Photographer and writer Chris Arnade spent a week in one of the most segregated neighborhoods in Milwaukee, where 23-year-old Sylville Smith was shot by the police last August. Residents had a lot to say.
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To Be a Guerrilla, and a Woman, in Colombia
The country’s historic peace deal means thousands of female fighters are giving up their weapons. But what happens then?
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Report: African Americans Have Been ‘Locked Out’ of Home Ownership
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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Children with Incarcerated Parents often Suffer In Silence
Kayla Bowyer was 3 months old when her mother went to jail. Her 45-year-old grandmother took care of her, and Bowyer lived with “Grams” until she was 18.
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