Don’t Believe the Hype on Milwaukee: It’s Never “Just a Riot.”

The Invention of Convenient Racism (Part 1)

“And it is so easy to look away, to live with the fruits of our history and to ignore the great evil done in all of our names.” -Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Invention of Convenient Racism (Part 2)

“For most investors, the squalor and violence of Jim Crow was too visceral to endure. They just wanted the proceeds of racism, not the social and emotional…

Overcoming American Complacency

Can we use our country’s love of innovation to end racial inequality?

Obama Advises Black Activists at Howard University to Trade Blowhorns for Ballots

Contrary to the President’s opinion, Black Lives Matter’s tactics are more potent than traditional politics.

The Real Cost Lies Ahead: Martin Luther King’s Dream for Economic Justice

“There are no expenses, and no taxes are required, for Negroes to share lunch counters, libraries, parks, hotels and other facilities with whites….The real cost lies ahead.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

Dream Jobs and Glass Ceilings

Can kids from modest backgrounds ascend to the top of our economy?

Do you get the Sunday Afternoon Blues? It’s that deep sense of sadness that wells up around 2:00 PM when you realize the weekend is over…

Ran up in Our Spot, Just to Get They Stacks Up

30 years ago, America’s government jump-started a private prison industry that profited off incarcerating the voiceless — to reform, we must stop punishing…

The Great Atrocity Quietly Disappeared

“You have to make your peace with the chaos. but you can not lie. You can not forget how much they took from us and how they transfigured our very bodies into sugar, tobacco, cotton, and gold” -Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Ok Ladies, Now Let’s Get Reparations.”

Can the Beehive, the Navy and the rest of Black Hollywood’s fandom secure $150,000,000,000 in Reparations?