Civil Rights & Social Justice - Page 2

Rev. Stephen Green of Greater Allen AME Cathedral discusses faith-based organizing, the liberating gospel, and the Black church's 200+ year legacy of resistance in Queens, N.Y.

As Black women, we're taught so early that our strength is a container meant to hold everything others refuse to carry.

Candace Owens is skin folk, maybe, but certainly not kinfolk, and as our elders have long warned, when you lie down with dogs, you catch fleas.

Fat people are in need of advocates more than ever. They face discrimination in the workplace, the doctor’s office, and while traveling. The hard-won attempts to reject the normalcy of fatphobic jokes, harmful stereotypes and systemic excursion are slipping away. 

Innocent woman sues over botched police raid, highlighting flawed law enforcement actions and need for accountability.

In this op-ed, Dominique Morgan explains why Dwight Howard's rumored sexuality is not the warning sign; his behavior is.

Chi Ossé, the son of hip-hop journalist Combat Jack, fights against evictions stemming from deed theft, which have been rising in New York.

Dr. Sha Battle didn't wait for a seat at the table; she built an entirely new one. Ten years later, the whole world is showing up to it.

A high school student from San Bernardino, Calif., is suing a police officer for slamming her on the ground and then lying about it.

Black women leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers are set to gather in Chicago for the 2026 Power Rising Summit, a dynamic weekend celebrating their collective power and vision.

Starving student life organizations accomplishes something larger than cutting a budget line. It weakens the ecosystems that help marginalized students survive on predominantly white campuses.

Coco Gauff claps back at critics over her 'messy' hair in a luxury campaign, asserting her natural beauty is 'good enough.'