The idea of some Black people being “one of the good ones” is an idea created to protect white supremacy. It allows racism to live even when kids like Lance meet Black people and realize they are just ...

It’s OK to say “gay” — as long as you’re not in Florida — but let’s just banish these offenders from polite conversation ...

In states with expanded Medicaid coverage, You can qualify based on your income alone. You qualify if your household income ...

I don’t do this with Fran. I let her tell me stories, and rejoice that I’m never angry about them or her. Until today. Today, I’m angry and sullen, and my polyamorous sex life has just ruined ...

I am black and I am exhausted. This journey we embarked on, as a nation, to reckon with the myths we tell about America has ...

Laz Alonzo has gone full-on conspiracy theorist. The D.C. native and Howard University graduate is theorizing on how aliens ...

The more subtle demonstrations of favoritism are the many mind-games she plays; deliberately designed and cleverly calibrated ...

It is for this reason both my brother and I are good swimmers. All of my parents’ grandkids are good swimmers. Two even ...

Breaking down ‘the 5 movies that screwed up white people’s minds’ is aimed at using movies that everybody has seen and that ...

When Clarence Thomas was in college, he wore a beret, camouflage gear, and combat boots. He wanted to join the Black Panther Party and had a Malcolm poster on his bedroom wall, even memorizing some of ...

White privilege means that when you are White, regardless of your socioeconomic status, your life likely won’t be negatively ...

Consider, for instance, how presidential nominee Ronald Reagan popularized the “welfare queen trope.” By highlighting a high-profile case of a Black woman prosecuted for committing fraud as the ...