August 22, 2017 How do Americans view poverty? Many blue-collar whites, key to Trump, criticize poor people as lazy and content to stay on welfare | Los Angeles TImes African American Commuities, African American Economics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 22, 2017 Quest review – black lives in the age of Obama | Quest African American Cinema, African American Film, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 22, 2017 Review: In ‘Crown Heights,’ Justice Delayed and Denied | The New York Times Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 22, 2017 Racial Segregation and How It Impacts the Health of Poor Americans | Atlanta Black Star African American Health, African American History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
June 6, 2016March 30, 2017 African-American Women Now Top the List of Most-Educated Group in the Country A new study finds that African-American women achieve the highest outcomes of any demographic by race and gender. Art, Community, Culture, Education
May 11, 2016March 30, 2017 A First Look Inside the Smithsonian’s African American Museum: Stunning Views, Grand Scale A dream for 100 years, the National Museum of African American History and Culture promises to become an instant favorite when it opens Sept. 24, its soaring spaces and magical views of the Mall a fitting setting for its tale of African American history and achievement. Art, Culture, Washington | Baltimore
August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Detroit and Filmmaker Janicza Bravo | Slate The director talks about her “weird” new movie Lemon, directing Atlanta’s “Juneteenth” episode, and challenging what it means to be a black female filmmaker. African American Cinema, African American Culture, African American Film, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Start-Up Answers the Call to Bring High-End Designers from the African Diaspora to the Masses | Atlanta Black Star You would be hard-pressed to find a luxury designer brand like Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren or Calvin Klein that caters to the African diasporic experience. Africa Fashion, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Sierra Leone Mudslides Unlikely to Leave Survivors, Rescuers Say | The New York Times DAKAR, Senegal — Rescuers in Sierra Leone’s capital said on Friday that it was unlikely any of the hundreds of people buried in mudslides this week were still alive, after torrential rains that hit the country’s capital left more than 400 people dead. Africa, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Sierra Leone
August 20, 2017August 20, 2017 Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle – The New York Times “You know the definition of a Southern moderate? That’s a cat that’ll lynch you from a low tree.” African American Commuities, African American Families, African American History, Black History, Civil Rights, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 The Oldest African-American City In America Is Celebrating Its 130th Birthday | Okayplayer Eatonville, which received its charter from the state of Florida in August 1887, was built as a self-governing all-black town for black people living in central Florida at the time. African American History, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 18, 2017August 20, 2017 Kara Walker’s Next Act | Vulture After the success of her sugar sphinx, the artist is a whole different kind of public figure — and figuring out a whole new approach to public art. African American Art, Black Love, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 Over One Million South Sudanese Flee From Violence to Uganda | The New York Times GENEVA — A daily exodus of villagers fleeing armed conflict, hunger and sexual violence in South Sudan has pushed the number of refugees sheltering in Uganda to over one million, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday, urging international action to deal with what it called one of Africa’s biggest humanitarian crises. Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
August 18, 2017August 20, 2017 International Film Festival Explores African Diaspora | Afro More than a dozen independent movies about people with African roots are scheduled to take center stage in Washington D.C. over the weekend at the African Diaspora International Film Festival. African American Entertainment, African American Film, African Cinema, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 A Film Documents the Rastafarian Fight for Reparations for Slavery | Hyperallergic Screening August 18 at JACK, The Price of Memory follows a group of Jamaican Rastafarians as they petition the British Crown for reparations. African History, Jamaica, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 LeVar Burton Is Being Sued by a Public Broadcasting Station Over Reading Rainbow | The Root In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have a Damn Thing, Not Even if We Played a Major Role in Building It From the Ground Up, actor LeVar Burton is being personally sued by a Buffalo, N.Y., public broadcasting station that wants to stop him from using a Reading Rainbow catchphrase on his new podcast. African American Art, African American Education, African American Entrepreneurs, African American News, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
