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Could Media Reparations Help Save The Black Press?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe media industry has a long, fraught history of racism that it has yet to answer for. Local newspaper coverage contributed to a white mob’s 1921...
The Reality of Reality TV School: Big Dreams and Bigger Fees
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn any given Saturday afternoon, Leslie Peña gets ready to shut the door to the master bedroom in...
Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAmerica’s Juneteenth story shares much with Haiti’s struggle for autonomy, says Nadine Pinede, who...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
New Yorkers cheer guilty verdict in Trump hush money trial outside courthouse
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNEW YORK — News of Donald Trump’s conviction sparked a celebratory roar across the street from the...
Does a Criminal Conviction Bar You From Running for U.S. President?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn the U.S., the bar for running for president is deliberately set low – only age and citizenship...
Samm-Art Williams, ‘Home’ Playwright and ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Producer, Dies at 78
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHis Tony-nominated play from 1979 is being revived on Broadway this year The post Samm-Art Williams,...
In 1968, protests forced Columbia University to change graduation. Here’s what happened next.
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoColumbia University finds itself at a similar crossroads as the Class of 1968 after canceling the...
The Protests That Anticipated Gaza Solidarity Encampments
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCampus police struggle with anti-war demonstrators who crashed through a police barricade and set up...
Vintage photos show what life was like for women 100 years ago
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMary Pickford (front center) and other Warner Brothers' actresses at her tea party in 1928.John...