KOLUMN - KOLUMN Magazine

Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

Is Racism a Disease?

November 18, 2016November 21, 2016KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine ...

Is a psychological diagnosis a useful way to view racism—or does it merely absolve the racist of blame?

Better Off Before Obamacare?

November 18, 2016November 21, 2016Affordable Care Act, African American Health ...

Before the law, which Trump has said he would repeal, health insurance was cheaper for a few, but outright unattainable for many.

Zadie Smith on Male Critics, Appropriation, and What Interests Her Novelistically About Trump

November 17, 2016November 21, 2016Black Author, Black Novelist ...

A wide-ranging conversation.

What Obama Got Right

November 17, 2016November 21, 2016African American History, African American News ...

The outgoing president has resolved old problems and avoided new ones.

‘Very real risk’ of South Sudan atrocities, UN secretary general warns

November 17, 2016November 21, 2016Africa, African Politics ...

Ban Ki-moon claims UN peacekeepers currently deployed in South Sudan would not be capable of preventing mass killings.

From Flint with Love, Art of the African Diaspora

November 16, 2016November 21, 2016African American Art, Black Art ...

SUMMIT, NJ — Unlike many notable private art collections that serve the public good only after they have been donated to a museum (or turned into museums of their own), the Mott-Warsh Collection was conceived to fulfill a larger social purpose.

When Banking Black Was Not Enough, This Woman Took an Extraordinary Extra Step to Help Black-Owned Businesses

November 16, 2016November 21, 2016#BuyBlack, African American Commuities ...

You could call it a hidden-camera show, but that’s not exactly what it is. It’s so much more than that.

On Colin Kaepernick’s Decision Not to Vote

November 15, 2016November 21, 2016African American Politics, Black Vote ...

Colin Kaepernick is facing backlash for refusing to vote in this election, but he was hardly alone.

Festival promotes African-American classical works

November 15, 2016November 21, 2016Classical Music, KOLUMN ...

More than a century ago, a small cohort of African-American classical music lovers desperately wanted to hear a touring group from the Metropolitan Opera sing during a rare Atlanta performance. As the story goes, the group considered dressing up as servants to slip into the segregated concert.

Gwen Ifill, Journalist and Debate Moderator, Dies at 61

November 14, 2016November 21, 2016African American Journalism, KOLUMN ...

Gwen Ifill, an award-winning television journalist for NBC and PBS, former reporter for The New York Times and author who moderated vice-presidential debates in 2004 and 2008, died on Monday in Washington. She was 61.