Darnell Moore
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Past articles by Darnell:
#OurSonTrayvon: Celebrities remember Trayvon Martin five years after he was killed
Trayvon Martin died a senseless death, but his legacy has sparked a movement. → Read More
Anti-black Christianity & White Supremacist Gods: A Meditation on Race and Religion in the U.S.
Today we woke up in a world strikingly similar to and unlike the world we knew this time last year. Scenes replete with countless bodies assembled on streets and in the public square reminding the public of the truth of the mattering of black lives have been replaced with scenes of some the same, and … → Read More
After Frank Ocean's comeback, 15 black men share reflections on being a #FreeBlackMan
What will it take to get rid of toxic masculinity? → Read More
Here's Why We Should End the #AllLivesMatter Debate Once and for All
Darnell L. Moore speaks the truth about what this phrase really means. → Read More
Silence Can Be Violence, That’s Why We Have To Talk About The Orlando Shooting
If we want to live in a country where nightclubs aren't transformed into death chambers, we can no longer be silent. → Read More
Why We Need to Talk About Racism as a Mental-Health Trigger
A much needed conversation. → Read More
Here's What Happens to People in America Who Can't Afford Internet Access
What side of the digital divide do you stand on? → Read More
Syd Tha Kyd Isn't Content Tweeting About Revolution, She Intends to Sing It Into Being
The lead singer of the Internet talks artistic responsibility, labels and her Odd Future past. → Read More
The Occupation Stole My Words, June Jordan Helped me to Relocate Them
Black feminist poet warrior scholar June Jordan traveled with me from my apartment in Bedstuy (or Bedford-Stuyvesant as she named the urban neighborhood in Brooklyn that she also called home) to Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem, and Ramallah…from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Beit Lehem, and Qalandia Checkpoint. June Jordan’s spirit was present when I traveled in utter silence with tears escaping my eyes in… → Read More
This Native American Chef Is Championing Food Justice in the Most Innovative Way
Access to healthy food is a social justice and public health issue. But it is a concern that receives far less attention than other systemic forms of inequity — like police misconduct or mass incarceration — despite the ways food insecurity wreaks havoc on the bodies of vulnerable populations in the U.S. Money, proximity to grocery stores and even the recipes used to prepare food are often… → Read More
This Is What Can Happen When Black Teens Are Allowed to Lead in US Cities
The Inner Harbor Project is mobilizing youth in Baltimore. → Read More
Here's Cure4Camden's Prescription to End Violence in One of America's Forgotten Cities
Here's what you need to know about the group behind the first episode of "The Movement." → Read More
Black Girls Matter in Brownsville, Too
The black teenage girl at the center of the rape story out of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., deserves more than our complicity in creating the type of women-denigrating culture that made her violation possible in the first place. → Read More
Introducing 'The Movement': Mic's New Digital Series
Darnell L. Moore interviews unsung heroes who are working to end injustice. → Read More
This Is How Iconic Black Feminists Reacted to No Indictments in the Death of Sandra Bland
bell hooks and others speak out. → Read More
The Loud Silence When Trans Women of Color Are Killed
Eyricka Morgan was a black transgender woman. She was an activist. She was fatally stabbed. She was my friend. → Read More
An Open Letter to the Church: Homosexuality Isn’t a Sin, but Homophobia Is
The shooting of nine black parishioners at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., has prompted righteous outrage and incomparable grief. Black people were targeted and slain after extending grace and hospitality to a heartless white supremacist who allegedly killed them in one of the nation’s most storied black institutions.... → Read More
5 Battles the LGBTQIA+ Movement Needs to be Fighting (Beyond Marriage Equality)
The Supreme Court's historic decision on marriage equality doesn't mean the fight is over - we can't miss these important issues calling for change. → Read More
This Unarmed Black Woman Was Shot by the Police, So Why Aren't We Marching for Her?
When black men are killed, protests erupt across the country. For women? Silence. → Read More
11 People Who Used to Be in Jail — But Are Now Changing the World
Every hero has a past. → Read More