Jameelah Nasheed
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Jamaica’s High Court Gives Kingston School Right to Ban Locs
A 7-year-old girl will have to cut her locs to attend classes at her school in Jamaica following a Supreme Court ruling. → Read More
HBO's "Stockton On My Mind" Chronicles Mayor Michael Tubbs' Work
HBO's new doc chronicles the city’s first Black mayor and its youngest elected official. → Read More
‘Black-on-Black Crime’ Is a Dangerous Myth
The notion that Black people are inherently more violent has been used to justify their mistreatment since the abolishment of slavery. → Read More
Trader Joe's Renews Pledge to Completely Discontinue Racist Packaging
A teen-led petition called on the grocery giant to stop using ethnic-sounding names for some products, something the company says has been a work in progress for years. → Read More
July 20 Strike for Black Lives: This Historic Organizing Effort Is Demanding Economic Justice for Black Workers
The July 20 Strike for Black Lives has brought together a laundry list of organizations to bring an economic angle to the movement for Black lives. → Read More
"John Lewis: Good Trouble" Film Documents John Lewis' Life of Activism
'Good Trouble' shares the story of a rural Alabama teen who would grow up to change the world. → Read More
Kellyanne Conway's Daughter Claudia Is Anti-Trump and Pro-BLM on TikTok and Instagram
Claudia Conway, 15, is the daughter of one of President Trump's best-known staffers, but she doesn't much care for her mom's boss. → Read More
Teen Activist Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau Found Dead After Tweeting About Experience With Sexual Assault
Toyin was a fixture in Tallahassee Black Lives Matter protests. → Read More
Democrats Wearing Kente Cloth Was a Publicity Stunt, Not Solidarity
It doesn’t prove that Black lives are valued or being heard. → Read More
Celebs Like Rihanna and Ariana Grande Are Pushing for Repealing 50-A as Part of New York Police Reform
Megan Thee Stallion, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato have also signed an open letter calling on New York officials to repeal 50-A. → Read More
Atlanta HBCU Students Worried They'd Die During Police Encounter
Taniyah Pilgrim (20) and Messiah Young (22) were tased and arrested in viral video from Atlanta; now 6 officers have been charged. → Read More
Ahmaud Arbery Was Killed for Jogging as a Black Man in America
After a video of a George and Travis McMichael fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery went viral, the father and son were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault. → Read More
The Coronavirus Is Killing Black Americans in Alarming Numbers
The disproportionate number of COVID cases and deaths in Black communities speaks to the horrific racial inequalities in health outcomes in the United States. → Read More
Young Black People Experience Physical, Emotional Toll of Racism, Studies Show
In this op-ed, Jameelah Nasheed writes about how racial discrimination against Black teens leads to anxiety, depression and increased substance use. → Read More
Calling Black Voters Who Voted for Biden Uninformed Is Ignorant and Unproductive
In this op-ed, Jameelah Nasheed argues that progressives are ignoring history and hurting their own movement by blaming older Black voters for supporting Joe Biden. → Read More
It Shouldn't Take Violence for White Americans to Push for Black Civil Rights
From Bloody Sunday to the Black Lives Matter movement, progress on civil rights has often only come in the wake of violence against Black Americans. → Read More
The History of the Confederate Flag and What It Represents
Since the Civil War, the Confederate flag has been used as a symbol of oppression by various groups that oppose civil rights. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar Had the Most Speaking Time at the Democratic Debate
Warren and Klobuchar’s mic-time monopoly is the first time two women have said the most at a presidential debate. → Read More
Donald Trump’s Border Wall Threatens an Area Sacred to Tohono O’odham Native Americans
Construction in Arizona is reportedly blowing up protected land on a national monument in an area sacred to Indigenous communities. → Read More
"Zola" Review: The Mind-Blowing Film Based on a Wild Twitter Thread Lives Up to High Expectations
It's a nuanced depiction of sex work while being an examination of storytelling. → Read More