MIT Technology Review
INSIDE THE INFORMATION WAR ON BLACK VOTERS. Black communities have been flooded with deceptive tactics aimed at depressing voter turnout. Organizers are fighting back. by Tate Ryan-Mosley October 20, 2020MS TECH […]
Playbill
VIRTUAL READING OFTHE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AKA THE NEGRO BOOK OF THE DEAD TO REUNITE OFF-BROADWAY CAST. BY DAN MEYER OCT 20, 2020 […]
Financial Times
DEREK FORDJOUR: PAINTING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. The rising artist’s exquisite abstract patterning explores realities of African-American life. By Jackie Wullschläger In a decade or five, which painting will recall how […]
Washington Post
THIS INTERRACIAL COUPLE GOT ENGAGED IN OBAMA’S AMERICA. THEN TRUMP TOOK OVER. David and Jessica Figari are navigating racial and political divides in their country — and in their family […]
FiveThirtyEight
TRUMP IS LOSING GROUND WITH WHITE VOTERS BUT GAINING AMONG BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS. By Geoffrey Skelley and Anna Wiederkehr Published Oct. 19, 2020 There’s a well-known truth in politics: No one group swings […]
Harpers Bazaar
THE CROWN ACT.. Natural hairstyles can be a celebration of self-expression. But for too long, they’ve also been a source of discrimination. A new law may change that. BY ASHLEY […]
The Hill
GOOGLE LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM WITH HBCUS TO HELP ADDRESS RACIAL EQUALITY. It is part of the software company’s larger pledge to racial equality. By Alexandra Kelley | Oct. 19, 2020 […]
Hollywood Reporter
CHANNING DUNGEY NAMED CHAIRMAN OF WARNER BROS. TV GROUP. The former Netflix exec will take over for Peter Roth as the head of the prolific studio. OCTOBER 19, 2020 Channing […]
New Yorker
HOW SAIDIYA HARTMAN RETELLS THE HISTORY OF BLACK LIFE. The scholar’s provocative writing illuminates stories that have long gone untold. By Alexis Okeowo October 19, 2020 On a clear night earlier this […]
NBC News
NOT ENOUGH OR DOUBLE THE PREJUDICE: ON BEING BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN IN 2020. 12 multiracial people discuss the messy, complicated conversations they’re having about identity in this political moment. […]
San Francisco Chronicle
CALIFORNIA’S CONFLICTED HISTORY ON SLAVERY IS CENTRAL TO REPARATIONS PUSH FOR BLACK PEOPLE. Dustin Gardiner Oct. 18, 2020 To understand the quest for reparations for African Americans in California, supporters say, […]
The Atlantic
THE RELENTLESSNESS OF BLACK GRIEF. We are in the middle of a Black bereavement crisis, and we do not have the privilege or time to grieve. Marissa Evans |Journalist The […]
TechCrunch
BLACK VC LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE TO BRING MORE BLACK ENTREPRENEURS INTO INVESTING ECOSYSTEM. Ron Miller October 13, 2020 It is no secret that Black founders face an uphill battle in […]
New York Times
Parenting While Black: Titus Kaphar’s Starkly Powerful Works A painter’s new show ventures away from the past, toward contemporary traumas in Black lives. By Roberta Smith Oct. 16, 2020 Titus Kaphar’s […]
Associated Press
RACIAL TENSIONS IN AMERICA’S ‘SUNDOWN TOWNS’. TIM SULLIVAN and NOREEN NASIR VIENNA, Ill. — Ask around this time-battered Midwestern town, with its empty storefronts, dusty antique shops and businesses that […]
St. Louis American
IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR FOR BLACK WINEMAKERS. By Chris King of The St. Louis American Oct 17, 2020 When thinking of wine, we tend to think of red wine […]
Brother With Attitude 