The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.
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Valerie Cunningham to receive Inspiration Award for creating change | Sea Coast Online
Anne Richter Arnold, Sea Coast Online Valerie Cunningham, founder of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, left, and JerriAnne Boggis, director of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, with one of the plaques to be placed at the Cooper Home at 171 Washington St. in Portsmouth during the trail’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2015. [File photo by […]
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Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide | The Root
Anne Branigin, The Root Michigan inmate Janika Edmond killed herself in 2015. (Photo: Michigan Department of Corrections). Featured Image [dropcap]How[/dropcap] much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] That’s what corrections officers wagered in response to a suicidal inmate, 25-year-old Janika Edmond, who […]
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The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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Dear Black Man: God Loves You! | My Muddy Walk With Christ
Carmen Byrd, My Muddy Walk With Christ [dropcap]During[/dropcap] a late-night conversation a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could do one thing for the black community what would it be. My response was I would wrap my arms around the world and give every person of color a hug. I […]
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Contemporary Artists Contextualize the Work of Black Panther Photographers | Hyperallergic
Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures highlights Bay Area artists and artist collectives whose work contextualizes the lasting impact of BPP ideology and activism, and the photographs of Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones.
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A French illustrator’s images of black women are controversial in Paris, but adored on Instagram | Quartz Africa
A meet-and-greet with illustrator Nicholle Kobi is titled A Parisian Instant, yet at home the French illustrator is overlooked. This, even as her work spreads from Instagram to communities of black women around the world, this week in Johannesburg. Kobi’s work has become something of a cultural phenomenon among women in the African diaspora. The […]
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On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines
Tambay Obenson writes that the film relegates Black people to “supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition.”
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Second Chance Pell Experiment Expands Education Behind Bars | Colorlines
The program provides need-based grants to people incarcerated in state and federal prisons so that they can take college courses.
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Black, Latino Two-Parent Families Have Half The Wealth Of White Single Parents | NPR
Adrian Florido, NPR A study by the think tank Demos finds that black and Latino families with two parents still own only half as much as wealth as white single parents. David McNew/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] racial wealth gap has been measured and studied for decades. One fact has remained the same: White families […]
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