Black Interior Designer Creates Beautiful Spaces in “Buying It Blind” on Bravo TV
Interior designer Michel Smith Boyd knows a thing or two about beauty. The star of Buying it Blind, set in Atlanta, on Bravo TV, is one of the top black…
Susan Hiller, Conjurer of Paranormal Activity Through Conceptual Art, Has Died at 78 -ARTnews
Susan Hiller. ©SUSAN HILLER/COURTESY THE ARITST/CARLA BOREL Susan Hiller, whose mysterious, discomfiting, and alluring works attempt to commune with supernatural beings and make visible invisible forces, has died at age…
Chicago Art Museums Close Due to ‘Extreme Weather’ -ARTnews
The Art Institute of Chicago. View of Michigan Avenue Entrance. COURTESY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO With weather reports for Chicago forecasting a low temperature of -21 degrees in a…
Other Objects’ at SculptureCenter, New York -ARTnews
Pictures at an Exhibition Rosa Sijben and David Bernstein, Something To Hold On To, 2018-19, Epoxy, different types of wood, glass, anodized aluminum, bronze, epoxy clay, self-drying clay, polyurethane,…
Stacey Abrams to Deliver Democratic Response to State of the Union • EBONY
Stacey Abrams will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress next week, NBC News reports. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said…
Mosby to Stop Prosecuting Marijuana Possession
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City State’s Attorney announced her office will no longer be prosecuting marijuana possession cases, Tuesday. “We need to get serious about…
“Big Sister” Barbara Lee’s Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress | AFRO
There’s a crew of new women in Congress who’ve become fast friends since the election. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have become instant progressive icons…
Whites maintain grip on leadership roles in Philly | The Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia government’s workforce is nearly half Black and overwhelmingly male, while white employees dominate leadership positions, the majority of which females hold. The Kenney administration released its 2018 Workforce Diversity…
A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit | Shoppe Black
Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at Eastern Michigan University in the mid-1970s when he started a food-buying club. “I wasn’t thinking of myself as a food…
Racial, Prison Gerrymandering Lawsuits to Make for a Busy Year of Legal Battles As Redistricting Nears | Atlanta Black Star
As the 2019 state legislative sessions get underway, a busy year of legal battles also is beginning over lingering allegations that hundreds of electoral districts across the country were illegally…