Our Dreams for Bresha Meadows Begin with Freedom
This piece was cowritten with Kelly Hayes of Transformative Spaces. Bresha Meadows was just 14 years old when she shot her father, Jonathan Meadows, as he slept in the family’s […]
This piece was cowritten with Kelly Hayes of Transformative Spaces. Bresha Meadows was just 14 years old when she shot her father, Jonathan Meadows, as he slept in the family’s […]
Thousands of protesters—many of them youth, students, workers—have taken to the streets since the election of Donald Trump, rejecting the instating of a president who ran on a blatantly racist, […]
Last Sunday afternoon, Joshua Beal was fatally shot by an off-duty sergeant with the Chicago Police Department in the South Side neighborhood of Mt. Greenwood. He was visiting from Indianapolis for the […]
The first time I ran from the cops I was eighteen. I was visiting New York on my own, staying with friends in the Bronx. While walking back toward the […]
My dad is Black and from the US. My mom is Scottish-Irish. I came out very light skinned. For most of my early childhood I was universally read as white. […]
I’ve been writing this piece for a long time. I’ve been apprehensive about sharing it. I ultimately decided to because it contains things I’ve wanted to say, and that I feel deeply. […]
On September 11, 2016 TT Saffore, a young, Black, trans woman was found murdered in a park on Chicago’s West Side. Today, a coalition of Black, trans and gender-nonconforming community […]
On July 4th, 2015 Itemid “Angel” Al Matar was climbing an el train platform with a backpack full of food she’d just purchased. She was headed home to break her ramadan […]
Many celebrated the decision of three government agencies this past Friday, in opposition to the ruling of a federal judge, that Dakota Access cease building the Bakken Pipeline until reviews […]
“To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.” – James Baldwin Last fall, Black Youth Project 100 along with Fight For 15, Organized Communities […]