As Beyoncé says, “Best revenge is yo’ paper.” And Black girls like you have the power to spur change by kicking businesses that support racism and bigotry where it hurts most — in their wallets. By Princess Gabbara We’ve all seen the hashtags — #GrabYourWallet, #BoycottDelta, #DeleteUber, #BlackoutFriday, and more recently, #BoycottCovergirl. But launching an […]
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By Ayanna Thompson Last night (May 17, 2017), Betty Shelby — the Tulsa, Oklahoma policewoman who killed unarmed Terrence Crutcher last year — was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter. Last month, unarmed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was shot and killed by police in Texas as he left a house party with his brothers and […]
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During Hitler’s reign, Jews, homosexuals, Black people, gypsies, and other “undesirables” were named “enemies of the state.” In 21st-century America, Trump recently gave the same label to the media. As part of one of his egomaniacal, unhinged Twitter rants, #45 came for the press — again — calling out specific outlets, but this time he […]
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Senator Elizabeth Warren may have been silenced from reading Coretta Scott King’s 31-year-old letter opposing Jeff Sessions, the current nominee for Attorney General, but as for the rest of us? Nah, fam. Read Coretta’s letter in its entirety below, and then, check out your Resistance Task of the Day (RTOTD): Mr. Chairman and Members of […]
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Besides Donald Trump’s deluge of deceit, he’s also spent his first week in office signing a gang of executive orders, as if he’s a dictatorial king sitting in his high castle delivering edicts aplenty. The most recent order, a blatant attack on Muslims, specifically targets seven majority Muslim countries — all of which are home […]
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(And Snapped and ‘grammed and tweeted…) And it’s more important than ever that you get involved. The first 100 days of the Trump presidency have begun and to describe it as unsettling only begins to scratch the surface. Not even a full 72 hours in, and Trump has already signed an executive order to kick […]
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In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday morning, Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway was questioned about why the White House claimed “this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” Her response? They “gave alternative facts.” But just like a white woman can’t become a Black woman (here’s lookin’ at you […]
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