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10/28/2016

DeRay Mckesson endorses Hillary Clinton for president. Here’s why:

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

I voted my entire life, and I was still tear-gassed in the streets of St. Louis and Baltimore. I voted my entire life, and those votes did not convict the killers of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray or Michael Brown.

But elections do have consequences.

The next president will continue to shape the trajectory of justice and landscape of opportunity in this country. She will be responsible for how trillions of dollars in federal funding are spent, decide how to ensure both liberty and security in an increasingly interconnected world and determine the path forward on health care and Social Security.

I am voting for Hillary Clinton.

Clinton Foundation brings together three emerging leaders at HBCUS for National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week.

Here’s why Morehouse grad Travis Randle loves his HBCU:

As 2012 graduate and the former student body president of Morehouse College, I am forever grateful for the ways in which an institution built to expand opportunities nearly 150 years ago has significantly shaped the kind of leader and professional I am today.

I am not alone in my affection for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), as across the country, HBCU students and alumni have been voicing (and tweeting) their pride throughout the month as part of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s “I Love My HBCU” campaign.

These illustrious organizations continue to play a significant role in fostering the next generation of leaders, and we see their impact everywhere, whether it’s the Rhodes Scholarship or cancer research. We also see their work at CGI University, which every year brings together college students from around the world to launch tangible plans to address some of the biggest challenges of their time.

Brad Callas on Chance the Rapper’s spiritual optimism and how it’s changed our understanding of Chicago:

Chance exudes such palpable optimism that it would take a special kind of cynicism to remain unconvinced of his genuineness. This optimism — rooted in his unabashed spirituality — is the foundation of Chance’s music.

It’s surprising enough that Chance, born and raised in the 21st century’s murder capital of the world — Chicago — is embracing a level of optimism that is unprecedented in Hip-Hop. Even more unfathomable is that a millennial — the same generation who grew up listening to the 50 Cent-led, Gangsta Rap wave of the early ’00s — is showcasing the potential to steer the genre into, what would be, its most buoyant era.