lessons
More than a decade ago, I was a twenty-something sports writer with the Star Tribune. During one road trip for a Gophers men’s basketball game. I had just checked into a hotel in Madison, Wis., when I received a phone call. “Mr. Medcalf? We need you downstairs,” the person at the front desk said. I […]
Former President Donald Trump, who is currently charged with over 90 criminal counts for attempting to overturn election results, recently claimed that the discrimination he feels he has received from the legal system is the same thing Black Americans have encountered in the eyes of the law, saying “What’s happening to me, happens to them.” […]
Photo by Mati Milstein/NurPhoto via Getty Images I wanted to begin this essay with a story about my major coming of age experience as a young black Jew. The political moment is such that Jewish histories, narratives, feelings, reactions, experiences, ideas, identities and more are at the centre of most media reporting about what some […]
Deeply entrenched conflicts are dividing the world – and many people’s social circles. The violence in Israel and Gaza is triggering often overheated discussions among friends, family and strangers. This comes on top of other, increasingly sharp, rifts in the U.S., including fights over gun control, policing, abortion and other social and political issues. Scientists […]
America’s educators must not cower before lawmakers attempting to restrict what they teach students about America’s racial history, author and education reformer Lisa Delpit told hundreds of teachers attending the annual Color of Education summit in Raleigh on Saturday. Delpit, the author of the groundbreaking book, “Multiplication Is for White People” said teachers must engage […]
We seem to have learned lessons from the Black Lives Matter movement in the US. Unfortunately, they are all the wrong lessons. The murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in 2020 generated revulsion that shook the ground from coast to coast. Those shocks produced aftershocks. They included what seemed like a […]
Cheryl Eddy Published 1 min ago: June 12, 2023 at 1:45 pm Black Mirror returns to Netflix this week for its sixth season, and we’re looking forward to being freaked out . . .
Photo: Laurie Sparham/Netflix Third-season standout “San Junipero” delivered something most Black Mirror episodes don’t: a happy ending. When Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) encounters Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) at a . . .
Wildfire smoke filling the New York City skyline was a familiar sight to communities in the Western U.S., who have had to learn to live with the effects of more extreme fires. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Wildfire smoke filling the New York City […]
Dr. Oscar Barton, the dean of Morgan State University’s Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering, recently spoke at the Missouri University of Science and Technology’s commencement ceremony for Ph.D. graduates. During his speech, Barton shared personal stories about his childhood, including the valuable lessons he learned from his father about servant leadership and the […]