Lezley McSpadden-Head, along with officials from his school and community leaders, this week celebrated Michael Brown's life and renewed calls for racial justice and police accountability.
Eight years after the 18-year-old was killed, teens, teachers, and leaders at his alma mater, Normandy High School, reflect on how his legacy continues to shape them.
"She's become a symbol of a movement."
Along with writing three books, teaching law, hosting a podcast, and running a social justice think tank, Crenshaw is now juggling the pop-political bastardization of her scholarship by Republicans—and she’s not backing down.
The Mothers of 15 Black Men Killed by Police Remember Their Losses
Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Eric Garner, and many more Black men, all slain by police. Ahead of the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death, their mothers speak out about the grief they bear and the lives their children lived.
When Sherrilyn Ifill passes the torch to Janai Nelson on Monday, March 14, it will mark the first woman-to-woman succession in the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's 81 years.
“This problem is much older than I am,” Shaandiin Parrish says.
The 69-year-old competition returns again this year to focus on culture and community.
"Each video of police brutality is different— the Black men in them have different names and come from different places and yearn for different things—and yet somehow the outcome is always the same."
One of Minnesota’s only Black police chiefs has a lot to say about the state of American policing following Derek Chauvin’s conviction.
Nigerians are among the most successful ethnic groups in America
Many voted for Biden because they wanted to return to normalcy. But normal in America isn't so pretty.
In the elite, predominantly white world of horseback riding, Black women face a painful set of challenges.
My mother finds herself providing medical care—and comfort—in the face of fear.
How African American churches are ministering to the mental health of their communities.
“I just looked him in the eye—they were piercing blue. And it was as if I became real to him.”
I feel their words now more than ever.
HR departments are deploying virtual-reality platforms to foster racial empathy. But building inclusive workplaces will take more than that.
Angel Pittman says her dream to create a mobile hair salon was thwarted when a neighbor harassed her with racist comments and vandalized her buses
Many Daca recipients in limbo about their future in the US, the country they have called home for years, after judge’s ruling
‘They don’t have any humanity’
Complaints from detainees and advocates reveal a disturbing pattern of physical abuse and ignoring medical needs
How one New York City food ministry is thriving, even behind masks.
As a Nigerian, situating myself in the context of American Blackness was jarring—and complicated.
I was raised in the church. But when COVID-19 ravaged the world, my faith was tested.
The former police chief helped impeach Donald Trump and survived an insurrection—now the third-term congresswoman has her eyes on the Senate. “In Val there’s hope,” says fellow representative Robin Kelly, “that we can move closer to that promise of America.”
Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost on the power of Gen Z, family, and organizing.
Teen Vogue spent election night with the Frost campaign in Orlando. Now the 25-year-old congressman is set to be officially sworn in.
In less than two years, the congresswoman built a base of power in D.C. by wearing her hardships on her sleeve.
