The rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and flows, fluctuations that often times mirror larger societal changes.
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Why Republicans Finally Moved Against Steve King | The Atlantic
Elections have consequences, and the Iowa conservative’s sudden vulnerability back home gave House GOP leaders the permission they needed to act against his latest racist comments.
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A Simple Proposal to Revive the American Dream | The Atlantic
High school is free. Community college should be, too.
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How Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration | Colorlines
A new animated video from Color of Change anchors the group’s 100 Days of Justice campaign to hold reform-minded prosecutors accountable.
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Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case | The New York Times
The Jim Crow-era case attracted widespread attention in 1949. Shortly after the rape was reported, mobs of white residents set fire to homes and property belonging to black families in the Groveland area.
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LISTEN: Nina Simone’s Ode to ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ Children Still Matters | Colorlines
Meshell Ndegeocello and Somi discuss the enduring importance of Simone’s 1969 tribute to Black youth for NPR’s American Anthem series.
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How Kamala Harris, a Tweet and a Pink and Green ‘Screech’ Proves We Need More Black Journalists | The Root
Michael Harriot, The Root [dropcap]Just[/dropcap] below the reported Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; immediately after the quiet white kid in class wearing the trenchcoat who doodles swastikas in the margins of his Social Studies book; ranks the third-place winner of people you don’t want mad at you: Black women. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] So it is with […]
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Government Shutdown Hitting Blacks, People of Color the Hardest: CBC | The Washington Informer
The partial government shutdown reached a record 22nd day Saturday, and with hundreds of thousands of federal workers caught in the bureaucratic crossfire, it’s communities of color who are likely taking the hardest hit
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For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson | The New York Times
Kristine E. Guillaume will lead The Crimson’s “146th guard,” making her the third black president and first black woman to helm the organization since its founding in 1873.
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The War on Black Athletes | The Atlantic
Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.
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