The Week
TRUMP WANTS TO IGNORE AMERICA’S RACIST HISTORY. Does anybody really think that President Trump understands “critical race theory?” Do you believe he has read or contemplated “The 1619 Project?” Trump […]
Al Jazeera
‘RACIST’ SHAMPOO ADVERTISEMENT SPARKS PROTESTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Protesters have gathered outside several pharmacy chain stores in South Africa in reaction to a shampoo advertisement slammed by the critics as […]
WIRED
TIKTOK AND THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL BLACKFACE. It is May 19, an ordinary day during a global pandemic, and Brianna Blackmon is just waking up in her bedroom in Columbia, […]
MIT Technology Review
WHAT’S MISSING FROM CORPORATE STATEMENTS ON RACIAL INJUSTICE? THE REAL CAUSE OF RACISM. On August 31, Airbnb launched Project Lighthouse, an initiative meant to “uncover, measure, and overcome discrimination” on the […]
The Root
DELTA STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK PASSENGER AFTER SHE WAS HARASSED ON FLIGHT BY A BLUE LIVES KAREN. A Black woman harassed by a white passenger on her Delta flight […]
ELLE
KAMALA HARRIS SEES HBCU’S AS ‘FAMILY’. HOW DO THEY SEE HER? Sen. Kamala Harris announced her bid for president on Martin Luther King Day, the holiday honoring one the world’s […]
Associated Press
JACOB BLAKE SPEAKS PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE POLICE SHOOTING. Blake, who is Black, was shot in the back by a white police officer on Aug. 23 after walking […]
Architectural Digest
LEXUS CROWNS ITS FIRST-EVER AFRICAN WINNER FOR ITS PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL DESIGN AWARD. Kenyan design studio BellTower has been named Grand-Prix winner of the 2020 Lexus Design Award for its innovative clean-water collection […]
The Nation
BLACK LABOR LEADERS ARE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER. Labor Day 2020 comes at a time of unprecedented racial, political, and economic upheaval in the United States. The … actions […]
CNBC
BLOOMBERG PLEDGES $100 MILLION TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS AT 4 HBCUS. Businessman and former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg … announced that his charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies,has committed to giving $100 million to […]
Newsweek
MORE THAN 750 PROTESTERS ARRESTED IN PORTLAND SINCE PROTESTS BEGAN 100 YEARS AGO. Law enforcement officers have arrested more than 750 protesters in Portland, Oregon, since the near-nightly demonstrations began […]
Time
THE NEXT PANDEMIC STIMULUS MUST BE RACE-CONSCIOUS. As Congress struggles to agree on a new stimulus bill to support people during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s vital that we recognize what didn’t […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
RACE, HISTORY AND RIGHTEOUS ANGER ON VIEW IN SOLO SHOW. Atlanta-based artist Horace Imhotep in his exhibition “Lion, Tigers, Bears and a Draco” at The Gallery by Wish sometimes sacrifices […]
NPR
IN RURAL OREGON, THREATS AND BACKLASH FOLLOW RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS. Shortly after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, 28-year-old Josie Stanfield organized a Black Lives Matter protest in the Central Oregon […]
Black Enterprise
BEYONCÉ DONATES AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION TO SMALL BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES. Mega-superstar and philanthropist Beyonce has made an additional donation earmarked for Black-owned small businesses to the tune of $1 million […]
WVTM (Birmingham)
ROBBED AND RESTORED: THE ANTI-RACIST LITTLE LIBRARY IS INSPIRING A A NEIGHBORHOOD. Kristen Berthiaume created the Anti-Racist Little Library to educate her community. She and her family placed anti-racist books […]
