Category: KOLUMN Magazine

The request for review by the state’s highest criminal court was filed by Mason’s attorneys as well as the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU and the Texas Civil Rights Project.   — Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune A Fort Worth woman jailed for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election […]

On this week’s episode of Intercepted, Robin D.G. Kelley discussed the concept of racial capitalism and the current movement for police abolition.   — Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept WE ARE LIVING in a moment of change and upheaval, a time of immense pain and suffering, but also a time of hope and tremendous possibility. We are […]

After being labelled the “patient zero” of an outbreak of Covid, a Congolese-Canadian physician says he became a target for racist threats, a pariah in his community, and a “scapegoat” for local officials.   — Robin Levinson-King, BBC When Dr Jean-Robert Ngola heard that he had to pick up his daughter last May, he quickly […]

An NYU music historian points to the influences of African American groups such as the Shirelles in songs by Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.   — James Devitt, NYU The lyrics and sound of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” have resonated with rock and roll fans for decades—but its depth may never […]

While Ronnie Long’s sentence was vacated and charges dropped, he blames a racist judicial system that destroyed state evidence with the intention of leaving him to die in prison.   — BET In August, the state of North Carolina finally released Ronnie Long after serving 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He […]

Mr. Dinkins, who served in the early 1990s, was seen as a compromise selection for voters weary of racial unrest, crime and fiscal turmoil. The racial harmony he sought remained elusive during his years in office.   — Robert D. McFadden, The New York Times David N. Dinkins, a barber’s son who became New York […]

The adaptation is based on The Apollo staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ work, who also performs in the special.   — Dan Meyer, Playbill Tony winners Phylicia Rashad, Courtney B. Vance, and Oprah Winfrey, Oscar and Emmy nominee Angela Bassett, and more star in HBO’s adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me November 21 at 8 PM ET on […]

  — Kalyn Oyer, Post and Courier In 1916, just over half a century after slavery was abolished, a wealthy Black farmer who drew the ire of his jealous and bigoted White business peers in Abbeville was murdered by a lynch mob.  That man, Anthony Crawford, owned a 427-acre cotton farm in Abbeville. He was […]

Local entrepreneur empowers people for success   — Claire Tighe, WMAR-2 Baltimore RANDALLSTOWN, Md. — The last eight months have been difficult for many people, both financially, and emotionally, as well as physically for those who’ve contracted COVID-19. However, there are some bright spots in the year 2020. Though the non-profit he founded, a local […]

These businesses stabilize communities, but structural racism makes their struggles harder, and the pandemic forced many to shutter   — Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post Dear Reader, I’d like to share with you why Black businesses matter. In particular, I want to tell you about James Brodie. Brodie, as all his customers called him, was […]