Black Lives Matter

Colin Kaepernick answers questions at a news conference on August 26, 2016.

Inside Colin Kaepernick’s Trip to Africa Inside Colin Kaepernick’s Trip to Africa

Scholar Ameer Loggins recounts their experiences on the continent.

Jul 25, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans

Activists are taking on their city’s racist legacy—and winning.

Jun 19, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Colin Kaepernick Black Panther T-Shirt

Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father

The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. Defending voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us.

Jun 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist jus...

Jun 16, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Jordan Edwards

Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics

What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.

Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua

Blue Lives Matter Protest

The Case Against ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills The Case Against ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills

Hate-crimes laws make sense for groups that have been historically discriminated against. Police officers don’t qualify.

May 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock

True Climate Justice Puts Communities of Color First True Climate Justice Puts Communities of Color First

Black and brown communities have long borne the brunt of our addiction to fossil fuels—and now they are leading the fight for a post-carbon economy.

May 22, 2017 / StudentNation / Audrea Lim

Black Mothers National Bailout Day

This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial.

May 9, 2017 / Dani McClain

A/BSA students

Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building. Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building.

The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance of the University of California, Santa Cruz, camped out for three days until the school met its demands.

May 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Georgia Johnson

Jordan Edwards

Another Black Boy Was Killed by Police. Will Justice Be Done This Time? Another Black Boy Was Killed by Police. Will Justice Be Done This Time?

Every time a black person dies at the hands of a police officer, there’s a glimmer of hope that the police will be held accountable. Almost every time, that hope is in vain.

May 5, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

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