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…
Born in Baltimore and raised in Southern California, Bettina Judd is an interdisciplinary writer, artist and performer. She is an alumna of Spelman College and the University of Maryland and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women's…
by janaya khan Black people everywhere are fighting against the realities of anti-Black racism and genocide. As of 2015, every 28 hours a Black person is killed in the US by a police officer, security guard or gun-wielding vigilante. On…
by Maurice Tracy I. To be young, gifted and Black/ Oh what a lovely precious dream/to be young, gifted and Black The scariest moment for a Black person living in this country is when you realize that there is no space…
*This is the second part of an 4 part series of letters between Tabias Wilson of Blaqueerflow and I. To read Tabias' letter to which this was a response, please scroll to the bottom of the page* Tabias, It's so great…
by RJ Eldridge A couple of years ago, before Baltimore and Ferguson reinvigorated an American conversation around black bodies and the law, an article about an often-used phrase caught my eye. Entitled, “What’s Wrong with the Term ‘Person of Color,’”…
