Andrew Haslimflipped into Interesting ThingsCulture The Tragic Story of America’s First Black Music Starsmithsonianmag.com - Ted Gioia During a tour of Georgia some 40 years ago, jazz star Dizzy Gillespie made an unexpected stop at a grave marker by the side of the road on the site …
VoxDemocrats Impeachment is too important to leave to Congress — it’s going to take mass mobilizationVoxWatergate is the ur-text for how Americans imagine the defeat of a sitting president, but it shouldn’t be how to think about the impeachment of Donald Trump. Watergate was a formative political experience
ForbesBasic Income Universal Basic Income Comes To California With $500 Monthly UpgradeForbes - Kori HaleIn the last several years, there has been a real concerted effort to bring Universal Basic Income (UBI) to the forefront and Stockton, CA has taken the plunge. This is a city with a 14% African American
HuffPostKirstjen Nielsen Filmmaker Pulls Out Of Women's Conference Because Kirstjen Nielsen Will Be SpeakingHuffPost - Amanda TerkelFortune's Most Powerful Women Summit "should not be giving Kirstjen Nielsen a platform to rehabilitate her image," says dream hampton. Award-winning filmmaker, author and activist dream hampton is pulling
Los Angeles TimesAfrican-American Culture Opinion: The pernicious myth of a Caucasian raceLos Angeles Times - Joel DinersteinIn the vocabulary of ethnicity, some designations are obvious. African Americans are of African descent; Latinos have Latin American roots. But what about Caucasians? If a Native American told a Caucasian
Black Enterpriseflipped into Black EnterpriseNike Nike Acquires TraceMe Startup Founded by Russell Wilsonblackenterprise.com - Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton Sports and technology merge once more. Nike has picked up Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s company, according to Yahoo. Wilson …
The Washington PostFacebook The problems with Zuckerberg’s MLK and Frederick Douglass analogyThe Washington PostDuring a lecture at Georgetown University Thursday, Zuckerberg talked about the importance of giving individuals the opportunity to be heard. Here’s what he said: Giving people a voice and broader inclusion
African-American Culture Kurdish refugee left gasping and numb at situation in Syriastlamerican.com - Shawket Barwary For The St. Louis American It is dead near impossible for me to understand what has recently transpired in Syria. I've been fixated on my television screen as I watch horrors …
Deadlineflipped into TV NewsWatchmen ‘Watchmen’ Review: HBO Series Proves More Than Just Alan Moore Know The ScoreDeadline - Dominic Patten Except for an out of focus poster in a Tulsa school room, the Oscar winner is never seen on-screen in HBO’s Watchmen. However, Redford’s multi-term …
Rolling Stoneflipped into Politics NewsElijah Cummings Elijah Cummings Was Not DoneRolling Stone - Jamil Smith Even with the deaths of our elders today and the 400th anniversary of chattel slavery, we are often reminded that this terrible American past is …
Essenceflipped into Latest NewsMisty Copeland Misty Copeland Talks About What It Takes To Be One Of The Most Badass Ballerina In The WorldEssence - Shantel Holder Conforming to European standards of beauty has mentally inhibited Black women for centuries. Whether it was television, magazines, or billboards, the …
SYFY WIREflipped into SYFY WIREWatchmen HBO's Watchmen grapples with racism and police brutality in powerful, imperfect waysSYFY WIRE - James Grebey HBO's upcoming Watchmen series was always going to be controversial, by virtue of its sheer existence. But, ahead of the premiere, the show is …
L Blakeflipped into RaceFood Meet the first black woman to own a brewery in the USInsider - Justin Gmoser Narrator: This may seem like your regular glass of cold beer, but it was brewed by this woman: Celeste Beatty, the first African American woman to …
The Washington PostAfrican-American Culture The son of a former slave became a groundbreaking architect. This crumbling building is about to come down.The Washington PostSeventy years after his death, Cooke’s work is fading. Historians say part of the problem is that few know who Cooke was in the first place. “Cooke’s legacy is not in danger, because some of his buildings
Texas Public Radioflipped into Texas Public RadioIcon version of the Flipboard logoWomen's News 'Past Their Prime' At 20? Book Chronicles Attitudes Toward Female Aging In Americatpr.org - Heller McAlpin Gail Collins warns us upfront in her robust social history of America's changing attitudes toward women past the first blush of youth that "This is …
Automation African American workers could be badly hit by automation – is there a solution?weforum.org - Allana Akhtar Automation and AI are coming for jobs — and African American workers are particularly at risk. African American workers will have higher rates of job …
Fox Newsflipped into PoliticsPolitics Buttigieg, Klobuchar get big post-debate boostFox News - Chris Stirewalt**Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here.** On the roster: Buttigieg, Klobuchar get big post-debate boost - Mulvaney increases White House misery index - Dems build cash castellation
The Washington PostAfrican-American Culture When RFK Stadium goes, so should its memorial to a former ownerThe Washington PostWashingtonians should know this monument honors a man who exploited racial divisions to build one of the National Football League’s more prosperous franchises. And he obdurately stood in the way of necessary
African-American Culture Trump is in a tailspin -- and dragging the country down with himstlamerican.com - Eugene Robinson The most powerful office in the world is occupied -- and being abused -- by a man who is entirely unfit and is spinning dangerously out of control. …
San Francisco, CA Sam Jordan's Bar and Grill to close after 60 years in San Franciscoabc7news.com SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's almost time for last call at Sam Jordan's Bar and Grill in the Bayview. Sam's is the oldest African-American owned bar in …
Devon Morganflipped into My Earthly Collection. Please Enjoy!Washington D.C. “Sinister House, An African American Horror Story” coming to 14th and U St, NWpopville.com - Prince Of Petworth From an email:“On Thursday, October 24th, The Wave USA will unveil their “Sinister House, An African American Horror Story”, an interactive …
Calvin T. Adams |||flipped into ThyBlackMan - ThySistasAfrican-American Culture Wahl Edge Pro Trimmer is a Great Addition.thyblackman.com - Staff (ThyBlackMan.com) I am a guy that values simplicity, and this applies to my personal grooming. I want a product that is efficient, ergonomic, has …
CityLabflipped into All StoriesHousing Will Presidential Candidates’ Plans to Address Redlining Work?CityLab - Brentin MockHousing plans by Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg intend redress for racist redlining housing practices, but who will actually benefit? Several issues have gone missing so far on the
Futurity Newsflipped into CultureCulture Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts still face huge hurdlesfuturity.org - James Devitt-NYU Despite the promise that the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts once held for American equality, signs of struggle and even regression around rights …
College & University Racial Inequality, at College and in the Workplacerealcleareducation.com - Elin Johnson A new study released by Georgetown University in part refutes the notion that African American and Latinx minorities can improve their socioeconomic …
Black Power How To Spend 48-Hours In Black Owned Oaklandtravelnoire.com - DeAnna Taylor Oakland is one of several cities that make up California’s Bay Area. It is filled with so much charm and history. While gentrification is beginning …
artnetflipped into artnet NewsMuseums How MoMA’s New Permanent Collection Galleries Revamp the Staid History of Modern Artartnet.com - Melissa Smith Curators at the venerated institution are hoping to reshape the canon. Had the Museum of Modern Art done 20 years ago what it’s doing now, the artist …
Catholicism A Nation That Can’t Forgive is Doomedcrisismagazine.com - Casey Chalk On October 2, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of murdering Botham Jean in his own home. Guyger claims she entered Jean’s …
College & UniversityHidden History: The first African American graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law posthumously admitted to thelocalsyr.com - www.localsyr.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — On Friday, October 18, 2019, law dignitaries, community members and the family of William Herbert Johnson packed the …
NBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesCookbooks 10 best new cookbooks for fall 2019NBC News - By Nicole SpectorThese hotly anticipated new cookbooks will inspire you to be a better cook — whether you have a few minutes on a weeknight or a few hours on Sunday afternoon. Cookbooks may not be what immediately comes
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