The Grey's Anatomy actor has been awarded joint physical custody of his two children.

In a move that unfortunately surprises no one, the officers that killed the 37-year-old won't be charged.

Sentell Harper inspires his fourth grade students through theater to think about how their race affects them and people who look like them.

This year on Juneteenth, Chaka Khan uses hashtags #BlackAndILoveMyself and #Juneteenth to send the world a message.

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What will happen to the rest of the cases involving police brutality under Jeff Sessions?

The last time Barack Obama had to make a big speech about race, it was 2008 and he was doing his best to both embrace and distance himself from his former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who stirred things up with a sermon that condemned America for it’s racist past. Thursday night, however, Obama will be […]

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We were in downtown Atlanta with the crowds as they continued their protest against police violence, even one day after the tragedy in Dallas, Texas. Here are some pictures we took while marching with the people.

After two days of violent headlines, Friday begins with another. As downtown Dallas, Texas protests against police brutality (sparked by the filmed deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile) came to a peaceful end Thursday night, sniper fire rang out from elevated positions above the Dallas protesters, CNN reports. However, it seemed the target were […]

Without a doubt, Jesse Williams‘ infamous speech at the BET Awards STILL has us speechless. But of course the ‘actorvist’ didn’t stop there. The death of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old, unarmed man selling CDs outside of a convenience store, has left #BlackLivesMatter activists sick to their stomachs, Jesse included. Williams took things to Twitter and […]

Comedian and Radio host never holds his tongue when it comes to important issues, and more recently he didn’t hold back his tears either as he talked about the fear he has raising young, black men in a world where two black men are gunned down by cops within 48 hours. In talking to CNN’s […]

Yesterday, we asked that you say Alton Sterling’s name. Today, we ask you to say Philando Castile’s. The Huffington Post reports that Castile was fatally shot by police after he and his girlfriend were pulled over in a Minnesota suburb for a busted tail light. According to Castile’s girlfriend, after the police officer asked him […]