African Americans
“Girls Trip”: A showcase of unapologetic Black womanhood in film
July 17, 2017Movies such as Girls Trip challenge the confines of the ways women are allowed to be funny—especially Black women.
Read moreCan Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba succeed in Jackson, Miss.?
July 10, 2017Born of a radical father of the same name, the younger Lumumba must know the pitfalls that await him.
Read moreAesthetics meets politics in Josephine Baker tribute
June 23, 2017Daryl Brooks continues the Black Ensemble Theater's tradition of exploring the way that music and artists have given consciousness to the experience of racial oppression.
Read moreHonor Juneteenth by closing the racial economic divide
June 19, 2017Even over 150 years after slavery, black families still lag centuries behind whites in household wealth.
Read moreAlt-Right targets women in attack on free speech
June 12, 2017A leading organizer and scholar on Black politics and racial inequality, Taylor is the author of the critically acclaimed book "#BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation."
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