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By Timothy Bella, The Washington Post On the long walks to and from school, Arshay Cooper thought God existed everywhere except the West Side of Chicago. So Cooper wasn’t going…
“This is a complete step back in the wrong direction,” the artist said. By Wilson Wong, NBC News A recent installment of long-running syndicated comic strip “Six Chix” tackling anti-mask…
By Tim Elfrink, The Washington Post As three former presidents gathered in Atlanta last week to offer stirring tributes to John Lewis, President Trump was absent. In an interview that…
By William Spivey, Medium Most of what you’ve learned about slavery is wrong; some wishful thinking, some outright lies. The nation’s history books have conspired to create a myth that…
By EJI Staff, EJI On August 4, 1964, following several weeks of national news coverage and an intensive search by federal authorities, the bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner,…
Don’t attach strings, champion representation, and other best practices for social change giving. By Elizabeth J. Dale, Fast Company The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has announced that she’s disbursed…
By Bruce Haring, Deadline Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Gayle King and Brad Pitt will co-host a one-hour primetime special honoring the late civil rights leader John Lewis. John Lewis: Celebrating…
By Jonathan Forani, CTV News TORONTO — A pregnant teen escaping captivity in a wintry Quebec. A young woman forced to pose nude for a painter in Montreal. The son…
Said artist Grace Lynne Haynes: Truth was “one of the first Black women to win a case against a white man.” By N. Jamiyla Chisholm, Colorlines Visual artist Grace Lynne…
By Shahla Farzan Of St. Louis Public Radio, The St. Louis American (St. Louis Public Radio) — Patricia Dees is losing patience. Over the past two years, Dees and her…