On January 6, our nation experienced a brazen and violent attack on our democracy by domestic terrorists intent on overturning a fair and legal election. In the aftermath, many have said that “this is not America.” When in fact the rallying cries used by these insurrectionists were […]
Few words are more heart-wrenching to hear from your child than “I wish I didn’t look the way I do” or “I wish I wasn’t my race.” Those words can spring from a variety of painful experiences: A taunting on the playground for having “different” […]
The rapper appeared on Ryan Cameron’s uncensored radio show In a radio show interview, Ice Cube announced plans to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss his “Contract with Black America.” Launched last summer, Ice Cube penned “The Contract with Black America” for The Hill, an article focusing on the “root causes […]
Michael Goldhaber is the internet prophet you’ve never heard of. Here’s a short list of things he saw coming: the complete dominance of the internet, increased shamelessness in politics, terrorists co-opting social media, the rise of reality television, personal websites, oversharing, personal essay, fandoms and […]
“This Is the Black Renaissance,” the headline above Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s byline for Time magazine proclaims, at once a manifesto and mantra encapsulating what he (and others) recognize as “the third great cultural revival of Black Americans.” Like the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movement […]
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