Last year, Chicago couple, Kordale and Kaleb Lewis went viral after a picture of them doing their daughters’ hair went viral. Now the family is starring in a commercial for Nikon.
“Social networks are too fickle for activists to depend on for media attention,” writes Jenée Desmond-Harris at Vox.
High-achieving low-income students of color are being boxed out of CUNY, New York’s city colleges.
Kendrick Lamar’s recent comments about respectability politics in the Black community sparked twitter outrage and a war of words amongst several of his Hip Hop contemporaries. I weigh in on the situation. Enjoy!
For the Guardian, Hannah Giorgis writes that online communities became her de-facto mental health support after she was failed by her university’s services.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris launched her bid for Senate this morning.
Writer Malik Nashad Sharpe believes that it’s possible to mourn those lost in the Charlie Hebdo attack and stand with those that have been harmed by racist and Islamophobic sentiments in France.
Writing for the Huffington Post, Brandon Hill says that the gap between rich and poor students may deprive the world of significant contributions from youth of color.
Yesterday, President Obama proposed making community college free for those “who are willing to work for it.”
For Disrupting Dinner Parties, Dominique Hazzard writes that Phylicia Rashad’s comments were a missed opportunity to show that it is possible to defend the contributions of the Cosby Show without throwing women under the bus.
At Think Progress, Nicole Flatow is disturbed by the lack of media coverage on the bombing of the NAACP building in Colorado Springs, CO.
In a piece for the Youngist, writer Muna Mire says, “The war on Black life is uncomfortable. We just won’t be quiet about it anymore.”
