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Trayvon Martin

Culture

Guilty verdict for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is a welcome sign of progress

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s death, a different Southern jury said this Black life mattered

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‘Another Act’: Chaka Khan on the Black Panther Party, new music with Prince and ‘The One and Only Ivan’

Also, she discusses her friendship with Fred Hampton, activism and the 1980 film ‘The Blues Brothers’

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Momma

With his dying breaths, George Floyd called for his mother as an assurance of memory

Culture

LeBron and his Cavs. #HoodieMelo. Beyoncé. How we successfully reclaimed the hoodie.

It’s a hoodie nation, and the spirit of Trayvon lives on

The Uplift

Bree Newsome’s social justice fight continues two years after taking down the Confederate flag in South Carolina

‘Staying quiet is also like its own form of death’

Culture

Joe McKnight and the fear of the black man

More times than not, white people can lawfully fear for their lives for coming into contact with African-Americans

The Uplift

‘Mothers of the Movement’ share stories of loss at DNC

‘I’m here with Hillary Clinton because she is a leader and a mother who will say our children’s names’

Culture

Sandra Bland’s death broke my heart

It’s hard to accept why my childhood friend is gone

Culture

George Zimmerman needs to just shut up and go away