Meet The 22-Year-Old Chicago Activist Running for Mayor
At age 22, Ja’Mal Greene is making history in his campaign to become the youngest mayor of Chicago of all time.
Black Lives Matter
Independent Review Unit for Police-Involved Shootings Proposed by California Lawmakers
The pressure is on for law enforcement reform.
Why Black Lives Matter: Baltimore Teens Share Their Insight
Young filmmakers on race and identity.
Sacramento Teen On Stephon Clark’s Death: “My Community Is Hurting”
When Stephon “Zoe” Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers in his grandmother’s backyard, he left behind two kids, a fiancé, and a broken, grieving community — my community.
Remix Your Life Poetry Month: “Injustice”
Youth Radio’s Dani Tarver performs a powerful piece about the injustices young black men face growing up in America with police brutality and racial profiling.
Illustration Challenge: What If Black People Had Superpowers?
BLACK comic series designer Tim Smith 3 and our design intern, Dominik Vaughan draw themselves as superheroes and explain their abilities.
What It’s Like To Be Transracially Adopted Into A White Family
When I was a little kid, I didn’t really care that my new mom was white. As I got older, though, race became more important
Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Fired
It took a Cleveland Police officer only a few seconds to decide to shoot 12-year-old Tamir Rice. It took the Cleveland officials nearly three years to fire the officer who killed him.
Is It Fair to Accuse Filmmaker John Ridley of Erasing Black Women?
Academy Award-winning filmmaker and writer John Ridley has caused a stir by casting an Asian actress, Freida Pinto, at the center of his new Showtime series Guerrilla.