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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Banks, Law and Consulting Firms Are Watering Down Their Diversity Recruiting Programs
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoMANAGEMENT & CAREERS White-collar companies that once championed programs to recruit diverse...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoMarsalis and Stevenson have debuted “Freedom, Justice and Hope,” their live performance album of historic jazz records created to protest racial injustice. NEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions ...
Why Bragg Dropped Charges Against Most Columbia Student Protesters
New York Times· 18 hours agoThe Manhattan district attorney’s office cited a lack of evidence in deciding not to prosecute 31 of...
CNN’s Bakari Sellers, our obsession with our roots, spicy food science
WHYY· 6 days agoThere was a lot of hope in 2020 that when the Black Lives Matter movement expanded after the murder of George Floyd, it would rectify some of the racial injustices in America. Then, advertisements ...
How Prentice Penny docuseries charts the good, the bad and the ugly of Black Twitter
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days ago'lt was like a really good line of demarcation for me from one phase of my career to another. And I'm a big fan of Black Twitter. I engage in it. I love it,' says the series producer.
Sacramento fired two police officers in 2021, according to new records. Here’s why
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSacramento officials fired two police officers in 2021 for dishonesty during a domestic violence...
Kids need moral guidance, so Ten Commandments in schools is fine
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 2 days agoAren't Black Lives Matter and gay pride religions? Motifs from both of those are plastered all over schools.
Can Beyoncé win a CMA award for 'Cowboy Carter'?
Newsweek· 1 day agoBeyoncé rocked the country music world with March's Cowboy Carter album, but whether she has been fully accepted by the country community remains to be seen. Whether or not Beyoncé is nominated ...
Silicon Valley leaders are once again declaring ‘DEI’ bad and ‘meritocracy’ good — but they’re wrong
TechCrunch· 1 day agoA prime example of this divide was the response to startup Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang’s post on...