Rory “DC” Felton, a pioneering member of the city’s go-go scene, was remembered Sunday for his ebullient personality and his love of the District — best captured by the energetic tune “Take a Little Ride Through the City,” which the saxophonist co-wrote with his Rare Essence bandmates.
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LaTaja Dingle Launches “Royalty Beauty Supply” for the Black Community | The Network Journal
“I’m looking forward to what it’ll represent in the community as a small business and a Black owned business.”
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Indigenous Brazilians rally to demand land rights protection | Al Jazeera
Over 3,000 people arrive in Brasilia to denounce what activists say is an unprecedented rollback of indigenous rights.
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Black churches and other institutions must open up schools serving our communities | New York Amsterdam News
Economic and educational marginalization destroy the lives of Black youth and cause violence in our communities, as well as ultimately lead our youth into conflicts with the police.
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What Amazon’s New Headquarters Could Mean for Rents | The New York Times
Winning the contest could mean a steeper increase in local housing costs over the next decade, a study finds. Nashville is already contemplating the impact.
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Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz Has Earned Your Attention | GQ
The star of Atlanta and newcomer to Deadpool 2 talks to GQ about her killer year (and all the anxieties that come with it).
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D.C. Kicks Off Summer Crime Initiative | The Washington Informer
Every year, for nearly 10 years, the Metropolitan Police Department has identified five to six focus areas that have experienced a high density of violence and utilized all available resources, including collaborative outreach, to prevent violent crime in those areas during the summer months.
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A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. | The New York Times
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., is dedicated to victims of white supremacy.
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Memories of FGM: ‘I was screaming in pain and fear’ | Al Jazeera
Assita Kanko, a politician in Brussels, recalls when she underwent female genital mutilation as a child in Burkina Faso.
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The Case for Reparations | The Atlantic (2014)
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
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