The homeownership rate for African Americans is now lower than the national homeownership rate was during the 1930s, as the United States was in the throes of the Great Depression.
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On Being a Black Female Math Whiz During the Space Race
Growing up here in the 1970s, in the shadow of Langley Research Center, where workers helped revolutionize air flight and put Americans on the moon, Margot Lee Shetterly had a pretty fixed idea of what scientists looked like: They were middle class, African-American and worked at NASA, like her dad.
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4 Artists From the New School of Sudanese Music Speak on Their Search for Home & Identity
[two_fifth padding=”0 35px 0 10px”]4 ARTISTS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL OF SUDANESE MUSIC SPEAK ON THEIR SEARCH FOR HOME & IDENTITY BY Omnia Saed PHOTO Camilo Fuentealba PUB Okay Africa [/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”][perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”16″]Alsarah, Oddisee, Sinkane and Mo Kheir (of No Wyld)are some of the best musicians working and […]
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Anthony Hernandez retrospective to open at SFMOMA – In pictures
Born and bred in Los Angeles, the photographer has produced a huge and varied body of work over his 45-year career – moving from black and white to color, and from photographing people to landscapes and abstract details.
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Predictable Schedules Are the New $15 Minimum Wage
[two_fifth padding=”0 35px 0 10px”]PREDICTABLE SCHEDULES ARE THE NEW $15 MINIMUM WAGE BY Adam Chandler PUB The Atlantic [/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”][perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”16″]Following San Francisco’s lead, Seattle and New York City have introduced initiatives to regularize workers’ hours.[/perfectpullquote]If it takes three examples to label something a fad, then San Francisco, […]
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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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Beinecke Celebrates Archive of African American Arts and Letters
African American literary and artistic achievements are showcased in a new exhibition, “Destined to Be Known: The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection at 75,” at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The exhibition runs Sept. 23–Dec. 10 in the library, 121 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
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How The Salooni Project Has Created a Safe Space for African Women to Love Their Hair
Outside a TV monitor plays a tutorial on how to survive a white supremacist hairstyle.
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5 Designers Putting Zambian Fashion on the Map
A decade ago, Zambia’s textile and clothing industry had all but withered into the dust as privatization sapped the vigor of the industry and reduced the Zambian public to consuming cheap Chinese goods. However, the last few years have seen a resurgence in the fashion industry with more young designers bursting on the scene.
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