police violence

By educating my son on Juneteenth, I am able to make it clear to him that we may live in a nation that wasn’t established with us in mind, but we continue to find freedom anyway.

Men of Color, especially Black men, have historically been coded as animalistic abusers and r*pists when it comes to white women. This stems from the idea that Men of Color literally want to steal and sully the belongings of white men. In turn, it becomes the “duty” of white men to protect white women — not because they truly care about white women, but because white women are the property of white men.

This piece is for you, my non-Black friends, my non-Black family members, my non-Black activists, my non-Black educators, and my non-Black partner. This piece is for you, because whether you know it or not, you benefit from anti-Blackness.

Black women are insisting that our stories, too, become part of the national conversation around policing and safety.

Black women are insisting that our stories, too, become part of the national conversation around policing and safety.

Though the very foundation of American policing is rotten with colonialism and anti-Black racism, there are remedies that we can fight for today.

Though the very foundation of American policing is rotten with colonialism and anti-Black racism, there are remedies that we can fight for today.

At college campuses across the nation, gender-neutral restrooms are helping members of the trans community lead safer lives.