When public school students in Detroit return to their classrooms next week for the first day of the school year, the water fountains will be dry.
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The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult | The New York Times
A wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics puts the world in grave danger.
View MoreWhy LeBron James has carried us long enough The Guardian
The NBA superstar’s social heft is beyond dispute, but it shouldn’t be on him to fix the problems that vex our nation
View MoreBlack Women Are Dying During Childbirth. Sen. Kamala Harris Is Working to Change That. | Glamour
The U.S. is one of 13 countries in the world where maternal mortality rates are worse than they were two decades ago. And that alarming statistic hits one group of women the hardest.
View MoreDocumenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas | The New York Times
An African-American burial ground recently unearthed in Texas reveals details about an ugly chapter in the history of the American South.
View MoreThe Complicated Activism of Arthur Ashe | Politico
Fifty years after his U.S. Open win, the tennis player-turned-advocate offers a model for other athletes—and the rest of us, too.
View MoreAretha Franklin Died from Pancreatic Cancer: Here’s Why It’s So Deadly | Healthline
The Queen of Soul’s death is raising questions — and awareness — about a rare form of cancer.
View More‘America to Me’ shows why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria | The Undefeated
Integration is just the first step in closing the racial achievement gap
View More10-Year Old Violinist, Leah Flynn, Plays Tribute to Aretha Franklin on Her Violin | BlackNews
Her journey as a violinist extraordinaire is an inspirational story of tragedy turned triumph.
View MoreMonsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man’s cancer | The Guardian
Court finds in favor of Dewayne Johnson, first person to take Roundup maker to trial
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