by Sherronda J. Brown I spent an hour or so reading through Erykah Badu's tweets and mentions from the last few days so that y'all wouldn't have to. There is dissonance between what Badu actually says and what she claims…
by Alex Ubokudom For better or worse, Hillary Clinton has to go down as one of the most intriguing politicians in history. Admittedly, I’m not a huge fan, but I must say that there's a complexity to the Hillary Clinton…
by Tyler Karanja I recently visited my brother in Nairobi, Kenya because he had just moved into a new apartment and landed a contract with the United Nations. After negotiating a price with the cab driver, I was greeted by…
By Alex Ubokudom Hey y'all! Look, I admit it. I'm a millennial black man and I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter. Guilty as charged. I believe in his message, I believe in his vision, and I believe he acts like Larry…
Child sexual abuse has for long been brushed under the rug and/or deemed unimportant for sermonic consideration.
by John Fleurimond “I need to see it,” I grabbed my friend’s iPhone after she refused to hand it over. I opened the camera application and there it was: my face. Blood flowed from my brow. Speckles of it got…
For Melissa Harris-Perry, Joy-Ann Reid and Janet Mock By Cherno Biko I wasn’t going to spill any of this tea because of fear and respectability politics. As a viewer of MSNBC, I was in shock when Jamil Smith publicized MHP’s…
by Adele Thomas I’m not a Republican. I’m not a Democrat. If you wanted to suggest a label you could say that I am an African Socialist, but even that isn’t adhesive. I stand for African liberation and a dismantlement…
A few months ago, I was invited to join a panel discussion on race, police brutality, and the various ways anti-Blackness permeates within the Black community for a new sketch comedy web-series, BOK TV. Those being such heavy topics, it was fascinating to see how…
by Maurice Tracy “The love for you was different because we weren’t really together. It was the fact of the chase, the thrills and the times we would spend together. The passion and the conversation, the passion and the action…
