culture
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15 Urban Farms and Activists That Are Changing the Way We Eat
Martin Johnson writes about music for the Wall Street Journal, basketball for Slate and beer for Eater, and he blogs at both the Joy of Cheese and Rotations. Follow him on Twitter.
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Sister Suffragette: ‘Slave’ T-Shirts Highlight White Feminism’s Race Problem
I wasn’t going to write about the white women wearing their white T-shirts to promote the white film about white feminism, but my black feminism wouldn’t allow me to ignore it. Meryl Streep stars as British suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in the film Suffragette, which is set to premiere in the United States later this…
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My Boyfriend Asked Me to Move in, but Now He Says He Needs More Space. Is This the End?
Four months ago, my boyfriend asked me to move in. He even went and purchased furniture for my own personal glam room. Yesterday he said he “needed space” and we spend too much time together. We both work from home. I never moved completely in, but I feel hurt that he said he needed space.…
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50 Years Later, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Still a Must-Read
“You know that devil’s not going to print that!” That is what Malcolm X, a minister in the Nation of Islam, said to a freelance writer named Alex Haley in 1963 as they sat in a Nation of Islam restaurant in Harlem. Haley and Malcolm spent a large part of several days in that restaurant,…
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Why Men and Women Don’t Speak the Same Language About Money
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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The Life of Grace Lee Boggs, a Leader in the Black Power Movement
Grace Lee Boggs, who died Monday at the age of 100, knew every major black leader and luminary worth knowing from the 1930s to the 1960s, and a little beyond. Here’s some proof: She and her husband, fellow activist Jimmie Boggs, assisted Malcolm X and saw him whenever he was in Detroit during the short…
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Cosmo Was Right: Why the Kardashians Are America’s First Family
“Because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.” Of course, this is the iconic line from Commissioner Gordon at the end of The Dark Knight, as the Batman raced away on the Bat Bike, running from the police and also probably trying to catch the Wendy’s drive-thru before it…
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Get Stopped by the Police? There’s an App for That
They were tragedies caught on video. Almost a year ago, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, was shot and killed by Cleveland police officers within two seconds of the officers arriving on the scene; in April of this year, Freddie Gray died from an injury suffered while in police custody in Baltimore; in the same month, Walter L.…
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9 Foods That Help Fight Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an observance that is particularly significant for African-American women, who have a lower risk than white women of getting breast cancer but a higher risk of dying from it. While many causes of cancer are environmental—what we inhale voluntarily (e.g., tobacco smoke) and involuntarily (hazardous chemicals), and even excessive…
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ColorOfChange.org Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Notables from the worlds of entertainment, media, politics and social justice came together at New York City’s Gotham Hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ColorOfChange.org, the social-justice organization. Co-founders Van Jones and James Rucker greeted Selma director Ava DuVernay; Mara Brock Akil, creator of Being Mary Jane; Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards; musician Questlove;…