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LED candles are placed beneath a portrait of George Floyd during a birthday celebration for him at a memorial site known as "George Floyd Square" on October 14, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Will There Be Justice for George Floyd?

Nekima Levy Armstrong Mar 2, 2021 12:00PM ET

We won’t be waiting with bated breath for a conviction; the system has failed Black residents for decades.

A student in a graduation cap and gown dons a mask with their stole during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Year Into the Pandemic, How Are First-Gen College Students Faring?

COVID-19 has wrought not only financial insecurity for these scholars, but stress, pressure, and the loss of a dream.

Anthony C. Ocampo Feb 25, 2021 5:40PM ET

Black woman with an afro faces down with hand on forehead, looking depressed.

Don’t Leave Black Immigrant Femmes Out of the Mental Health Conversation

A new report on Black immigrant women and femmes champions personal storytelling and underscores mental health needs.

Fiza Pirani Feb 24, 2021 6:00PM ET

Shot of U.S. Capitol building with a noose in the forefront, part of the Capitol Riots which took place on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC

President Biden Denounced White Supremacy. Now What?

To defeat white hate groups, the administration has to go a lot further than lip service.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 25, 2021 5:45PM ET

Rep. Haaland’s Confirmation as Secretary of the Interior Would Be a Step Forward for Racial Justice

To have an Indigenous woman head the Department of the Interior which oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education is as historic as it is jarring.

Korina Barry Feb 23, 2021 3:58PM ET

Colorlines Q&A: Meet Yamani Hernandez, a Black Person at the Helm of a 'Revolutionary' Abortion Org

“So there’s hope on one side and despair on the other. I think the next year or two will be very telling,” says the executive director of The National Network of Abortion Funds.

Ayana Byrd Feb 19, 2021 2:08PM ET