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I remember the first time a hashtag from Twitter touched me personally. It was the 2015 Academy Award nominations and all 20 acting nominations announced were white actors. As an entertainment reporter, it hurt that I couldn’t write about talent who looked like me. And then, there it was: April Reign’s hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite. Three simple […]
Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you’ll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. When LonDen Scott goes out in public in Los Angeles with her $380 Resistol cowboy hat and spurred boots, some people […]
There are currently more than 619,000 Black undocumented people in the U.S. The undocuBlack population is about the size of Las Vegas, yet almost no one talks about them. I know this from experience. I am a Black Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, one of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who are too […]
In the summer of 1984, after he finished his first U.S. Foreign Service assignment, in Yugoslavia, Jan Krc flew to Washington, D.C., for what he thought would be a couple of weeks’ training en route to his next post, in South Africa. He thought nothing of it when he was called in for a security […]
The View suggested that legislative measures in various states are limiting the teaching of some black history curricula in light of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. “Only about 12 states have a black history mandate, while 18 have passed laws severely limiting this curriculum. Now, it’s a vital part of American history, so […]
3: Authorities in the US state of Vermont arrested a suspect in the shooting of three Palestinian students in the city of Burlington over the Thanksgiving holiday. The victims, who survived the attack, are all studying at elite colleges in the Northeast and were visiting the home of one of their relatives for the holiday. […]
3: Authorities in the US state of Vermont arrested a suspect in the shooting of three Palestinian students in the city of Burlington over the Thanksgiving holiday. The victims, who survived the attack, are all studying at elite colleges in the Northeast and were visiting the home of one of their relatives for the holiday. […]
There I was, sitting at my desk in front of my computer, heart racing and palms sweating, staring into Zoom. I knew I would never forget this moment. This was the moment that would change not only my life but the lives of thousands of students across Delaware. And this wasn’t just any Zoom call: […]
Nicole Y. Culliver, PhD. is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and The National Black Child Develop Institute. As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis leads the charge in trying to regulate middle school curriculum to teach students that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be . . .
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM (Associated Press/Report for America) FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was the most prominent […]