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New Delhi,UPDATED: May 3, 2023 14:37 IST By Srimoyee Chowdhury: Today, on May 3, International Leopard Day is celebrated to make people aware of the beautiful nocturnal big cat that is found in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Russia, and the Indian subcontinent. Leopards are majestic creatures who are great climbers and can be seen in […]
Before the Streetlights Come On is a call to action, explaining how environmentalism is deeply rooted in Black history and sharing how Black activists are leading the movement for climate solutions. McTeer Toney issues this call as a trailblazer in the fight for a better future. At age 27, she was elected the first Black, […]
Kizzy Albritton, PhD, is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project at the University of Texas at Austin and an Associate Professor of School Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology. Silencing Black and brown voices is not new, but it must not succeed in America today. A county in Texas recently decided to […]
Julia Lee’s book cover for Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. Henry Holt hide caption toggle caption Henry Holt Julia Lee’s book cover for Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. Henry Holt Julia Lee once had a mentor who told her, “You must bite the […]
A bill introduced in Nevada last week, AB380, is seeking to create a “Black Book” for online poker players. The move would allow the Nevada Gaming Commission to draft and maintain a list of people who have been known to cheat while playing poker online. The bill has been referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. […]
SKINFOLK: A Memoir, by Matthew Pratt Guterl I will, as far as I know, occur once. This thing I call “Chloé” is singular; it lives once, dies once. But I am also born into a body, a time, a class and a place, and those biographical facts carry sociopolitical meaning that precedes me. I cannot […]
SKINFOLK: A Memoir, by Matthew Pratt Guterl I will, as far as I know, occur once. This thing I call “Chloé” is singular; it lives once, dies once. But I am also born into a body, a time, a class and a place, and those biographical facts carry sociopolitical meaning that precedes me. I cannot […]
March 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet Archive had infringed the copyrights of four major U.S. publishers by lending out digitally scanned copies of the books. The
BENJAMIN BANNEKER AND US: Eleven Generations of an American Family, by Rachel Jamison Webster with Edith Lee Harris, Robert Lett, Gwen Marable and Edwin Lee In 1753, Benjamin Banneker, a free Black farmer in Baltimore County, Md., carved a clock almost entirely out of wood. According to most sources, he based his design on a […]
The most interesting twist in this story might be how the eventual Medal of Honor recipient was denied work in post-WWII military… because he had served against the Japanese and Spanish before the war. For his actions, Carter was originally awarded a Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Cross and a Purple Heart, according to Army records. […]