Joe Biden Tries To Make Amends Over Anita Hill, With Mixed Results
NEW YORK ― Anita Hill wasn’t at the Russian Tea Room in New York City where Joe Biden spoke Tuesday night, but her presence still loomed large. During a speech…
Driver from Charlottesville white nationalist rally convicted
James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio poses for a mugshot a (Photo by Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via Getty Images); The silver Dodge Charger driven by James Alex Fields Jr.…
We’re Gay, And It’s OK: On The Matter-Of-Fact Sexuality In 2018’s Movies
It takes half an hour for anything gay to happen in “The Favourite.” Then, with one unexpected kiss, it goes from a farce about Queen Anne’s court to a lesbian…
Black Maryland attorney files complaint after being detained by sheriff
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) The lawyers of Black Maryland legal aid attorney, Rashad James, have filed a complaint against the Harford County Sheriff’s…
Taco Bell And Weed Smoke Inspired Harmony Korine’s Surprisingly Sweet ‘The Beach Bum’
Harmony Korine’s films about misfits, lowlives and party animals might make him seem a bit hard-edged. But in person, the 46-year-old director is all smiles, a receptive listener game to…
Award-winning Filmmaker Tells the Stories of Black Businesses Through a Historic Lens | Black Enterprise
Oftentimes, when mainstream business success stories are told, the African American experience is overlooked despite the fact that black folks have been building businesses—as well institutions and communities—for decades in…
The danger of denying black Americans political rights | The Washington Post
Today, the Second Amendment has become synonymous with the NRA and white men. But that image ignores the fact that many black men and women also are adamant gun owners.…
Kamala Harris’s First Campaign Policy: A Raise for Teachers | The New York Times
Senator Kamala Harris of California announced a plan Tuesday to heavily invest federal money into teacher pay, the first policy rollout of her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.…
A Virginia city’s first black, female police chief resigned, saying she encountered racism ‘so inflammatory’ that she feared describing it publicly ‘out of concern for public safety’ | Insider
The first black woman to become police chief of a Virginia city said Monday she was forced to sign her own resignation letter “under duress” after encountering backlash from members…
A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View |Smithsonian Mag.com
The power exuded by a previously unknown portrait of Harriet Tubman is tangible. The escaped slave, who repeatedly returned to the South risking her life to bring hundreds of enslaved…