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Malaika Jabali
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EFOC: Women Leaders Take Center Stage At The Global Black Economic Forum Summit At ESSENCE Fest
ESSENCE Festival of Culture was host to the Global Black Economic Forum Summit to gather world leaders, business executives, and community advocates to discuss strategies…
Whose Freedom Are We Celebrating?
The relationship America has with Black people and freedom is worth interrogating on the annual celebration of its independence. We should be asking ourselves not…
Travis Scott Will Not Face Criminal Charges Over Tragic Deaths At 2021 Astroworld Music Festival
Last Thursday, after meeting for six hours and listening to testimony from homicide detectives, a Texas grand jury declined to indict and press criminal charges…
Civil Rights Groups Strike Back After Affirmative Action Ban With Lawsuit Challenging Legacy Admissions At Harvard
On Monday, the Boston nonprofit, Lawyers for Civil Rights, filed a lawsuit “challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University.” The civil rights group is petitioning the…
Vice President Kamala Harris Criticizes SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision: Colorblindness Is Being “Blind To History”
NEW ORLEANS- Vice President Kamala Harris joined the ESSENCE Festival of Culture in a fireside chat speaking out against the Supreme Court for ending Affirmative…
Are Black Women Allowed Self-Defense?
“Black women have always been vulnerable to violence in this country and have long been judged as having ‘no selves to defend’” writes abolitionist Mariame…
Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action
In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the “[r]ace-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are…
America’s Dirty Little Secret— New Report Reveals Political Elites’ Family Ties To Slavery
Slavery may have been abolished more than 150 years ago, but its presence can still be felt in our government today. A new report from…
Airbnb Is Working To Fight Discrimination With The Help Of Activist Janaye Ingram
In a world where many companies are rolling back their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives following the racial reckoning after the George Floyd protests, Airbnb…
Exonerated Central Park 5 Member Yusef Salaam Wins Primary For New York City Council Seat
On Tuesday night, Central Park Five member Yusef Salaam declared victory in the high stakes Democratic primary race for the Harlem-based seat in the New…