The reproductive justice movement — led by Black women — has long emphasized the intersection of reproductive rights, racial inequality and economic justice. Grounded in a framework that acknowledges the impact of historical oppression, reproductive justice goes beyond the right to abortion, advocating for the ability of all individuals to have children, not have children...
Prosecutors last week dropped a negligent homicide charge against a Louisiana State Police trooper, one of the most serious counts remaining against several officers originally charged in the violent death of Black motorist Ronald Greene after a high-speed car chase and crash following an attempted traffic stop in Monroe, Louisiana, five years ago. After other...
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ interviews regarding his latest book, The Message, reveal more about how the media is further receiving and framing those who speak out on behalf of Palestinians and against the Israeli government’s ongoing war with Hamas, which is making Palestinian civilians the collateral damage in the ongoing conflict. In a recent...
Family members of an Indiana man who died after an encounter with local authorities say the body camera footage of the incident doesn’t fully depict what happened the night their loved one died. Rhyker Earl died after deputies and first responders were called to a Jasper County home on Sept. 8 to render medical aid...
As the nation braces for the highly anticipated vice presidential debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance, Black voters find themselves at the epicenter of a political maelstrom. Scheduled for Oct. 1 in New York City, this pivotal event promises to shape the trajectory of the upcoming election, with implications that...
A white Republican voter in Ohio called C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program on Monday to assert that she is too busy working to “have time to be racist,” then falsely claimed that Black people were responsible for enacting the oppressive systems of Jim Crow and segregation. The 63-year-old caller, who gave her name as Mary, made the...
