by Starlette Thomas | Oct 27, 2025 | Opinion
Before ICE raids terrorized American neighborhoods, there was stop-and-frisk. In marginalized communities, where its members’ civil liberties have been historically threatened by organized violence, the country behaving like a police state is unsurprising. Political...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 20, 2025 | Opinion
“You have to work twice as hard to get half as far.” It is a truism shared with African American children in preparation for the unfair reality of a white supremacist society. Based on their experiences, the elders hoped to spare us the disappointing discovery that...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 13, 2025 | Opinion
It’s 2025. Once considered a futuristic number, Earl Smith and Demartravion “Trey” Reed were found hanging from trees in New York and Mississippi. Evidence that America has not turned over a new leaf when it comes to “race relations,” its cities continue to bear this...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 6, 2025 | Opinion
More than halfway through the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States and I am wishing African Americans the sweetest of dreams. In fact, I hope they fluff their pillow, turn over and keep on dreaming. Because white-body supremacy is...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 29, 2025 | Opinion
“It’s a free country.” That’s what we said on the playground as children, usually in defense of our right to say what we want. But America has never been a free country—at least not for everyone. As adults, we know it is not always in our best interest to “speak...
