Bayard Rustin: Trailblazer On Many Frontlines

This Black History Month, we should not forget trailblazers like Rustin. Out of dedication to his life and legacy, let us uplift the stories of LGBT African-Americans who felt and still feel the burdens of discrimination

Dear Mandela: What happened and how do you feel?

South African President Jacob Zuma, in his State of the Union address, promised to speed the pace of land redistribution and housing construction to replace the country’s urban shantytowns, but nearly 20 years after the end of apartheid, the number of people living in shantytowns has doubled and the state violence to evict the residents has increased. The film "Dear Mandela," streaming free till the end of this month on PBS, follows three young people who join the fight for the Constitutional right to stay in their homes.

Sex Trafficking As Modern Day Slavery

Both women and men train children in “the sex trade.” Young people, lost and confused, feeling betrayed by society, cling to the abuser as a new family.