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How #BlackLivesMatter started a musical revolution – Daphne A. Brooks / The Guardian
SNL Mocks Bernie Sanders and took on Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump -Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast
In this week’s cold open, ‘Saturday Night Live’ took on both Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ surprise win in Michigan. Read…
The GOP’s Demographic Demise Was On Full Display At The Miami Debate -Alice Ollstein / Thinkprogress
Proud of Obama’s Presidency, Blacks Are Sad to See Him Go – Yamiche Alcindor / NYT Video
African-Americans speak about Barack Obama’s legacy, racism and how they feel about the departure of the country’s first family from the White House. By Erica…
5 Ways Black People Will Benefit From a Trump Presidency (Just Kidding) – Michael Harriot / The Root
Stress and discrimination go hand-in-hand, psychologists’ survey says – Molly Jackson / Chris Sci Monitor
Americans who feel they have suffered discrimination based on age, race, gender, disability, and sexual identity tend to report higher stress levels, according to a…
‘Don’t Drink The Water’ In Newark Public Schools, Officials Say – Tyler Tynes / Huff Post
Collegiate Voices – On campus, a new civil rights era rises – Harry Bruinius and Jessica Mendoza / The Christian Sci Monitor
The Lasting Fear of Flint’s Water Crisis – Zachery Canepari and Jessica Dimmock / The New Yorker Video
A psychological look at how the water crisis is affecting the citizens of Flint, Michigan. Watch the video here.
Past Voices – Discovering a different side of black history in the archives of the black press – Rebecca Onion / Slate
‘Roller Skating Socials and a Black Rosie the Riveter.’ The black press has been the subject of several recent books, including James McGrath Morris’ Biography…
The Matter of Black Lives: A New Movement. What Will Its Future Be? Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
The Other N-Word: To Germans, There’s Something Familiar About Donald Trump – Jason Johnson / The Root
Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America – Kate Jenkins / Lit Hub
Wilhemina’s War Explores South Carolina’s AIDS Epidemic – Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic Video
Wilhemina’s War is a documentary about Wilhemina Dixon, a daughter of sharecroppers who becomes a force in her family’s fight for survival from HIV and…
H.I.V.’s Toll on Black and Latino Men – The Editorial Board / NYT
Where Schools are Still Separate and Unequal – Janie Boschma / The Atlantic
Collegiate Voices – Harvard Law to Abandon Crest Linked to Slavery – Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
Past Voices – Richard Allen (1760 -1831) Founder of the AME Church
You must leave this section now.” “Wait until the prayer is over and I will go,” softly replied the black man, kneeling in prayer. “No,…
The Murder Charge Against an Alabama Police Officer – J. Weston Phippen / The Atlantic
The End of American Idealism – Charles M. Blow / NYT
“Social injustice, income inequality and perpetual warfare eat away at the national spirit.” Read more here.
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America – Michael Eric Dyson
A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America’s first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on…
Race Versus Class in the Democratic Coalition – Sean McElwee / The Nation
Why the FBI’s Spying and Attempt to Subvert the Civil Rights Movement Is a Vital History Lesson for All Activists Today – Ursula Wolfe-Rocca / Alternet
The Flint Water Crisis, Explained – Libby Nelson / Vox
“Mulatto: It’s Not a Cool Word” – Lindsay Catherine Harris / The Atlantic Video
Evoking the Mulatto is a multimedia project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens of the history of racial classification in…
Past Voices – Barbara Jordan (1936 – 1996) ‘She Always Did Sound Like God’ – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
She always did sound like God.” That is a quote from Molly Ivins, syndicated newspaper columnist and political commentator, in “Barbara Jordan: Brains, Courage And Pragmatism”…
