culture
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Dallas Commissioners Mistakenly Back Reparations for Blacks
Here’s something you don’t see every day. On Tuesday the Dallas County Commissioners Court voted in favor of giving African Americans reparations for slavery—but didn’t quite mean to do so, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the news site, the resolution, written by the only black commissioner in the county, John Wiley Price, was…
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Dallas County and Parkland Hospital Executives Set Example in Push for a Living Wage
Brittany Florence, who cleans floors for a living at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, will earn a living wage for the very first time. “I can save money and move into my own place now,” Florence told ABC affiliate WFAA 8. Next month Florence, 25, will see her wage increase by $1.50 an hour, reports WFAA.…
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More Than 300 Deaths Now Reported in West Africa Related to the Ebola Virus
Approximately 337 people have succumbed to the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, the World Health Organization reports, according to the BBC. With about 14 deaths and 47 new outbreaks ripping through the area over the past week, the organization has listed Guinea as the worst affected area, with 264 related deaths, followed by Sierra Leone…
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Cancer Survivor Claims She Was Fired for Failing to ‘Tame’ Her Afro
Blue Ivy isn’t the only one facing backlash for her natural Afro. Tiffany Bryan, a former security guard at the Barclays Center indoor arena in Brooklyn, N.Y., is claiming that her employers, AEG Worldwide, constantly harassed her and ultimately fired her because she did not “tame” her natural locks, the New York Post reports. The 27-year-old…
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Study: Eviction Rates for Black Women on Par With Incarcerations for Black Men
A MacArthur Foundation “How Housing Matters” (pdf) study reveals that while black men face alarmingly high incarceration rates, black women are disproportionately evicted from their homes. According to the study, in any given year, approximately 16,000 adults and children are evicted in Milwaukee from approximately 6,000 housing units—that equates to 16 households evicted every day. These…
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Stowaway Calif. Teen Opens Up About Flight to Hawaii in Plane Wheel Well
The California teen who stowed away on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from San Jose to Maui is returning to his regular everyday routine but took some time to open up about his experience, KPIX 5 reports. “I took that plane because it was the closest one I could find that was going to go west,”…
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Actress Thandie Newton: ‘There’s This Ghettoization of Makeup Right Now’
British actress Thandie Newton isn’t impressed with the lack of representation of products geared for dark skin in beauty stores, and is calling the industry out on it. According to the Daily Mail, the 41-year-old British and American film star accused chains, such as Boots, of only stocking dark shades of makeup when a line…
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Steve Harvey: He Thinks Like a Mogul
In 2012 Steve Harvey took the stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and ended his 27-year career as a stand-up comic. You’d think since retiring from what brought him fame and fortune, he’d be sitting back and relaxing. But that hasn’t been the case. From his popular radio show to a TV talk show,…
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11 Dope Hip-Hop Lyrics That Give Props to Africa
Hip-hop has always served as a compass for showing the direction that urban culture has taken on a variety of issues—and Africa is no exception. Although, the Motherland has always been a tricky topic for U.S. audiences to embrace. Mainstream America was fed a steady diet of images featuring naked tribal men living alongside lions,…
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Before Putting Judges on the Bench, Make Them Prove They Have a Diverse Set of Friends
The findings of a new study released this week have captured headlines. According to two political scientists, having daughters has a profound influence on the attitudes of male judges, most notably those appointed by Republican presidents. In analyzing 2,500 votes by 224 federal judges, the study found that having at least one daughter increased the…