates for inmate mental health care and has even created a bill to help NY inmates.
Read MoreCalifornia panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
Reparations efforts at the federal level have not gone anywhere, but cities and universities are taking up the issue, such as the California Tuesday Panel.
Read MoreReggie Jackson: My Problem With How The American Public Reacted To Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock
The over the top remarks about Will Smith and inconsideration of Jada Pinkett Smith’s feelings after the Oscar’s action shows the problem with the attitude of the American people.
Read MoreAriana DeBose Is First Openly Queer Woman Of Color To Win An Oscar: ‘There Is A Place For Us’
Ariana DeBose Is First Openly Queer Woman Of Color to win an Oscar, and she turned visibly emotional as she acknowledged the historic significance of her win in her acceptance speech.
Read MoreQuinta Brunson Knows Why America Was Ready for ‘Abbott Elementary’
New sitcom Abbott Elementary is a hit, and while it’s set in one of Philadelphia’s underfunded schools, it’s not all about race.
Read MoreI’m Biracial, But Rejected My Blackness For Years. Here’s Why I Stopped Passing For White.
Like many people of mixed heritage, Eleanor Beacon has leaned on her ability to pass as white to thwart racism, but she’s slowly learned to accept herself
Read MoreSenator Booker moves Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to tears during emotional speech
“You have earned this spot. You are worthy. You are a great American,” said Sen. Cory Booker to Judge Jackson, who stands to become the first Black woman Supreme Court justice.
Read MoreFormer South Carolina KKK museum to become a diversity center
The Echo Project, spearheaded by the Rev. David Kennedy plans to turn a former KKK headquarters building, the Echo Theater, into a diversity center that educates the community about its history.
Read MoreRemembering When Cotton was King and Blacks Enduring Quest for Economic Justice
The economic inequalities that stem from slavery have contributed to the health dispartities experienced by the black community in the age of a pandemic.
Read MoreWhat to watch as Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearings begin
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to deliver an opening statement on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee after being nominated for the Supreme Court.
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