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11/17/2025

The longest government shutdown in history is ending — at a deadly cost. Here's everything you need to know about the Senate members who caved in and risked our lives in the process.

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Did you know that PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? If you can donate to support our work by clicking the donate button at the top of our page, it has a huge impact!

Seven Senate Democrats and an independent—none up for re-election—voted with Republicans to stop the shutdown and pass legislation ending extensions for Affordable Care Act subsidies. Twenty-two million Americans will have to fin...

11/16/2025

When a Black teacher went online to say she was filing a police report against her students for stealing her collectible Hello Kitty Funko Pop, the internet erupted in debate. Here are 4 lessons we can all learn from it.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.�With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

11/16/2025

When a Black teacher went online to say she was filing a police report against her students for stealing her collectible Hello Kitty Funko Pop, the internet erupted in debate. Here are 4 lessons we can all learn from it.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

11/16/2025

The system itself is violent. But with more militarized weapons and equipment, cops have even more power in their hands. Here are four examples of military hand-me-downs they’ve received through the 1033 program.

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PushBlack’s criminal justice activism WORKS - we helped get the K*K cop in Muskegon, MI FIRED! Support our work by donating today by clicking the button at the top of our page.

The Flash-Bang Gr***de: It’s all in the name. Used against protesters nationwide, this stun gr***de sets off a bright light and an eardrum-busting bang that causes temporary

11/16/2025

The longest government shutdown in history is ending — at a deadly cost. Here’s everything you need to know about the Senate members who caved in and risked our lives in the process.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

11/16/2025

The U.S. calls it aid. But what Jamaica really deserves is accountability. For centuries, America’s pollution and policies have supercharged the storms destroying the Caribbean — and the same environmental racism is harming Black Americans at home.
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Did you know that PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? If you can donate to support our work by clicking the donate button at the top of our page, it has a huge impact!

Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc across

11/15/2025

Without arresting or charging him, police kept his phone as ‘evidence’ for months, while investigating a shooting that didn’t even involve him. A federal court ruling could now stop police from legally robbing people.

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Did you know that PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? If you can donate to support our work by clicking the donate button at the top of our page, it has a huge impact!

Shot in the leg by a stray bullet, Milton Jones dropped his...

11/15/2025

AI was supposed to be an improvement on how we do things. If that’s the case, what explains the technology’s old-school racism?

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Discrimination has kept up with the times, and the anti-Black algorithms that drive AI are just the latest manifestation. But it’s the same old game.

11/14/2025

A mother, candlemaker, and woman of faith, Sonya Massey was killed over a pot of boiling water. Although the officer who killed her has been convicted of second-degree murder, this isn't cutting it for her family. Here’s why.

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“He did exactly what he said he would do,” says Sonya Massey’s father. “He told my child he would shoot her in the effing face. And all we got was a...

11/14/2025

Taki Allen nearly lost his life at 16 years old because police thought his bag of Doritos was a gun. It sounds unbelievable but it’s happened before. Here are other times Black children were treated like threats for something as small as a snack.

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Police have all the weapons in the world at their disposal. But for some reason, when they see a Black child holding a bag of chips, that’s when they decide to use them.

11/13/2025

Tourists love Jamaica, but as soon as they’re back home, many forget about the workers who made their vacation memorable. And that’s just one of the many problems with Jamaica’s tourism industry.

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The coconuts, water rafts, mud rubs, reggae music, and good vibes have made Jamaica one of the top tourist destinations. But whose work makes it all possible?

11/13/2025

Thieves ran off with some jewels from The Louvre. The French government calls it an attack, having “forgotten” that they stole the jewels first. This crucial Black history will jog their memory. ____
📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿