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“Big Sister” Barbara Lee’s Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress | AFRO

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

“There’s always solidarity. But I think this year is unique because you have so many women of color, and women from diverse backgrounds, and women who have broken so many glass ceilings.”

Kalief Browder’s Suicide Brought Changes to Rikers. Now It Has Led to a $3 Million Settlement. | The New York Times

January 25, 2019January 27, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

New York City has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Kalief Browder, the young Bronx man whose detention on Rikers Island became a symbol of the breakdown in criminal justice in New York and fueled the drive to ban solitary confinement for youths in the city’s jails.

Joséphine Baker’s Life Reimagined at the Metropolitan Museum | Hyperallergic

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019African American Theater, KINDR'D ...

Julia Bullock, soprano, plays the singer and activist Joséphine Baker in a chilling performance in the museum’s Great Hall.

The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic

January 25, 2019March 23, 2019African American Economics, African American Wealth ...

With black votes in the balance in the Democratic primary, would-be candidates are already developing aggressive policies to target inequality.

Audra McDonald Heading Back to Broadway to Star in Romance | Atlanta Black Star

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress — but not in “Waitress.”

Four Black Political Pioneers Pen Book of Their Lives | AFRO

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” (St. Martin’s Press) tracks the stories of Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore, (With Veronica Chambers) in a book that is part memoir, an ode to friendship and an insider’s tome to the political landscape over the last few decades.