Video: How do you raise a black child? A poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston
A poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston — presented as a film directed by Seyi Peter Thomas of Station Film. HOW DO YOU RAISE A BLACK CHILD? From the dead. With pallbearers … Continue reading
February 3, 2019 · Leave a comment
Reginald Andrade: I Was Reported to Police as an ‘Agitated Black Male’ — for Simply Walking to Work
Last month, I walked across the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to get to work. It was an ordinary stroll. But to a bystander, the sight of an … Continue reading
October 17, 2018 · 1 Comment
Abby Zimet: This Is America
. This week saw both more achingly quotidian crimes against African-Americans – cops called for Shopping/Napping/Airbnbing While Black – and, aptly mirroring them, the release of the searing video … Continue reading
May 11, 2018 · Leave a comment
Vox Populi 
Woman Beaten by Police Officer
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The family of a woman captured on video being tackled and punched by a California Highway Patrol officer has spoken out for the first time. “He … Continue reading →