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Thriving Black Businesses Are Reclaiming Their Time in Rural Mississippi
Black owned businesses are thriving in rural Mississippi towns thanks to the help of one local nonprofit.
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Ahmaud Arbery Mural in Georgia Is a Place to Advocate for Justice and Connect to History
Marvin Weeks created the mural of Arbery in hopes that the area will become a center for discussion of racial equality.
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Melissa Harris-Perry Makes It Official as Host of Public Radio Weekday News Show The Takeaway
The journalist, academic and political pundit has accepted a permanent role as host and managing editor of the nationally-syndicated weekday news program.
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D.C. Police Release Bodycam Video From Fatal Shooting of Antwan Gilmore
27-year-old Gilmore was asleep at an intersection when the police were called last Wednesday morning.
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Fox Reaches $10 Million Discrimination Settlement
Kelly Wright, Sole Black Male Anchor, Agrees to Leave Literary Lion Tom Wolfe Had His Critics on Race Amazon Adopts ‘Rooney Rule’ for Board Vacancies Watchdog Group Wants Probe of Gaza ‘War Crimes’ Senate Votes to Hold Line on Net Neutrality ESPN, Netflix Plan 10-Parter on Jordan, Bulls Tegna Foundation Awards 9 Grants for Diversity…
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Too Good to Be True? New Report Raises Concerns About DC High School Where Every Graduating Student Was Accepted to College
Last June was a triumphant moment for Frank W. Ballou Senior High School, a predominantly black school located in Southeast Washington, D.C. After years of dismal student test scores and graduation rates, Ballou made headlines that could make the school and its students proud: Their entire senior class had been accepted to college. It was…
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Are There Too Many African Americans in TV Ads?
Paper Runs Letter Claiming Blacks Are Nearly 50%. . . ‘The Best We Can Do Is Watch for Red Flags’ New America Media Closing After 45 Years NPR Brass Knew of Complaints Against Oreskes Puerto Rican Media Firm Lays Off 59 Journalists Percentage Speaking Spanish at Home Dips Arellano Ends His ‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ Column…
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Are These Bastards Going After the Arts Again? White House Budget Cuts Target NEA, CPB, AmeriCorps
Editor’s note: The original post for this story made mention of Sesame Street in relation to the pending White House budget cuts. HBO now funds Sesame Street. The White House budget office has reportedly drafted a list of American programs that President Donald Trump could cut to put a dent in domestic spending, including the…
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Nigga Neurosis, Explained
A month or so ago, the homie Rebecca Carroll reached out to me about contributing to a podcast essay series she created for WNYC. Titled Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race, the series also features Robert Jones (Son of Baldwin), Kirsten West Savali (TheRoot.com), Theo Shaw (Jena 6) and Samaria Rice (Mother of…