Category : Culture

Black Farmers Who Endured Decades Of Discrimination By USDA Receive Favorable Court Ruling

(Photos: Twitter\YouTube\Lawyers' Committee)Washington, D.C. — Black farmers can now defend the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) debt relief program after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed a district court ruling de...

The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Makes School Even Less Safe for Black Students

A new survey found that only 50% of Black LGBTQ high school students find school to be an affirming space — and that was before Florida’s legislation came along. by Maya Pottiger As appeared in Word In Black In her Intro to Black LGBTQ Studies...

Questlove partners with Dallas Symphony Orchestra for “A Visual Journey through Hip Hop”

A unique partnership is coming to the Metroplex in April as Questlove, musician and member of The Roots will partner with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to narrate the history of hip hop and the impact it has had on American culture, the orchestra a...

Russia-Ukraine War: Dangers Of Social Media, Press Disinformation

(Photos: YouTube) Each human on Earth seems to have a social media identity as unique as a fingerprint, so we all see what the cybergods algorithmically feed us.(Disclaimer: I am a social scientist, not a brain scientist.)One driver is conflict, espe...

Beware: The Election Police Are Coming Thanks To GOP

(Photos: Brennan Center\Scott Olson\Twitter\YouTube) Since the 2020 election, the nation’s voting systems have been under unprecedented attack from multiple angles. Laws that make it harder to vote. Legislation that sabotages the electoral...

American Democracy In Decline Especially As American Violence Rises

(Photos: YouTube) In recent weeks, leaders and commentators here and abroad have rightly framed Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine as a struggle between autocracy and democracy. There are good reasons for casting the conflict in these terms...

Judge Katanji Brown Jackson Answers Questions about her Religion, Sentencing Habits, and Dark Money During Day 2 of the SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing

The political posturing, unorthodox questioning, and even the egregious suggestion that Judge Jackson is soft on crime, reached even lower when Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina whined about his personal choice, Judge Michelle Childs,...

Speculation Grows over Justice Clarence Thomas’ Health

Speculation Grows over Justice Clarence Thomas’ Health By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia As the potential history-making Senate confirmation hearings continue this week for D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown...

Black Women, Civil Rights Groups Join Rallies for Judge Jackson Confirmation

Black women led organizations including The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, She Will Rise, Black Women’s Roundtable and others have continued their rallies in support of D.C. Circuit Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a Senate Judiciary Commit...

Black Voters Matter Denounce Republicans Attacks Against SCOTUS Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

(Photos: YouTube\Twitter) Black Voters Matter co-founders Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown and legal director April Albright issued this statement in response to racist lines of questioning from Senate Republicans during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson...

Black Voters Matter Denounce Republican Attacks Against SCOTUS Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Photos: YouTube\Twitter Black Voters Matter co-founders Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown and legal director April Albright issued this statement in response to racist lines of questioning from Senate Republicans during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s S...

The Morals and Ethics of Marketability: How the Black Community is Propoganized and Preyed Upon In Advertisng

In a world where marketing and a display of morality continue to intertwine, what are the ways marginalized demographics are preyed upon for the sake of social justice? Marketing and Social Justice: Who Wanted This? It is arguably fair to say that pe...

How Can BET Enable Police Violence Against Blacks?

(Photos: YouTube\National Police Foundation\Color of Change) How can BET — Black Entertainment Television — fund and enable police violence against Black people? Considering the cultural impact the network has as an outlet and platform for Black p...

Racist Incidents Against Native Americans In South Dakota, Minnesota Condemned

(Photos: EJI\Democracy Now!) (WASHINGTON D.C., 3/23/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist incidents targeting Native American people in So...

Florida: Civil Rights Groups Denounce Passage Of Redistricting Maps

(Photos: YouTube\Screenshot\ACLU) TALLAHASSEE, FL -- On Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council voted to pass new council and school board maps that will dilute the Black voting power and further divide communities. The Council’s map packs mor...