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 Most Americans do not believe that the government bears the main burden of taking care of the poor. Asked who has the “greatest responsibility for helping the poor,” just over one-third said that the government does. That figure has not budged in three decades. African American Commuities, African American Economics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 22, 2017 Quest review – black lives in the age of Obama | Quest The power of a documentary tracing the fortunes of an African American family over eight years is all in the tender details African American Cinema, African American Film, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 22, 2017 Review: In ‘Crown Heights,’ Justice Delayed and Denied | The New York Times ... “Crown Heights” nonetheless makes a powerful argument that Colin’s imprisonment was hardly an anomaly. 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 Home is where the heart is, but it is also where the health is. Last week, researchers at Princeton released a study that found that poor Black neighborhoods produce children (whether Black or not) with a higher risk of asthma than children in other neighborhoods. The study findings prove, yet again, that racism in housing markets has a negative effect on African-American health. African American Health, African American History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
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 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
