Joseph Erbentraut huffingtonpost.com Last fall, when First Lady Michelle Obama came to Chicago to address where the city was coming up short in terms of food access for its residents, she arrived amid reports that the city’s food desert problem has improved drastically, butcontinues to persist in its South and West Side, predominantly African-American neighborhoods. In [...]
By MICHAEL LUO Published: December 26, 2011 Alan Simons was enjoying a Sunday morning bicycle ride with his family in Asheville, N.C., two years ago when a man in a sport utility vehicle suddenly pulled alongside him and started berating him for riding on the highway. Mr. Simons, his 4-year-old son strapped in behind him, slowed [...]
Uploaded by jacklefttown on Oct 24, 2006 Taylor Mali (http://taylormali.com), one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet., gives his mind on what teachers make. Mali is a vocal advocate of [...]
Listen to the story… by DEBBIE ELLIOTT npr.com December 24, 2011 Part of a series With the 2012 presidential election on the horizon, NPR’s Debbie Elliott heads to Camden, S.C., to hear from the close-knit Gaither-James family. Like other African-Americans — considered the political base for President Obama — they’re concerned about the economy and today’s [...]
A child’s taunt reminds one parent how difficult it is to teach your kids about race. By: Claudine Gay Posted: December 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM The other day, when I was bringing my son to preschool, a classmate greeted him at the door by shouting, “You’re African! You’re from Africa!” My son and I were [...]
Uploaded by karinmoveon on Dec 21, 2011 This year, over 18 million people saw Zach Wahls defend marriage equality on behalf of his family in front of the Iowa Legislature. This month, thousands of families submitted photos, joining Zach and his family in sending out this simple holiday greeting…..and creating this video and online campaign called “Love Makes [...]
Middle-class white guy writes about what he would do if he were a poor black kid. Craziness ensues. By: Elon James White | Posted: December 14, 2011 at 12:52 AM OK, folks. How come no one told me that it’s Slander Poor Black Kids Month? Was there a memo that went out? No one could send me a Facebook [...]
The biophysics major and rugby champ is the only African American to snag the coveted honor for 2012. By: F. Finley McRae | Posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:41 PM African Americans dismayed by the paucity of their own chosen for the prestigious Rhodes scholarships each year were not encouraged when most of the class of 2012 was announced in [...]
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I listened this morning to Ira Glass’ This American Life. It is a powerful story titled Nemesis. The description reads: This week, stories where a longtime standoff keeps both sides coming back for more. Including a story about the time in Poland’s recent history where the country’s two political blocks came together and believed, however [...]
View Slide Show… (CNN) – Daniel Cardwell’s obsession consumed three decades of his life and $250,000 of his money, he estimates. His energy has been devoted to answering one basic question: “Who am I?” Cardwell was a “brown baby” – one of thousands of children born to African-American GIs and white German women in the years after [...]
The hate that ended his presidency is eerily familiar. nytimes.com Thanksgiving week is a milestone for Barack Obama, but not one that many are likely to commemorate. The president who seemed poised to inherit John F. Kennedy’s mantle—in the eyes of Kennedy’s last surviving child and brother as well as many optimistic onlookers (me included) [...]
vegsource.com This visually stunning short film offers an inspirational message: Every day is a gift to be deeply grateful for, if we only open our eyes. When we remember what we have to be greatful for, we can be empowered to create wonderful days for ourselves and others, and to be empowered to climb life’s [...]
BY STACY MITCHELL grist.org My friend Tony’s closet is as good a place as any to begin an investigation of Walmart’s environmental impact. Tony has a pair of Levi’s that date back to high school more than 20 years ago. They still fit him and they’re still in rotation. The fabric has a smooth patina that [...]
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Respected people who set up charitable or social groups for children, only to be implicated in some form of child sexual abuse, are a frightening reality. “I call them ‘institutions of trust,’ ” says Portland, Ore., attorney Kelly Clark, who has represented more than 300 sex abuse victims. Some predators are [...]
Trymaine Lee huffingtonpost.com This is the first installment in “The Great Return,” an occasional HuffPost BlackVoices series about the shift of African Americans toward the South after the Great Migration to the North. CHICAGO — Nearly seven decades ago, James Middleton was just a toddler when he watched a white man shoot and kill a [...]
View Steve Jobs Memorial Here… By Associated Press, Published: October 23 SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is allowing the general public to get a look at a heartfelt and star-studded memorial service it held for employees to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs at its Cupertino headquarters last week.Apple Inc. posted a link on its website late Sunday [...]
by ALEX KELLOGG October 14, 2011 npr.com Let’s go back to 1967. That was the year interracial marriage made headlines. Just take the Hollywood classic Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. The film was a new kind of love story for Hollywood. The movie was about a black man who wanted to marry a white woman [...]
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said on Sunday that he doesn’t believe racism holds African Americans back. “I don’t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way,” said Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, during an interview on CNN. “Are there some elements of racism? Yes, it gets back to if we [...]
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