San Francisco Chronicle
MOVIE THEATERS ARE CLOSING. THAT’S A PROBLEM FOR BLACK YOUTH IN THE BAY AREA. When the late Chadwick Boseman appeared for the first time in a Marvel movie as the […]
ABC News
DIDDY CALLS FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO ‘OWN OUR POLITICS,’ LAUNCHES BLACK POLITICAL PARTY. By Deena Zaru October 16, 2020 Less than three weeks before the 2020 general election, rapper Diddy announced […]
Washington Post
CREDIT SCORES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RACE-NEUTRAL. THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE. Blacks must make extraordinary efforts to overcome the discrimination that is often hidden in financial policies or products that are supposed […]
NBC News
COUNTRY MUSIC’S RECKONING: BLACK WOMEN FORGE THEIR OWN PATH IN WHITEWASHED INDUSTRY. Women of color in country music are tired of being shut out of their own genre. By Olivia Roos […]
Washington Post
ICE CUBE ONCE RAPPED ABOUT ARRESTING TRUMP. NOW HE’S ADVISING THE PRESIDENT ON POLICY PLANS. By Teo Armus Oct. 15, 2020 The teaser video for “Arrest the President,” Ice Cube’s thumping 2018 rap […]
New York Times
MOTEL 6 AND HOME DEPOT DROP AD AGENCY AFTER ITS FOUNDER CALLS AD ‘TOO BLACK’. Stan Richards, the 87-year-old founder of the Richards Group, criticized the diversity of a proposed […]
Associated Press
BLACK MAN SERVING LIFE FOR STEALING HEDGE CLIPPERS PAROLED. A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the […]
National Geographic
THE FIGHT TO SAVE 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY IN GENTRIFYING LOS ANGELES. When a white media mogul bought a historic Black church, it was the ultimate sign of gentrification […]
Vanity Fair
HAWA HASSAN ON THE MATRIARCHS OF EAST AFRICAN CUISINE—AND THE MERITS OF BANANA WITH PIZZA. The Somalia native behind the condiment line Basbaas talks about her new cookbook and gives Vanity […]
Cosmopolitan
HOW STUDENTS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO EXPOSE RACISM. A series of Instagram accounts calling out racist behaviors at prestigious high schools and colleges began popping up in June. Let’s […]
The Nation
AMERICAN HISTORY IS GETTING WHITEWASHED, AGAIN. As demands for racial justice grow, Trump is pushing historical mythmaking into high gear. By Kali Holloway OCTOBER 2, 2020 People attending the South Carolina […]
New Republic
HOW THE MEDIA CAN MOUNT A WAR AGAINST VOTER SUPPRESSION. Horse race coverage means nothing if the race is rigged. FREDERIC J. BROWN/GETTY I get excited, a tiny blast of […]
New York Times
WHAT KAMALA HARRIS LEARNED ABOUT POWER AT HOWARD. As a college student, she wanted to have an impact. The answer she landed on — working inside institutions — set her […]
New York Times
MEGAN THREE STALLION: WHY I SPEAK UP FOR BLACK WOMEN. I’m not afraid of criticism, and “Protect Black women” should not be controversial. By Megan Thee Stallion In the weeks leading […]
CNN
KILLER MIKE’S NEW BLACK-OWNED BANK RECEIVES ‘TENS OF THOUSANDS’ OF ACCOUNT REQUESTS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. A new majority Black and Latinx-owned and operated digital bank hopes to make […]
Glossy
SHEAMOISTURE WANTS TO RECLAIM THE FEMALE BEAUTY NARRATIVE. On Monday, SheaMoisture launched a new ongoing omnichannel campaign called It Comes Naturally, which seeks to celebrate Black culture and heritage. It […]
Brother With Attitude 