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The first thing that strikes many about Amiri Baraka‘s poetry, most especially his later works, is that it carried the sharp tone of an oppressed,…

Countee Cullen (pictured), a poet who rose to fame during the Harlem Renaissance, was a contemporary of famed writer Zora Neale Hurston. Cullen amassed an…

Piyush Jindal (pictured) has the sort of story many immigrants (and minorities in general, for that matter) find inspirational. As the son of two Indian…

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The National Action Network (NAN) hosted a panel discussion about gun violence in N.Y.C Wednesday, marking their annual “National Youth Day Of Action Against Gun…

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There are some White people who put the interests of animals above those of other human beings — specifically the darker ones. Normally, I’d try to…

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Three years ago on January 8th, a mass shooting in Arizona took the lives of 6 innocent people and nearly killed U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.…

Tuskegee Institute student Samuel “Sammy” Younge‘s (pictured) death was an unfortunate first in the history books as it relates to the Civil Rights Movement. On…

Community Heroes: an in-depth series on the lives and impact of people giving back to our global communities. Kevin Powell, Activist, Public Speaker & President…

It’s been quite the year in politics with some advances for certain causes and a litany of failures in the other. Boo hiss to the…