Don Abram, M. Div analyzes queerphobia in the Black church and the relationship between religious beliefs and systemic oppression.
HBCUs are key to increasing representation of Black people in STEM. So why are they historically underfunded?
Trans people, particularly trans people of color, also face disproportionate violence by the police. Trans people are 3.7x more likely to experience police violence ā and 7x more likely to experience physical violence when interacting with police ā than cisgender victims and survivors (Vox). Over the past year, the tragic stories of Roxanne Moore, Tony McDade, and Layleen Polanco only emphasize the need for reimagining public safety. However, calls for justice were often overlooked in the broader push for Black lives. In reality, the exacerbated violence that trans people experience should be central to how we rally for our collective liberation.
In April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to make amends for a massive land grab rooted in white supremacy, though this remedy came almost a century too late (MSN). In the early twentieth century, Charles and Willa Bruce opened a Manhattan Beach resort that offered other Black families the opportunity to vacation under the Southern California sun. The white residents of Manhattan Beach were not pleased.
The significance of moving beyond representation in leading roles and investing in Black talent on and off-screen to tell their stories.
Black social media creators are on strike from creating new choreography. Here's why.
The Freedom Georgia Initiative springs from a ādesire to create generational wealth for our familiesā in a place where ārestoration, recreation, and reformationā are possible. The ability to conserve family resources and enjoy ample rest and recreation has been denied to generations of Black families. As an explicitly pro-Black city in an anti-Black nation, Freedom, Georgia hopes to be a new start (Complex).
Black farmers lost 870,000 farms in the past 60 years. Now, Black farmers advocate for agricultural education in their communities.
