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Prince Shakur


beto orourke slavery op-ed

Beto can’t leverage his slave owner ancestry to gain Black voters’ trust

If he really cares, he should drop out of the presidential race.

On Jul 17, 2019 by Prince Shakur

border wall Tijuana

I worked with the migrant caravan—and Trump is the cause of his national emergency

This is a humanitarian crisis of Trump's own making.

On Feb 19, 2019 by Prince Shakur

cyntoia brown

The community that made Cyntoia Brown’s clemency possible

Black women have been organizing for her release for years.

On Jan 16, 2019 by Prince Shakur

unite the right 2 rally

2018 was the year the ‘alt-right’ failed

What the movement lost in rally turnout, it gained in debts and Twitter bans.

On Dec 14, 2018 by Prince Shakur

anita moss calls police on student

Professors are policing Black bodies in classrooms, too

Add this biology prof to the list of white women calling the cops on Black people for no good reason.

On Nov 14, 2018 by Prince Shakur

raheem howard

The not-so-curious case of another Black man being falsely accused of shooting a cop

How many more Raheem Howards are going to be targeted by police without body cam footage?

On Sep 9, 2018 by Prince Shakur

nia wilson and neo nazis in charlottesville, virginia

The murder of Nia Wilson and the normalization of Nazis in the public square

White supremacists aren't backing down—and Wilson's murder and UTR2 prove that.

On Aug 11, 2018 by Prince Shakur

slave patrol woodcut

Viral #BBQBeckys and #CouponCarls are the new slave patrols

White people exercising authority is nothing new.

On Jul 27, 2018 by Prince Shakur

black man shame

Overcoming the silence of growing up Black, gay, and with an immigrant father

I didn't choose my father, my sexuality, or my skin color—but I did choose to stop being silent.

On Jun 28, 2018 by Prince Shakur