“They do not understand what they took from us.” February 23, 2021 marked a year since Ahmaud Arbery was chased, shot and killed by armed white men while jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. For his cousin, Demetris Frazier, the grieving process is just beginning
"I wanted to make affordable art, wearable art." @TELFARGLOBAL designer Telfar Clemens tells @QuickTake's @naulapndugga how his brand challenges fashion industry norms
Food prices are soaring, threatening to make it more expensive for families to put a meal on the table and jeopardizing their access to healthier options
“You cannot move our bodies out of this space until you give us that $1 billion." New York activists have been occupying City Hall since June 23 in an effort to get lawmakers to #DefundNYPD by at least $1 billion
"If we were to close, where are we going to go?" This is how @aleximinkoshow — the owner of Manhattan's last Black-owned gay bar — is fighting to stay in business during a summer of #Covid19 and without Pride festivities
"The person who I was going to become ceased to exist once I got in that car." @alisonturkos is one of the 50+ women suing Lyft who say they were sexually assaulted by drivers. This is her story
Protests spread to all 50 states in the week after #GeorgeFloyd's death, but activists like @nvlevy have been fighting racial injustice for years. Here’s what it’s like to be a freedom fighter on the ground in Minneapolis
Montpelier High School in Vermont addressed inequities and opened dialogue by being the first school to raise the Black Lives Matter flag #SmallButMighty
"Erasure of Black women, that's very real for us." India Kager was killed by police in 2015. Her mother, @GinaBest, now advocates through the #SayHerName campaign to bring awareness to her story
Ugandan Opposition Leader @HEBobiwine is “in many ways an encapsulation of the African Dream,” his lawyer @robertamsterdam tells @naulapndugga, minutes after military personnel entered his client's home
A self-taught graphic designer is using emojis to show the world Africa
Meet the woman behind Kelewele, a Black-owned vegan spot in NYC that uses plantains to make unique and healthy dishes
Thousands of activists marched in the streets of downtown Brooklyn Friday to protest the treatment of public transport riders by the NYPD
Male birth control could be coming sooner than you think. Here's what one industry says have been the obstacles to male contraceptives
"You breathe the same way I breathe. It's just about bringing people together." Here's how @JColeNC and @Dreamville turned a music festival into a giant family reunion #DreamvilleFest
Over 60% of people sentenced to life in prison for federal drug charges are Black. Meet attorney Brittany K. Barnett @MsBKB, who has dedicated her life to fighting for their freedom
Talkspace co-founder Roni Frank says there are three main barriers to mental health care. Here's how her company is trying to revolutionize access to it
"I'm not apologetic to standing up for children who are in cages." @POkoumou explains why she scaled the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest Trump's immigration policies
“There’s no one look to what a woman should look like there’s no one look to what a man should look like.” Here’s how young, black, #LGBTQ+ style influencers are challenging stereotypes, norms, and barriers ahead of #NYFW
