Mary Keitany of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took home the top prizes at this year’s New York City Marathon. In a highly contested field, Keitany beat out the women with a time of 2:22:48. USA Today reports this the runner’s fourth win in five years. […]
Screaming, Crying, and the confused fearful chatter of distraught children separated from their parents has been played more than once for the American public in the past few weeks. Why? You ask. Because as the title says, America hasn’t changed. We are built on a […]
It was in my initial viewing of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” nearly a decade ago, that I first heard the slur ‘moolie’ (short for ‘mulignan,’ meaning eggplant in Silcilian)–not to be confused with Lee’s character in the film, Mookie— spewed for the first […]
The fear of driving while black is one that is ever-present, regardless of how often it happens. That fear was heightened for a group of black Houston residents, on May 19, when a white Houston police officer ordered one of the women to “put your […]
While it may be tempting to go through life taking the path of least resistance and passing as white, two mixed-race people are detailing their stories of fully embracing their Black parentage. Author/screenwriter David Matthews said he identifies as a Black man and has wished […]
A new study from researchers at the United States Census Bureau, Stanford University andHarvard University makes plain what many already know: There are structural forces that prevent upward economic mobility—and stability—for Black men living in the United States. “Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective” parses longitudinal data, […]