“Once I got out there and started doing shows and markets, I started to notice there was a lack of representation of makers of color, and also makers who were maybe single mothers…”
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An entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park | Timeline
Three churches, a school, and dozens of homes were demolished.
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Between Two Worlds | Toronto Life
I grew up in subsidized housing with my mom, and spent weekends with my wealthy grandparents at their Bridle Path mansion. If I wanted to be loved, I’d have to learn to live two lives.
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When Race Is the Punchline on Prime Time | Slate
American sitcoms are dealing with race more than ever, but too often the jokes reinforce stereotypes instead of subverting them.
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Flint Water Crisis Likely Increased Fetal Deaths, Study Shows | Huffington Post
Another hint that the U.S. ought to quit using lead pipes for water.
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In a superhero cape, he feeds the city’s hungry and homeless. And he’s only 4 | CNN
Austin Perine’s superhero cape glides and flutters as he hands chicken sandwiches to homeless men outside a shelter in Birmingham, Alabama.
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This Ungoverned Haitian City Is Fighting to Stay Alive | OZY
Canaan is the story of what a shattered people can build with their own hands.
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Ellis Island Tea, A Family Recipe for Jamaican Sweet Tea, “Goes National”
Ellis-Brown is the only African American female beverage maker in the United States with her own manufacturing plant.
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As He Heads Back To Prison, A Nashville Man Says ‘Goodbye’ To The New Life He Hoped To Build | Nashville Public Radio
When a Nashville man named Matthew Charles was released from prison early in 2016 after a sentence reduction, he’d spent almost half his life behind bars. But in a rare move, a federal court ruled his term was reduced in error and ordered him back behind bars to finish his sentence.
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When the “victim” you fought for turns out to be the victimizer: Sherita Dixon-Cole and the painful consequences of a false report of sexual assault and police misconduct | Medium
Human beings and the decisions they sometimes make are a mystery though.
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