We’re Black in Havana, and Still Can’t Breathe

Displaced: to force someone to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disasters. This war being waged on black bodies is resulting in our persecution, and there...

Candidates’ Net Worth Shows Disturbing Trend in Politics

Recent data from Personal Capital, a financial management company, shows the personal net worths of some presidential contenders. Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump leads with $4.1 billion. Democrat front-runner and former Senator...

White “Progressives” are Jealous and other Thoughts about the Black Lives Matter Movement

I had some serious writer’s block since I last published. Through a bout of depression, I wasn’t able to formulate or articulate my thoughts and emotions in a manner...

The Mental Health Community Needs To Care About Black Lives

For the past year, folks have been out in the streets protesting the lawlessness of this country’s police forces. Since the Black Lives Matter Movement started, every unarmed Black...

An Incredibly Brief History of Anti-Black Surveillance

Today in No-Shit-Sherlock, records show that the Dept. of Homeland Security has been surveilling Black Lives Matter activists since Ferguson. (Hi, Jeh Johnson! Hope you got me on my...

5 Things that Annoy the F Outta Me cuz of this Nicki Minaj-Mayo Swift...

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift exchanged words on Twitter. And I’m completely annoyed. Here’s all the reasons why. 1. Seeing rich people go back and forth over something ultimately meaningless...