When the Nats play the Dodgers on Friday, Dusty Baker and Dave Roberts will become the first black managers to oppose each other in a postseason series. Baseball has no choice but to pay attention
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Hurricane Matthew: Haiti tragedy repeats itself
Aid now a priority in Caribbean nation but everyone here wants to be sure not to repeat mistakes of the past.
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Is Anything That Trump Says About African American Communities True?
Donald Trump makes it sound like black Americans lead terrible lives—filled with race riots, rampant shootings, and rapid rising unemployment. He seems to think that African American communities are all equally engulfed in poverty.
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Where My Girls At?: 28+ Opportunities to See and Support the Work of Black Female Artists and Curators This Fall
IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM, a celebration of two important women in art—Alma Thomas (1891-1978) and Thelma Golden. The artist and the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem were both born Sept. 22. Thomas would have been 125. To mark the milestone, the Studio Museum, which is currently presenting an exhibition of Thomas’s paintings and drawings, had a birthday party. The special breakfast and exhibition viewing was hosted by Golden.
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American Honey Is a New Indie Classic
Andrea Arnold’s new film follows a crew of young drifters through the recession-struck heartland.
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Rose Library Opens African American Art Exhibit
A multimedia exhibition of African American art titled “Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch,” opened Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.
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We Celebrate Black Culture One Minute, and Crush Black Lives The Next
Poet Claudia Rankine’s ‘genius grant’ win is a victory for African Americans. But there’s something devastating about the context in which it was awarded
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Historic Black School defaced with ‘White Power’ and Nazi Graffiti
A historic one-room school house that once served as a segregated place of learning for black children in Loudoun County was defaced Friday night with the Nazi swastika and references to “white power”.
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100 Education Groups Push to Get Rid of School-Based Police Officers
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see a police officer or two patrolling the hallways of your child’s school. School resource officers are often stationed in places of learning to provide students and staff with an extra sense of security.
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Can 1,000 More Officers Solve Chicago’s Homicide Problem?
This is the city’s largest police-hiring surge since the 1980s.
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