After Alabama business reneges on job offer, woman takes them to court and loses.
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She was the youngest speaker at the March for Our Lives. A year later, Naomi Wadler is still fighting gun violence. | The Lily
At the rally, the 11-year-old spoke about the black girls ‘whose stories don’t make the front page
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A San Francisco school where black studies start young | San Francisco Examiner
“I want my students to stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves,” said Gail Meadows, principal of the Meadows Livingstone School.
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Nipsey Hussle’s dreams were bigger than hip-hop | Los Angeles Times
Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Ermias Davidson Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle, December 2018 (Prince Williams/Wireimage), Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] banner of Nipsey Hussle is stretched across an exterior of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. It has been there for most of the year and is easy to spot if you’re cruising down the uneven stretch […]
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‘The Burial of Kojo’: Film Review | The Hollywood Reporter
A Ghanaian girl navigates a spirit realm to help her father in Blitz Bazawule’s feature debut.
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How Blackface Feeds White Supremacy | The New York Times
A racist caricature from 19th-century minstrel theater still haunts America.
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African-American women embrace historic moment of Chicago’s mayoral race | Chicago Tribune
Javonte Anderson, Chicago Tribune Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle take their seats before a televised debate at the NBC-Ch. 5 studios on March 7, 2019, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune). Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] new era in Chicago politics will be ushered in when an African-American woman is elected mayor for the […]
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Syracuse artist wins fellowship to attend Quilting by the Lake | Syracuse.com
Schweinfurth Art Center, Syracuse.com [dropcap]Like[/dropcap] many textile artists, Syracuse resident Ellen Blalock made her own clothes as a child. “I loved designer clothing and my parents could not afford to buy me clothes that match my taste, so with a few dollars I would design and make my own outfits,” she said. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] But […]
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‘If They Can Have Her, Why Can’t We?’: New Report Details How Police Rape, Torture Women Sex Workers in the Dominican Republic | The Root
Anne Branigin, The Root [dropcap]Sex[/dropcap] work is legal in the Dominican Republic. But despite this, sex workers are still vulnerable to abuse—particularly at the hands of local law enforcement, who know they can torture women who engage in sex work with impunity. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After all, who do you go to when you’re raped by […]
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A True Defense of Smiley and West | Black Agenda Report
Two men with track records of advocacy and activism were kicked to the curb in favor of a man with practically no history of Black advocacy.
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