by Aya de Leon

In an era where we in the US fight for the idea that Black Lives Matter, to be black and female, African and a sex worker, is to inhabit a location of deepest neglect and disregard.

Kim Jones, a social worker in Philadelphia, became the 14th homicide victim in the city this week.

While waiting for a bus on the morning of January 12, she was shot once in the back of the head. Police do not believe Jones was killed in a robbery attempt.

Britney Cosby's mother, Loranda McDonald, told KHOU that James Cosby had expressed his dissatisfaction with his daughter's sexuality.

by Evan Seymour of Moi Naturale

Rosaline (Rhonda) Lee pulled out of her driveway on May 25, her family never imagined it was the last time they would see her alive. Lee had left her family home at approximately 3:00 in order to get something from the store for one of her children. That’s when her trouble began.