Politics

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Keeping Hope Alive: FirstRepair hosts National Town Hall for Day Two of Annual Reparations Symposium

“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change. Reparations are change,” town hall facilitator Dr. Marcus Hunter said, opening the event with a tribute to Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower.

Atarah Israel

A collage in honor of Assata Shakur feturing cutouts of Shakur, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Kathleen Cleaver. Publically accessible Black Panther Party documents array the collage's background, including the Black People's News Service and the 10-point program.

Assata Shakur: Disciple of Love

In its May 2003 issue, BlackBoard published a review of Assata: An Autobiography, written by then-junior Sonia Nelson. In tribute to Assata's death, BlackBoard’s Editor-in-Chief Atarah Israel revisits the book 22 years later.

Atarah Israel

Black Excellence Will Not Save Us. Black Power Will.

As I write this column now, right on the heels of Kamala Harris’ loss of the 2024 presidential run, the country appears to be at yet another precipice, with the stakes seeming even more dire than 2016. As we wring our hands and point fingers about how we’ve gotten to this point, the results of this election—as it is for most of the decisions made by this country—will have ripple effects worldwide.

Atarah Israel