Black Voices
As districts across the country cut their school resource officers, advocates warn it won’t be enough to end overly harsh discipline of Black students.
Police in Rochester, New York, were responding to a family disturbance call when officers forced the child into the back of a police car.
The activist is unapologetic in her quest for racial equality, saying, “I’m not sure politics is ready for a person as radical as I am.”
“Black women are actually starting to use our power for ourselves, for the elevation of our own voices," said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
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Many Republican lawmakers at the state level are engaged in a widespread effort to restrict access to the vote after high turnout helped defeat their preferred candidates in 2020.
"I often think of all the men who have DM’d me thanking us for creating #MuteRKelly," says co-founder Oronike Odeleye. "But when asked to say that publicly on their social media accounts, they were silent."
Philadelphia LGBTQ activist Kendall Stephens knows firsthand the horrors Black trans women face in America.
One of the first women to publicly come forward with sexual assault accusations against Russell Simmons reflects on finding her strength.
Asante McGee discusses Lifetime's docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly," and the support Black survivors deserve, but rarely receive.
The two men, who have been forced from their Georgia police department, were reportedly recorded talking before a planned Black Lives Matter protest last year.