Artist Arthur Jafa Directed Kanye West’s Latest Music Video – ARTnews.com
Just two days after 13 art institutions around the world banded together to host a stream of his acclaimed video Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death, artist Arthur…
Posadism, UFOS, and Apocalypse Communism – ARTnews.com
In the 1960s, the Argentine Trotskyist known as J. Posadas led an idiosyncratic socialist movement that embraced science-fictional ideas about nuclear war, UFOs, and interspecies communication. After his death in…
How Dread Scott and John Akomfrah Reenacted A Slave Rebellion – ARTnews.com
One day this past fall, the usual hubbub of the New Orleans French Quarter was interrupted by the cries of hundreds of people of color, dressed in nineteenth-century clothing, who…
What Worked and What Didn’t – ARTnews.com
When the Met Breuer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annex for modern and contemporary exhibitions, opened in 2016—on sublease from the Whitney Museum—it was inaugurated with “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,”…
Best 45mm Rotary Cutters for Slicing Different Fabrics – ARTnews.com
Before the dawn of the rotary cutter, cutting multiple layers and shapes out of fabric was a taxing task. Fitted with a revolving blade, the slim handheld tool transformed the…
This Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis | ZORA. Medium
Wendi C. Thomas, the founder of MLK50, created her own newsroom where she and her team are creating change for their community By Mary Retta, ZORA. Medium Wendi C. Thomas,…
Couple crafts coffee house to ‘chill, catch up and recharge’
By Brianna A. Smith, TSD Memphis In an effort to move away from supporting problematic businesses while circulating the Black dollar, Ken and Mary Olds, a husband and wife duo,…
Relf Sisters’ Involuntary Sterilization Sparks Lawsuit, Reform in Alabama
By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On June 14, 1973, fourteen-year-old Minnie Lee Relf and her twelve-year-old mentally disabled sister, Mary Alice, were sterilized without their knowledge or consent…
Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States
By Lisa Ko, PBS Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a…
Representatives, Senators, Governors… Who Else Is On The November Ballot?
A few things you should know about who you’re voting for on Election Day. By Demetria Irwin, NEWSONE The 2020 presidential election has (rightfully) been the center of political coverage…