An essay published by a relatively obscure Christian blog was removed from the site Wednesday, but not before it was shared more than 79,000 times and inspired a barrage of scathing tweets and comments.
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Andrea Lewis, Former Degrassi Star, Announces Women’s #EmpowermentWknd
Black women will gather in Los Angeles to promote sisterhood, self-love, networking and more.
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Now That the Games Are Over, the Real Olympic Drama Begins in Rio
The Olympics are over, but they have set the stage for a wider social conflict over the future of the city.
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This Week at the Black Harvest Film Festival
The Gene Siskel Film Center’s 22nd Annual Black Harvest Film Festival celebrates the best in contemporary independent filmmaking exploring the stories, images, heritage, and history of the black experience in the U.S. and around the world.
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Meet the Badass Chef & Pop-Up Restaurateur Changing South Africa’s Food Game
Imagine a dhal curry, but cooked in coconut and creamy sweet potato. Or a mild lamb vindaloo served with beetroot and pomegranate biriyani. It’s authentic Indian cuisine but with an added flourish.
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‘Sometimes when I’m alone with my baby, I think about killing him. He reminds me of the man who raped me.’
Members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic allegedly turned to sexual predation, betraying their duty to protect.
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Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation
Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes.
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EJI Announces Plans to Build a Museum and National Lynching Memorial
The Equal Justice Initiative plans to build a national memorial to victims of lynching and open a museum that explores African American history from enslavement to mass incarceration. Both the museum and memorial will open in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2017.
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A C-SPAN caller asked a black guest how to stop being prejudiced. Here’s how she responded.
While a guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 18, a caller told public-policy organizer Heather McGhee he was a prejudiced white man, but he wanted to know what he could do about it. This is what she said. (C-SPAN)
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Discover The Unexpected (DTU) Coverage: Enhancing Black Owned Print and Digital Press In the Age of Social Media
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes the career development success of the Discover the Unexpected (DTU) NNPA Journalism Fellowship program that has just completed its first term of providing undergraduate students at the Howard University School of Communication the unique apprentice opportunity to work at NNPA member newspapers in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and Detroit.
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