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GENE DEMBY, HOST: Just a heads up, y’all, this episode contains some salty language, which means there’s going to be some cussing. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DEMBY: You’re listening to CODE SWITCH. I’m Gene Demby. When we visited Dearborn, Michigan, the unofficial capital of Arab America and a historically Democratic-leaning city, last fall, things there were […]
Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing land to redress the nation’s legacies of slavery. Land-based reparations are also a form of
By Civitas April 20 marks a deadline that could change the course of American democracy. On Jan. 20, 2025—Inauguration Day—the newly installed administration issued an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. That order directed the Department of Homeland Security to produce a joint report with the Department of Defense and the […]
Black communities across US take part in economic protests against big retailersPastors Charlie Dates and Jamal Harrison Bryant discuss how they are encouraging Black communities to “spend their dollars with dignity” and pressure big retailers to enact change.April 19, 2025 Source link
Historical representations of Black people in the media are entrenched in years of colonial violence. The resulting misrepresentation in news coverage, which for centuries has relied on racist stereotypes and archetypes, has had a ripple effect, impacting audience perception by encouraging racial biases in the present day. Contemporary media platforms can knowingly or unknowingly reiterate […]
It’s 1956, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower just signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act. Across the nation, urban planners from dozens of cities faced a tough choice as they considered where to send the bulldozers: Which neighborhoods would they tear down? For the filmmakers behind “Interstate,” a documentary getting its world premiere at the Miami Film […]
Co-Directed and Co-Produced by Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Oscar Corral MIAMI, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Interstate, a powerful new documentary by two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Oscar Corral, exposes the overlooked consequences of the U.S. Interstate Highway System and its devastating impact on Black communities. The film reveals how the 1950s push for a nationwide highway […]
Redlining was a federally supported program that encouraged mortgage lenders to approve home loans in majority-white neighborhoods and deny loans in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Its impact created racial and economic disparities that linger today. Learn more:
Collage a musician photographed by Matheus Sastre (left), Cheryl LaRoche (middle), and Sharon Sheppard (right) Matheus Sastre (left), Xina Eiland (middle), and Kathy Baxley (right) hide caption toggle caption Matheus Sastre (left), Xina Eiland (middle), and Kathy Baxley (right) Black history is American history, and it happens every single day. Changemakers are all around us. […]
Trump’s comments on recession and stock market drop trigger economic worry for Black communities
Black Hot Fire Network
March 12, 2025
After President Donald Trump refused to rule out a recession and the U.S. stock market saw its steepest decline this year to date, there are growing concerns about the health of the economy and the disproportionate impact an economic downturn would have on Black households. Despite promising to usher America into its “golden age” and […]