Professor Luv

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

Chicago police once held one of the best clearance rates in the nation. Now they have one of the worst.

Love is a tool for revolutionary change and a path toward inclusivity and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Married activists Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan have imagined their marriage -- as a transgender man and cis woman -- a model of possibility for people of every kind. With infectious joy, Tiq and Kim question our misconceptions about who they might be and offer a vision of an inclusive, challenging love that grows day by day.

Basquiat’s painting Defacement dealt with the death of fellow graffiti artist Michael Stewart at the hands of NYC police in 1983. A new project by Chaedria LaBouvier, who lost her brother to police violence, puts the painting centre stage again.

This is "Jean Michel Basquiat Documentary - The Radiant Chil" by lfemusiclab on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out

Christopher Metzger

Take two kids, the same age, who grew up in the same city. Which one is more likely to go to jail ... or college?

America's top road-builder is trying to force a reckoning over the misuse of infrastructure dollars to displace and dismantle poor-but-cohesive communities throughout the 20th century -- and maybe even repair some of the damage.

A new report found that three of America’s largest school districts invest more in policing students than in helping them.