Category: KOLUMN Magazine

— MAE NUGUSKY, THE VERMONT CYNIC Nigerian-American UVM student Harmony Edosomwan learned to cook from her mom. She said that in Nigerian culture, a lot of pressure is placed on women to do the cooking so that’s what she grew up doing.  “I grew up in a household where my mom was constantly cooking,” she […]

Joe Biden thanked Black voters in his victory speech, saying “you’ve always had my back, and I’ll have yours.” But many remained skeptical that he would usher in real change. — JOHN ELIGON and AUDRA D. S. BURCH, THE NEW YORK TIMES When President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. thanked Black voters in his victory speech on Saturday night […]

— TANAY HUDSON, MADAMENOIRE Kamala Harris has made history as the first Black and South Asian-American to be elected as the Vice President of the United States. While we have all been rejoicing, no one is celebrating Harris more than her family. Her sister, Maya, let off a series of celebratory tweets acknowledging her sister’s huge victory and historic […]

There are 18 Black-owned banks in the U.S., half that existed a decade and a half ago. A new movement is under way to help those that are left to survive—and even thrive. — AMBER BURTON, JUSTIN SCHECK and JOHN WEST, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A half-century ago, the federal government set out to attack […]

— MARJOLEINE KARS, THE WASHINGTON POST Senator and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris (Calif.); Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams; the three women behind Black Lives Matter: Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi — few people can miss that 2020 has turned into the year of African American women […]

— DANA REICK, THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN It’s official: Cori Bush will become the first Black congresswoman Missouri sends to Congress.  In a speech Tuesday night, Bush stood in front of a Black Lives Matter tapestry and thanked her family, supporters and campaign staff. She gave a special shout out to the Ferguson Frontliners, a […]

Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth will be released this year, with the 86-year-old author also planning fresh theatre work after ‘continuous writing’ in lockdown — ALISON FLOOD, THE GUARDIAN Wole Soyinka has used his time in lockdown to write his first novel in almost 50 years. The Nigerian playwright and poet, who became […]

Dozens of military contractors, most of them Black, have been jailed in the emirate — some on trumped-up drug charges. Why has the American government failed to help them? — DOUG BOCK CLARK, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE On the first night of the Republican National Convention, the opening video asserted that America treats all […]