I Found Racism In A Country That’s 98% Black

This is the story of my friend who traveled 10,000 miles to Africa and was spat on by a White woman.

Join Us In Celebrating Our Community’s Most Inspiring Stories

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year!

We were blown away by all the stories and advice our community shared on The Well over the past year, and as we kick off 2017, we want to…

When A Foreign Country Feels More Like Home Than America

Black Americans must consider the repercussions of their every action first as human beings, and then as Black human beings in America. I’ve…

What I Want You To Learn From Oakland’s Murder Epidemic

I’ve realized that in most contexts, we would not accept a reality in which senseless tragedy had become a normal part of life. Yet here we are.

Stumped About What To Major In? Try This

I used to say “I’m going to triple major in African-American studies, political science, and economics, but also minor in pre-med just in case I end up wanting to…

No, I’m Not On The Football Team: Reasons I Chose Not To Be Recruited For College Sports

I can’t afford to feed into the stereotype that has plagued Black men in college for decades.

The Biggest Problem With How We Protest

In this climate, it can be as difficult to find the so-called “proper” way to express yourself as it is to deal with injustice itself.