WATCH: Alicia Keys puts herself in the shoes of struggling refugees
Last year we gasped at the horrifying footage of refugees struggling to leave their homes for the safety of Europe. Many sent money to aid the cause of humanitarian efforts. Others petitioned the...
View ArticleCharles Kinsey Shot with Hands up Helping his Autistic Patient
An unarmed care worker was shot by police in North Miami while attempting to calm down his autistic patient. Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, had his hands up and said he was unarmed when police...
View ArticleWATCH: Why 250,000 Syrian refugee children are not going to school
In Lebanon today, almost one in four people is a Syrian refugee, with nearly 500,000 of them being school-aged children. But half of those school-aged children are not going to school. While refugee...
View ArticleHari Kondabolu (hilariously) explains why all lives DON’T matter
Thank God for the Black Lives Matter movement. For the people who literally put their lives at risk every day to protest an unjust world. If you’ve protested or even spoken out about the Black Lives...
View ArticleFirefighter teaches illiterate children in a city park of Pakistan
Every day after work, Pakistani firefighter Mohammed Ayub cycles his way to a park near Pakistan’s parliament and teaches children from nearby slums who don’t have the resources to go to public school....
View ArticleCOLORLINES: World Reacts to Korryn Gaines’ Death at Hands of Police
This article by Kenrya Rankin was originally published on Colorlines. Baltimore County Police Department officers shot and killed 23-year-old Korryn Shandawn Gaines yesterday (August 1) after they...
View ArticleBlack Hollywood speaks out in new PSA: #SomedayIsToday
This week, celebrities of black Hollywood have spoken out against police violence in a moving campaign titled #SomedayIsToday. Kendrick Sampson, Tina Knowles, Marlon Wayans, and Boris Kodjoe are just...
View Article‘Hands’ by Poet Joseph LMS Green
Poet Joseph LMS Green said his poem “Hands” has been a work in progress for more than three years. He started writing it after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in...
View ArticleTHE HUFFINGTON POST: Poet Has The Perfect Clapback For People Who Stereotype...
This article by Tanisha Love Ramirez was originally posted on The Huffington Post. “My Chicana sounds like ‘mami,’ sounds like ‘girl, you talk too fast, you must be running from something. Is it… is it...
View ArticleWATCH: 8-minute documentary reflects on the life and legacy of Philando Castile
Filmmakers Mohammad Gorjestani and Malcolm Pullinger have released an 8-minute documentary that not only celebrates Philando Castile’s life, but delves into the world he left behind. Captured on what...
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