By Ahmad Greene “By and by, when the morning comes When the saints of God are gathered home We'll tell the story how we've overcome For we'll understand it by and by” I come from a family of Black women survivors…
This past weekend, thousands of Facebook users deactivated their accounts in protest of what they feel are the social networking site’s failures to properly address issues of race and racism on the platform. The blackout was organized by Kinfolk Kollective’s La…
By Quentin Lucas A few years ago, I struggled through a date at an art museum, admiring, but mostly just trying to understand, the pieces comprising a feminist exhibit. The woman I was with, much more educated about the subject…
By Hari Ziyad I don’t remember the first time I found a boy attractive. I do know that in my earliest memories, when I was 4 or 5, this attraction felt natural and innate. I know, too, that there was…
By Darnell L. Moore Art is a tool necessary for new world creating and self-remaking. When conjured in the imaginative expanse of the black creative mind, art has the capacity to transgress: Art can move us toward black queer futures…
By Hari Ziyad “When you walk through the door, what does one see?” I have always found this a fascinating question for multiple reasons: first, it assumes people are present in every room to “see” and that those people all…
by Amber Rambharose Almost any given object can be split in half with each half making up 50% of whole. I can only think of one exception. When someone asks if I am half black or half white, I don't…
Since her mysterious death inside a jail cell on July 13th, 3 days following her arrest after being pulled over for failing to signal before changing lanes, activists have set the internet ablaze demanding to know #WhatHappenedToSandraBland. But “what happened…
by Kleaver Cruz Do you remember who you were when you were 16? The places where you spent most of your time? Whom you were there with? At 16 years old, Kalief Browder was alone. He was labeled with a…
