On the Black Hand Side

21/10/2023

The smartest move they could have made. Know your worth.

24/09/2023

Reality. No surprise. Stop excusing racism.

23/09/2023

The big win for the 21-year-old Zimbabwe native and model has been met with mixed reactions online because she is representing the African country as a white woman.

21/08/2023

There is so much going on in the world that the basic need for clean water in predominantly-black areas in America is going largely unnoticed. Again…this is happening in America.

It's been a year since Jackson's water system failed, but residents say there are still odors, discoloration, and contaminants in the city's water supply.

10/08/2023

Phylicia Rashad will step down as dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.

19/07/2023

Legislation to black reparations. Pay attention. The hate is real. Allegedly. 🙄

The bill, H.R.4321, would prohibit the federal government from providing financial assistance to states, local counties, and municipalities that approve reparations laws.

09/07/2023

The longtime ESPN broadcaster talks about mentoring aspiring journalists from HBCUs during the summer through Chevy's DTU fellowship program.

09/07/2023

Florida education shenanigans in OK. It’s a shame.

Far-right Republican Ryan Walters has a history of extreme comments about education in Oklahoma.

02/07/2023

The strategy to end affirmative action has been in effect for decades.

Alex Wagner looks at the history of the conservative war on affirmative action and the roles of Clarence Thomas and John Roberts in that decades-long effort....

01/07/2023

22/06/2023

Florida again. This time it’s a Tampa fire station.

08/06/2023

Racist backlash endured by Sophia Nomvete, the first Black woman to play dwarf character in the Lord of the Rings franchise.

"There were N-bombs...'You’re too fat. You’re too black. Why are you here?’" the actress recalled of the racist online attacks she received

06/06/2023

Brennan Center LIVE: How the Supreme Court Is Dividing America

03/06/2023

Wait…what?

A Kansan who lived school segregation in Topeka doesn't support a plan to replace the Brown v. Board of Education label of landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.

03/06/2023

Comprehensive coverage of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Please read and share.

The aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre’s 18 hours of violence shows the unthinkable levels of racist devastation inflicted on Black Wall Street in the Greenwood Business District from May 3…

30/05/2023

A Black driver is more likely to face being searched, handcuffed, or arrested when a police officer's first words are commands rather than a greeting or an explanation.

16/05/2023

Make this make sense.

Mary Walton, a 15-year-old student at Glendale High School, has not been told when she may be allowed to return to school.

13/05/2023

This is happening to the good people of Jackson, MS.

The full episode transcript for Policing Zones

28/04/2023

Republican leaders are serious about intimidating Black people and whitewashing Black History throughout the United States.

Alabama governor Kay Ivey forced Barbara Cooper out of her job as an early childhood education director after calling a teacher training manual "divisive."

16/04/2023

Congratulations TSU!

The Houston squad made history with their 2023 win at Daytona.

16/04/2023

Unbelievable, but then not. # mexico

“We are disappointed but NOT deterred,” family attorney Sue-Ann Robinson tells ESSENCE. “We are urging the State Department and the DOJ to prioritize extradition to Mexico of the aggressor named NOW."

13/04/2023

Black mother and two daughters awarded $8.25M as settlement for being wrongfully detained by CA police.

Aasylei Loggervale and her two daughters were handcuffed in connection with car burglaries they had nothing to do with.

14/03/2023

Congratulations to who has claimed the 2023 SWAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Title in a 62-53 victory over UAPB.

Congrats Lady Jags!.


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12/03/2023

LIVE Q&A: Saying it Loud with Mark Whitaker

05/03/2023

Understand that the fight for democracy and to defend democracy will never end. Fight voter suppression. Protect the right to vote. Vote in every election.

Never forget Bloody Sunday Selma. March 7, 1965. As voting rights are rolled back, 58 years later, the fight continues.

03/03/2023

NYC has to pay Bronx activists. ✊🏾

New York City has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with peaceful protesters who were violently “boxed in” or “kettled” by NYPD officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in response to the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. As part of the settlement, over 300 people who w...

03/03/2023

It’s about damn time!!!

An 83-year-old Vietnam veteran is at long last getting his due.

29/01/2023

The internet wins again.

Attorney Waymond Wesley II, popularly known as Chef Way, announced his resignation in a statement sent to ESSENCE Tuesday. Wesley– who had a side hustle sharing his culinary dishes on […]

29/01/2023

When Black lives don’t matter…

Amid nationwide protests, prosecutors have charged five former Memphis police officers with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, who died January 10 of kidney failure and cardiac arrest after a vicious beating three days earlier during a traffic stop. Memphis and other cities across the U.S. are exp...

28/01/2023

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26/12/2022

WTW? 😳😳😳

Get ready for what might be the wildest story in college basketball history.

21/12/2022

Here is a list of icons lost in 2022

16/12/2022

Kim is responsible for leading the vision and strategy for these two teams as Ulta Beauty furthers its DEI investment while building synergies across the company’s hiring and pipeline practices.

13/12/2022

Police officers fatally shot Ms. Taylor during a botched nighttime raid on her apartment in 2020, touching off wide-scale racial justice protests.

26/11/2022

Uh…ok.

Uh, then what are you?