Four years ago, if you had asked me who I would vote for in this presidential election, I would have said Hillary Clinton. However, in the last four years, my views of Hillary have changed and as I dig into her past and notice inconsistencies. She has been flip-flopping her...

This post was co-authored by Erica Garner and Kemi Alabi.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Commissioner Bill Bratton and Police Union President Pat Lynch

My father, Eric Garner, was killed by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo a year and...

One year ago, a grand jury failed to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killing of my father, Eric Garner. As I contemplate this past year -- a year full of upheaval and struggles for justice -- I'm struck by what has changed: nothing.

Sure, New...

Twenty years ago, there was a gathering of men in the U.S. Capital to address the exact issues that Black, Brown and Indigenous Americans are struggling against today. That gathering is known as the Million Man March. Its purpose was to bring attention to the issues of mass incarceration, low-paying...

A response to Pat Lynch's September 15, 2015 op-ed in the New York Daily News.

To all arm-chair executioners:

If you have never struggled through losing a loved one for allegedly resisting arrest or allegedly having a gun or for an officer claiming to feel fear or for...

A week ago,  you brave women dared to interrupt  Seattle's  so-called progressive Democrats  in order to bring visibility to an element  clearly underrepresented there:  Black Lives. Unfortunately, the moment you decided to do so, you entered  a space where few  good Negros dare to venture.  You dared to take a...

We applaud Governor Cuomo for temporarily instituting a special prosecutor to investigate tragedies like Raynette Turner's death. Without his executive order, we would not be paying attention to the unacceptable death of this mother of eight arrested who was held for two days without bail for allegedly stealing...