A Georgia judge announced that the father and son charged in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery will remain behind bars until their trial because he says they pose a “risk” if they were to be released from jail, according to reports. After a two-day hearing in November, Chatham County Judge Timothy Walmsley explained his…

Dena Simmons, a prominent researcher of social-emotional learning, resigned from Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence last month due to what she calls a pattern of behavior by some colleagues that left her feeling “tokenized, undermined and bullied,” EdSurge reports. The final straw for Simmons happened in June, during an antiracism town hall sponsored by…

He repeatedly mocked the death of gay men from AIDS in the 1980s, suggested that the Clintons murdered their aide Vince Foster in the 1990s, called the NBA “the Thug Basketball Association” in 2004, and claimed that college student Sandra Fluke owed him a sex tape in return for taxpayer-subsidized birth control in 2012, according to Vox. He once…

by Michael Strickland From the graphic images on TV to information circulating on social media, the fallout from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues. It will be embedded on our minds for a long time. Weeks after this seemingly surreal tragedy, the media is still flooded with images, and there is…

The list of those arrested or identified as participants grows: legislators, lawyers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, current and former members of the armed forces, and police officers. “It’s long been assumed that the most extreme upholders of white supremacy in the United States, those willing to engage in violence on its behalf, are impoverished, uneducated, socially…

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) is drafting legislation to call for a commission to investigate Capitol Police and whether any of its members have ties, directly or indirectly, to white nationalists and white nationalist sympathizers, Mother Jones Reports. “It’s critical when you look at the disparity in terms of how the Capitol Police responded to the insurrection…

Prof. Hakeem Jefferson writes on how this was a white supremacist insurrection (this piece is also a great compendium of links to other work). EXCERPT: So, let’s return to the images of Wednesday, when a crowd of white people gathered at the Capitol with American flags and Trump flags and symbols of the Confederacy. For…

Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Such is part…

Therapy for Black girls is an online space dedicated to promoting the wellness of Black women and girls. Here are some thoughts from founder, Gabrielle Davis: Please tell us more about yourself and your vision. I am the Owner of Equitable Counseling and Consulting, LLC where I provide counseling, via telehealth, to clients in Idaho…

Enjoy an Unforgettable Experience at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. A graduate of Syracuse University, Vanessa is a strong advocate for equal rights, especially concerning the LGBTQ+ community and minorities. She was honored with the Human Rights Campaign “Ally for Equality” Award for her humanitarian contributions. Vanessa also achieved a career pinnacle with…