A picture of Riz Ahmed and Rami Malek, two recent South Asian and Middle Eastern male leads on television.

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“It is me against an entire system,” says Glady Soto—the mother of the man at center of Charles Kinsey shooting—while reflecting on how the shooting has traumatized her son and her family.

Isha Aran on the “revolution happening that’s rewriting just what non-white masculinity looks like on TV: […Brown dudes] are no longer just your nerds, doctors, convenience store owners, and terrorists. They’re your love interests, your sex symbols, your daddies, and your heroes.”

Kenrya Rankin notes that it’s not helpful to throw all Black activists under the “Black Lives Matter” banner and that it often “eras[es] the work of committed local organizations.” Rankin offers a roundup of the 13 independent organizations across the country who collaborate under the banner Movement for Black Lives.

In case you needed further confirmation that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party are far from democratic or progressive: 20,000 leaked emails (thanks WikiLeaks!) provide undeniable evidence of what Sanders’ supporters argued all along—that the party was effectively an arm of Clinton’s campaign; DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as a result…only to be hired in a top post by the Clinton campaign (RIP to any accountability); and Clinton VP pick Tim Kaine is pro-bank, pro-TPP, and dubious on reproductive rights. What a year.

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Mahroh is a community organizer and law student who believes in building a world where black and brown women and our communities are able to live free of violence. Prior to law school, Mahroh was the Executive Director of Know Your IX, a national survivor- and youth-led organization empowering students to end gender violence and a junior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research addresses the ways militarization, racism, and sexual violence impact communities of color transnationally.

Mahroh is currently at Harvard Law School, organizing against state and gender-based violence.

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