Roland Martin talks to the Women’s March organizer Janaye Ingram and Attorney Monique Pressley, about the massive turnout of women across the globe during the weekend of Donald Trump’s inauguration. “This was the second usage of Metro here. We are super excited. This is the beginning of a huge movement that will hold not only this […]
When footage surfaced of a Columbia, SC high school student being flipped in her desk and then dragged across the floor by a school resource…
Gil Scott Heron said in a 1970 poem, “the revolution will not be televised,” explaining in an interview years later that he meant change can’t…
When Bree Newsome removed the Confederate flag from a flagpole in South Carolina, it was the duty of an activist who was tired of the rhetoric…
There’s an old adage: “take two steps forward, one step back.” At times in the Black community, it seems like we take one step forward…
Much was made about the Oscars last Sunday. The hash tag #OscarsSoWhite reflected the absence of color among some of the biggest categories of the…
Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Congressman John Lewis in his Capitol Hill office. I listened intently as he recounted…
Why more people need to know about the Supreme Court’s recent decision that will allow unlimited money to be poured into elections and what we…
Young people have always been leaders of change within the movement. Despite being thought of as the unengaged generation, there are millennials who are changing…
The environmental issues that we deal with aren’t always discussed as we have conversations about justice, but this Earth Day, we need to pay attention…
This past week I had the opportunity to spend time with just over 100 women leaders who were part of BET’s Leading Women Defined. These…
Since the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, the right to vote has seen an increased amount of attacks with one goal in mind –…
