#BlackLivesMatter Kera Bolonik Jun 18, 2015

Dylann Roof Is a Racist and a Terrorist. That’s All You Need to Know About Him

Kera Bolonik Jun 18, 2015

Don't humanize the killer of nine Black victims by trying to understand his motivation. He told you with his actions. Now, let's get in a real conversation and confront our own racism.

#BlackLivesMatter Hope Wabuke Jun 16, 2015

Where Should My Black Son Go to School?

Hope Wabuke Jun 16, 2015

This writer knows how hard it is to be the only Black kid in class. But there are sacrifices she must consider that mothers of White children don't—sacrifices that could be detrimental to her son.

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Adoption Rebecca Carroll Jun 15, 2015

I Am Black. Rachel Dolezal Is Not

Rebecca Carroll Jun 15, 2015

As the Black adopted daughter of White parents, the writer calls out the newly resigned NAACP president's racial appropriation for what it is: colonization on the most personal level.

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#AllLivesMatter Stacey Patton Jun 14, 2015

What White People Really Mean When They Say #AllLivesMatter

Stacey Patton Jun 14, 2015

The insidious refrain trumpets a lack of empathy and an inability—or outright unwillingness—to acknowledge the innumerable threats against Black lives.

Dajerria Becton Kate Tuttle Jun 9, 2015

We All Need to Talk About What Happened in McKinney, Texas

Kate Tuttle Jun 9, 2015

Our columnist, who has a Black son and a White daughter, can’t shake the image of Dajerria Becton being attacked by a cop. And as a White mother, she is eager to do something about it.

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#BlackLivesMatter Stacey Patton Jun 8, 2015

Even Black Joy Is a Crime

Stacey Patton Jun 8, 2015

White people are free to openly carry weapons. But Black people are arrested for attending pool parties and cheering at their kids’ graduations. What liberties do Black people actually have?

#BlackLivesMatter Stacey Patton Jun 1, 2015

Dear Racist Trolls, I’ll Never Apologize For Snatching Your Wig

Stacey Patton Jun 1, 2015

Commenters, posters, and tweeters have come at our columnist with every unimaginable epithet for writing about race and racism. But nothing will stop her from speaking the truth.

Beauty Carol H. Hood May 18, 2015

Why Are Black Women So Hard to Believe In?

Carol H. Hood May 18, 2015

After "Shark Tank" hosts ridiculed the owners of the Lip Bar, which creates makeup products for women of color, this writer put her money where her mouth is.

#BaltimoreUprising Kera Bolonik Apr 30, 2015

Whitesplaining Whitesplaining to the Whitesplainers

Kera Bolonik Apr 30, 2015

White people can't presume to know what life is like for Baltimore’s brutalized Black community. So why are some of us dictating to protesters how to run the revolution?