R&B Star James Ingram Dies at 66 | HuffPost
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – James Ingram, one of the biggest stars in R&B music in the 1980s and ’90s, and a double Grammy winner and two-time Oscar nominee, has died…
Georgia’s Stacey Abrams to Deliver State of the Union Response for Democrats | The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Stacey Abrams, a rising political star from Georgia who narrowly lost a race for governor there last year, will deliver the Democrats’ official response to President Trump’s State…
“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…
Forced to work, and unable to strike: US federal workers need solidarity | The Guardian
The longtime anti-tax activist and prominent Trump supporter Grover Norquist once said: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can…
The Foolish Quest to Be the Next Barack Obama | Politico
Kamala Harris was dubbed the “Female Obama” even before she announced she was going to “pull off an Obama-sized feat in 2020,” as McClatchy put it when the California senator…
How the 1% profit off of racial economic inequality | The Guardian
An economy that’s rigged to benefit the richest 1% has left most of America behind. While wages for workers have remained flat for decades, expenses for healthcare, housing, and most…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Chiwetel Ejiofor’s charming directorial debut | The Guardian
Last year, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Netflix headed to Sundance with Come Sunday, a dramatisation of the life of “heretic” pastor Carlton Pearson that, despite the provocative source material, fizzled out…