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California has a history of racist land seizures. Will reparations bills bring justice?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoAngeles County Sheriff's deputies after her family refused to leave their house in Chavez Ravine in...
Jordan Chiles almost quit gymnastics over racism — now she's vying for Olympic gold
NBC NEWS· 1 day agoWhen U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles was 17, one of her former coaches called her “double head,”...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRoberts, a University of Pennsylvania law and sociology professor. "Surely, Black families would be...
'Crimes of The Times:' The 1982 'Twilight Zone' movie disaster cast a harsh light on Hollywood
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoOne of the most infamous cases from my childhood was the “Twilight Zone” movie-set disaster of 1982....
Hollywood’s AI Revolution: Innovation Or Impending Disaster?
Forbes· 1 day agoThe entertainment world is being turned upside down by the incredible power of artificial...
'Black Barbie': Netflix doc collects insights about the importance of relatable dolls
Chicago Sun-Times· 15 hours agoIn the 1960s and 1970s, Mattel brought a number of Black dolls into the Barbie Universe, e.g., 1968’s Christie, a friend of Barbie who dressed in a mod swimsuit, and 1969’s Julia, who was based ...
A draft resister, a judge and the moment that still binds them after 54 years
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBob Zaugh was one of many young men who resisted the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War. How...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Opinion: James Lawson and the enduring lessons of nonviolence
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., who died last week, was a legendary hero of the civil rights movement; the...