Despite video evidence of his killing, the case ended in a mistrial. It is a reminder that American law simply does not value black life

After a slow start on issues that matter to people of color, the senator is now miles ahead of others on dealing with immigration and criminal justice

The decision to auction the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin is a stark reminder of the violence constantly aimed at black people in America

The senator should be making racism a cornerstone of his stump speech, but instead he’s practically ceding black and Latino voters to Hillary Clinton

The former president doubled down on policies widely seen as having harmed generations of young black Americans instead of listening to his critics

There are many ways to support someone going through cancer treatment. Recommending pseudo-scientific treatments isn’t one of them

It is hard but important for those who care about Aids to criticize the frontrunner of the Democratic party, who takes the support of gay voters for granted

The deaths of the former first lady and the doctor who helped uncover the epidemic take us back to the battleground that was Aids in the 80s – a history we should never forget

The director endorsed the Vermont senator on Tuesday. He’s the latest in a series of black intellectuals to recognise Sanders’ superiority over Clinton

Cleveland is suing Tamir Rice’s family for emergency response costs, and the officer who shot Quintonio LeGrier filed for emotional damages. Really, now?

White America has such a warped view of black people that it will kill them for no reason other than fear

We haven’t done enough to stop the systematic killing of black women before, during and after her death

After all the disappointment kicked off by The Phantom Menace, the franchise won the fans back with an updated storyline that finally feels modern

Liberals aren’t the ones who replaced the spirit of Christmas with soullessness

The poorest Americans have no realistic hope of achieving anything that approaches income equality. They still struggle for access to the basics

The alleged white supremacists who injured five people at a Black Lives Matter protest intended to terrorize more than just the people they hurt

It has been a joy to cover my first black student-led demonstrations this year that were about celebrating a victory rather than mourning yet another black death

A delay disclosing former incarceration until later in a hiring process won’t ultimately prevent discrimination against former inmates

A video of a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy arresting a school child is a depressing reminder of how pervasive the violence against black children is

A judge in Alabama has allegedly made people who owe court fees choose between jail and blood donation