Being a black tree hugger has taught me that we must engage all citizens to fight climate crisis | Justin Onwenu

Activists, reporters, citizens and political leaders need to go beyond the cultural, political and racial distinctions to collaborate “Y ou’re a black tree hugger, intriguing.” When I informed my grandparents that I was returning to Detroit to work as an ecological justice organizer for the Sierra Club they laughed and...
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Al Sharpton on Donald Trump: ‘He’s a white nationalist’

The civil rights activist, who recently found himself at the sharp end of the presidents tweets, discusses his history with Trump and the recent mass gun violence Among the many framed mementoes that clutter the white vinyl walls of the Rev Al Sharptons midtown Manhattan office, there is one he...
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Bruce Lee’s daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: ‘We righted the wrong’

Shannon Lee has finally made the martial arts saga her father dreamed up. She remembers the inner energy of the kung fu superstar Hollywood and Tarantino made a mockery of The legend that Shannon Lee grew up with goes like this. In 1971, when her father Bruce Lee was at...
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The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls | Jaquira Daz

In the United States, latinx and black ladies are disproportionately penalized and attacked by school administrators for easy violations such as revealing feelings M ore than 20 years back, when I was a 12-year-old queer kid concerning terms with her sexuality, I escaped from house. It sought school had actually...
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