Kelly Marie Tran stars as Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and she is…
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#GrowingUpBlack
This week the tag #GrowingUpBlack began trending on Twitter, and along with it came similar…
What I Learned From Tweeting With A Black Woman’s Avatar For #RaceSwapExp
Two weeks ago, after writer and activist Suey Park sparked a wave of protest and…
What To Watch: Instafame Documentary
Ever wonder what the effects of being “instgram famous” are on teenagers? Instafame aims to…
Facebook Adds New Gender Identity Options for Users
Facebook has always pushed users to reveal their true identities on the service, and on Thursday,…
Twitter Users’ Diversity Becomes an Ad Selling Point
For most of its rather short life, Twitter Inc. TWTR +0.53% rarely mentioned that its user base is more racially…
What Pepsi Discovered by Monitoring Millennials During the VMAs
During the VMAs, Facebook was the most popular social media brand, accounting for 41 percent…
No Guns Allowed Google+ Hangout: How Can Tech End Gun Violence?
Yesterday we posted this devastating PSA from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, calling…
Move Over Millennials, It’s Time to Talk About Generation Z
The United States Census Bureau recently released a report revealing that for the first time,…
Why Doesn’t the Media Get Rachel Jeantel?
If you haven’t heard of Rachel Jeantel, described by many as the prosecution’s star witness…