Dealbreaker
WELLS FARGO SEES EVEN FEWER QUALIFIED BLACK PEOPLE THAN IT SAW WOMEN QUALIFIED FOR HIS JOB. Affirmative inaction beneficiary Charlie Scharf doesn’t understand why he only wants to hire white […]
Pew Trusts
RACIAL JUSTICE PUSH CREATES MOMENTUM TO PROTECT BLACK-OWNED LAND. In May, three sisters in Chicago got a surprise phone call: They owned 35 acres in Mississippi with a stand of […]
Washington Post
‘RACE AND VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES’? A TOPIC FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE DRAWS CRITICISM. The topics for the first presidential debate focus on issues that have dominated the news […]
CNBC
CITI TO DEDICATE MORE THAN $1 BILLION TO INITIATIVE FOR CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP. Citi and the Citi Foundation announced Wednesday that they are investing more than $1 billion […]
GQ
THE RISE OF THE WOKEFLUENCER. A summer of protest has forced influencers, once so reliant on beautiful backdrops, to find new ways to post. The results are grim. Over the […]
CNN
KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ANNOUNCE GRAND JURY DECISION IN BRIONNA TAYLOR CASE. The long-awaited findings of a grand jury probe into the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor will be […]
NPR
UNCLE BEN’S CHANGING NAME TO BEN’S ORIGINAL AFTER CRITICISM OF RACIAL STEREOTYPING. Uncle Ben’s will now be known as Ben’s Original. Food giant Mars, Incorporated said Wednesday that it is changing the […]
Jezebel
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA JUNIOR ASKS GREEK ORGS TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, FRAT RESPONDS WITH RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT HER GENITALS. The putrid young gentleman of the University of Georgia’s fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha can’t […]
NPR
ROBERT GRAETZ, ONLY WHITE PASTOR TO BACK MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT, DIES AT 92. The Lutheran church did not have many ordained African American ministers in 1955, so when a call […]
American Prospect
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT. On the eve of the group’s 50th anniversary, the new progressives must push the group to be bolder about the problems facing […]
Arizona Republic
3 WOMEN SAY CHEESECAKE FACTORY MANAGER RACIALLY PROFILED THEM, ACCUSED THEM OF STEALING. Three Black women in the Valley will no longer eat at the Cheesecake Factory after they said a manager […]
Cornell Chronicle
‘SPORTING BLACKNESS’ EXAMINES RACE AND REPRESENTATION IN FILM. Sports films, as a genre, are under-appreciated by cinema scholars, according to Samantha Sheppard, … [an] Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies […]
The Marshall Project
RBG’s MIXED RECORD ON RACE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a revered feminist icon. Her legacy on issues such as prisoners’ rights, capital punishment, racial justice and tribal […]
The Atlantic
ANTEBELLUM ISN’T JUST BAD —IT’S VILE. To make a point about the evils of white supremacy, the film subjects its Black characters to unceasing brutality. Antebellum is the kind of film […]
Men’s Health
I BELIEVE GOOD FOOD IS A RIGHT. SO I’M TEACHING KIDS TO FARM. Brendan Parker is manager at Red Hook Farms in Brooklyn, where they grow greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, […]
W Magazine
THANDIE NEWTON: “MAEVE’S NUDITY WAS THE GREATEST FORM OF PROTEST”. It may come as a surprise, but Thandie Newton never knew much about the global superstar who is Michael Jordan before lockdown. […]
