Miami Herald
‘IT WAS THE TIPPING POINT.’ HOW A BLACK ARTIST’S ACT OF PROTEST CHALLENGED MUSEUM CULTURE. To the late songstress and civil rights activist Nina Simone, the role of an artist […]
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NBC News
CITY OF LOUISVILLE REACHES $12 MILLION SETTLE,MENT WITH BREONNA TAYLOR’S FAMILY. Mayor Greg Fischer announced the terms of the settlement at a news conference Tuesday afternoon with Taylor’s family and […]
CNN
19 FAMILIES BUY NEARLY 97 ACRES OF LAND IN GEORGE TO CREATE A CITY SAFE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. “Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys […]
Entertainment Weekly
JEREMY TARDY EXITS DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ACCUSES STUDIO OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. Actor Jeremy Tardy will not return to Dear White People for its upcoming fourth and final season, citing his experience with studio […]
Fortune
AMERICA’S BLACK BRAIN DRAIN: WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS ARE MOVING ABROAD — AND STAYING THERE. It was 2013, and Najoh Tita-Reid, then an executive at pharmaceutical giant Merck, was in the midst […]
Associated Press
BLACK SCIENTISTS CALL OUT RACISM IN THE FIELD AND COUNTER IT. University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities. […]
Washington Post
WHY NFL OWNERS ARE SUPPORTING BLACK PLAYERS’ PROTESTS — fOR NOW. NFL team owners say they’re supporting players’ freedom to protest. That’s a turnabout from 2017, when President Trump criticized league players for kneeling […]
The Root
ONE OFFICER FIRED AFTER VIDEO SHOWS COPS FROM CLAYTON COUNTY BRUTALIZING A BLACK RIDE-SHARING PASSENGER WHO REPORTEDLY WOULDN’T SHOW ID. After videos posted to social media on Saturday showed two […]
Governing
THE DROWNED-OUT VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. Several months ago, it seemed as if we were nearing a period of national reckoning on race. Polling showed that a majority of Americans, […]
The New Yorker
THE LAYERED DECEPTIONS OF JESSICA KRUG, THE BLACK STUDIES PROFESSOR WHO HID THAT SHE IS WHITE. At the end of August, a famous white celebrity appeared on Instagram wearing a […]
Harper’s
A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL. Having a black child in America has always been an act of faith. In the antebellum South, one in every two children born to an enslaved […]
CNN
THE NFL’S RACIAL JUSTICE EFFORTS FALL FAR SHORT. The National Football League’s efforts to recognize the enormity of this generational opportunity for racial justice, punctuated by a massive “We Believe […]
Gallup
SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR RACIAL INEQUITIES. We have an ever-growing database of research documenting the inequities between White and Black Americans on a wide variety of outcomes, including the extensive analyses […]
National Geographic
STEPS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, MURALS CALLING FOR JUSTICE TAKE THE PLACE OF STAINED GLASS. Before the pandemic, 18-year-old Senia Cade had always thought of herself as “some kid who […]
New York Times
HOW THREE ARTISTS ARE EXPLORING MYTHOLOGY AND RACE. In re-examining historical narratives and classical stories, these artists are creating images that speak on multiple levels to the experiences of being […]
Time
93% OF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS HAVE BEEN PEACFUL, NEW REPORT FINDS. … The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) analyzed more than 7,750 Black Lives Matter demonstrations […]
Brother With Attitude 