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Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News 

The Fox host has pushed the white nationalist “replacement” theory and decried “anti-white mania.”

Ralph Yarl’s Accomplishments Didn’t Protect Him From Getting Shot

“Ralph Yarl’s life is valuable because he is human. That should be enough.”

Some Neighborhoods Are Hotter Thanks to Racist Housing Policies

The difference in summer temperatures can be up to 20 degrees!

Protesters Call for Charges After Kansas City Teen Shot in Head

Ralph Yarl, 16, shot twice after ringing the wrong doorbell, has been released from the hospital.

Their Parents Were Locked Up for Years for Selling Weed

One $20 transaction put a father in prison for more than a decade.

6 Civil Rights Activists Who Changed History

"Try and tell people who they are, what they are, where they have been."

Harvard Police Searched 4 Black Students' Dorm at Gunpoint Over Hoax

“We felt our lives were in danger. We are traumatized.”

Angel Reese, Angela Bassett, and the Unfair Standards of 'Professionalism'

Whether at work or school, society rushes to dismiss Black women as unprofessional.

In Defense of the Bayou Barbie: Angel Reese Shouldn’t Apologize

Why are Black women always expected to win humbly and lose graciously?

Why This Iconic Book About Black Radicalism Still Speaks to Us

Robin D.G. Kelley’s ‘Freedom Dreams’ is finding itself in the hands of a new generation.

The Most-Wanted Black Woman in America Before Angela Davis

Civil rights activist Mae Mallory was framed by the FBI.

How Black Students Got a Quality Education in the Jim Crow South

The Rosenwald Schools served hundreds of thousands of Black students.

The Supreme Court May Radically Reshape Colleges This Year

Both in terms of who can attend and the financial burdens it comes with.

Florida College Students Walk Out Over DeSantis Policies

“He knows that attacking trans people will make him popular with his party."

The ‘Divine Nine’ Helped Shape Civil Rights History

These all-Black sororities and fraternities played a role in pivotal social movements.

What Would Class-Based Affirmative Action Look Like?

The goal is to increase the number of low-income students in higher education.

A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US

From the end of the Civil War to today

These Supreme Court Cases Could End Affirmative Action at Colleges

Here’s what that would look like.

This TikToker Summed Up The Bachelor’s Racism & Fatphobia in 1 Minute

Brittany Tilander talks to Teen Vogue about the state of The Bachelor series and why she spoke up on TikTok.

How Black History Month Got Started

The story of Black History Month goes all the way back to 1915.