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President Obama issued a matter-of-fact (read: awful) speech after news broke that Darren Wilson would not face charges for the murder of Michael Brown. Progress seemed to be the focus of Obama’s somber speech as he attempted to ease the pain of a nation of Brown supporters who wanted nothing more than to see […]
Celebrities took a lot less time expressing their feelings on the Ferguson grand jury’s decision than it took to announce it. Not only were authorities 10 minutes late in announcing the decision that everyone has eagerly been awaiting, it took one rep well over 20 minutes to just state what conclusion the panel had come […]
Our hearts feel heavy as the final decision to not charge officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown sinks in. St. Louis Country prosecutor Robert McCulloch made the devastating announcement moments ago and although we are incredibly saddened we are not surprised as Black life doesn’t seem to matter as […]
The family of Michael Brown has released a statement following the announced by Prosecutor McCulloch on the Grand Jury’s finding of no probable cause to file charges against Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18 year-old Michael Brown on August 9, in Ferguson, Missouri. BREAKING NEWS: Darren Wilson Will Not Face Charges […]
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the grand jury has finally come to a decision on whether or not to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer responsible for shooting unarmed teen Michael Brown and it’s the worst news ever: He won’t be indicted, which means that he will not face charges for murdering […]
Race. It’s a fictional concept; a socially constructed idea – it doesn’t actually exist in nature. Yet its social construction does not give it immunity from real consequences – consequences that can be observed and analyzed. History reminds us of that; the presence lives in its awareness. In our socio-political climate, race has never been […]
You may not remember her name, but you remember the incident. In 2012, out of Jacksonville, Florida, Marissa Alexander held a gun that she shot in the air towards her ex-husband Rico Gray (and his two sons) in retaliation of enduring a long, abusive relationship with him. Her sentence for the act has now been […]
“What’s more offensive, a little girl saying f*ck, or the f*cked up and sexist way society barely lifts a finger when men raise their fists?” Last month Fckh8.com released a video of pretty potty-mouthed princesses (6-13) who needed to share an important message about feminism. Now more of these little girls aged 6-12 are back, […]
Another weekend has passed without a grand jury verdict on Ferguson officer Darren Wilson’s murder of Michael Brown. The level of patience has definitely hit a fever pitch with an announcement of a answer for weeks and Missouri issuing a state of emergency for safety precautions. Following that proclamation, Ferguson protestors orchestrated a provocative “die-in” in front of a […]
12-year-old Tamir Rice was in possession of a toy gun (an “airsoft” replica toy gun, which shoots pellets in a similar way that a BB gun does) at Cudell Recreation Center when Cleveland police shot and killed him after responding to a 911 call. The police were called to the playground after receiving a complaint […]
Three weeks into this Bill Cosby rape scandal and we decided it was time for #TeamBeautiful to have a sit down. Sure we’ve been reporting the story, but we haven’t actually said anything. Of course, we’re rumbling and chatting at our desks in the office, but as a site that is dedicated to uplifting women, […]
Marion Barry has suddenly passed away at the age of 78. The four-time mayor of Washington, D.C., died this weekend just hours after being released from the hospital. According to CNN, he’d been admitted to Howard University Hospital on Thursday for a urinary tract infection, but he was discharged on Saturday night. NBC 4 In […]
