Chauncey Alcorn

Bassem Masri became the latest activist from 2014’s Ferguson, Missouri, protests to die on Tuesday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Preliminary reports indicated the 31-year-old Palestinian-American died of a massive heart attack, but his…

White nationalists and supporters of the alt-right appear to be watching the ongoing trial of accused Charlottesville, Virginia, killer James Alex Fields Jr. closely this week, and at least one of them — Radical Agenda podcast host Christopher…

The anti-Semitic rhetoric of white supremacist Patrick Little, the failed Republican U.S. Senate candidate behind the “Name the Jew” campaign, was too much for Gab on Tuesday. The social media website said Little had crossed the line from hate…

Going on vacation could have been a humiliating and perilous journey for black Americans during the mid-20th century, when flourishing automobiles and interstate highways made long-distance travel and leisure a premium part of the American…

Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives Ben McAdams has declared victory over Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) in their hotly contested midterm election battle, the Hill reported. The race was too close to call on Nov. 6 and McAdams’ vote…

Women’s March board member Linda Sarsour said via text message Tuesday that she and fellow activist leaders of the movement are not stepping down and the third annual Women’s March will proceed as planned. The march’s founder Teresa Shook wrote a…

Welcome to Mic’s weekly roundup of news coverage related to activism in the world of sports, both on and off the field. Check us out every week for a summary of the latest headlines covering the intersection of sports and social justice…

NRA representatives have spent the last several days trying to explain why they won’t condemn the police shooting death of Jemel Roberson, the black security guard who used his legally-owned firearm to subdue a shooter at an Illinois bar on Sunday…

A University of Texas at San Antonio college professor became the latest person to call police on a black person for a nonemergency issue Monday after one of the professor’s black students allegedly propped her feet up on the lecture hall chair in…

Securing murder convictions against police officers who kill civilians is a tough task for any prosecutor. But it’s a challenge incoming District Attorney John Creuzot says he is willing to accept when it comes to Amber Guyger. Guyger is the…

Admitting Donald Trump’s brand of conservative politics likely cost the Republican Party control of the House is something supporters of the nation’s alt-right movement aren’t willing to do. Instead, several key white nationalist figures — including…

Welcome to Mic’s new weekly roundup of news coverage related to activism in the world of sports, both on and off the field. Check us out every week for a summary of the latest headlines covering the intersection of sports and social justice…

As details rolled in Wednesday on how voting played out in the 2018 midterm elections, a reoccurring pattern once again emerged — Democrats remain obsessed with gaining support from white women, but that sought-after love affair remains mostly…

Black Americans made historic gains in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, but all of them were for the Democratic Party. On their way to growing their majority in the U.S. Senate and losing control in the House, Republicans in Congress…

Voters in Florida have cast their ballots in favor of restoring voting rights for qualifying formerly incarcerated people. The ballot initiative known as Amendment 4 will amend the state’s constitution to re-enfranchise an estimated 1.6 million…

Cristian Clementi was one of 400 Trump supporters who attended Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., in October. During the event, Clementi, who is from Turloc, California, built bonds with dozens of other black…

Welcome to Mic’s new weekly roundup of news coverage related to activism in the world of sports, both on and off the field. Check us out every week for a summary of the latest headlines covering the intersection of sports and social justice…

Candace Owens was uncharacteristically absent on Twitter on Tuesday evening after her friend and mentor Kanye West distanced himself from her “Blexit” campaign, which encourages black people to stop supporting the Democratic Party. The black…

Saturday’s synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in U.S. history. It was also the latest incident of political extremism or targeted hate in America to make headlines in the last seven days, coming on…