The 2019 annual Homeless Assessment Report (HAR) to Congress reported 568,000 homeless Americans, a 2.7% jump from the previous year. Of that, 39.8% of the homeless population are Black. That number increases to 52% when assessing homeless people with children. Let me run that back. Of the 568,000 homeless Americans in this…
This is Vanessa Nakate, a 23-year old climate activist from Uganda. On Friday, she joined other climate activists, including Greta Thunberg who inspired Nakate to start her own climate movement in Uganda, for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During a news conference, Nakate joined four other climate activists:…
We lost an icon. You should know his name. You should respect his legacy. During the mid-to-late 90s, Dr. Ozel Clifford Brazil was a name mainly known amongst the black population in Los Angeles. A Black scholar, activist, minister, and leader who started the Los Angeles Community Outreach Program, which hosted college-prep workshops…
Congressman Elijah Cummings passed away this morning at the age of 68 from a long battle with health problems. His career spans over three decades, where he worked as a civil rights attorney before entering politics. Cummings served in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District for more than 20 years as well…
Guess who’s not celebrating a killer cop being charged for murdering Atatiana Jefferson, in her own damn home, playing video games with her nephew? Me. Why? Because that was what the fuck is supposed to happen. He should have been immediately detained and fired. But #Amerikkka got us so fucked…