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He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

"Acting with great principle in this time is not just a matter of moral high ground but also a matter of personal safety," says surveillance reform expert Malkia Cyril. "What we need to not do is be ...

There have been many opportunities to put into practice the messages, drawn from the natural world, of brown's latest book. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and ...

In 1970, 23 Native activists scaled the presidential monument and renamed it "Crazy Horse Mountain" in protest of the U.S. government's control of land it previously granted to the Sioux. Share ...

Louis Mitch ell expected a lot of change when he began taking injections of hormones eight years ago to transition from a female body to a male one. He anticipated that he’d grow a beard, which he ...

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

When we learned that the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day would be “Choose to Challenge”, we thought of the many women we know—brazen and brave and bold—who choose to challenge the ...

When Celeste Ng published the novel, there wasn't a Black Mia. “I didn’t feel like I was the right person to try to bring a Black woman’s experience to the page,” Ng said. Colorlines is the leading ...

We've seen interracial couples on television for decades but corporate companies have largely stayed away from including them in advertising.

Christamy Demory’s oldest daughter was born in a Maryland prison. Two days later, Demory gave her newborn to her mother while she completed her prison sentence. Photo by Joi Stokes Christamy Demory ...

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