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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivers powerful speech on removal of Confederate monuments
Over the past couple of weeks, New Orleans has been at the heart of the debate of free expression vs. “erasing history.” For decades, the city has been home to multiple monuments to the pro-slavery Confederacy. Eventually, city council voted to remove them. This decision came with plenty of controversy from Confederacy sympathizers and those […]
Black Architect Profiled and Interrogated By Banker
Trish Cole Doolin had recently relocated to Seattle to start a new position as Job Captain in architecture for Nelson Connections. While her move to a new city was sure to have its fair share of challenges, she could have never predicted that she’d find one after depositing a check one morning.
Meet the Black Woman Architect Behind the New Smithsonian Museum
It was only a couple of months ago that we found out that the Smithsonian was creating an African-American museum. To make the news even better, now we know who the architect is. Her name is Zena Howard, and she is a dope Black woman architect.
The First-Generation: Another Perspective Of The Low Black STEM Population
Everyone keeps asking why there aren’t more Black STEM students and professionals. But few are discussing the difficulties faced by first-generation Black students. I am not shy about my experiences as an engineering student at the University of Southern California and STEM professional in Orange County, California. To put it lightly, it wasn’t fun. Actually, it was […]
Three Muslim Students Gunned Down Near UNC Chapel Hill
Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19 were gunned down last night near the campus of UNC Chapel Hill. Sources told local news that the family had been shot execution style. The alleged shooter is Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a white, self-identified atheist. Deah Barakat […]
Diversity: The key to a better University of Michigan
The following op-ed originally appeared in the Detroit Free Press. It was written by Lester Spence, an associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, and Kofi Boone, an associate professor of landscape architecture at North Carolina State University. As a public institution of higher learning, the University of Michigan is without peer. It has […]
In Defense Of The Based God: Why Lil' B Is A Rebel With A Cause
“Being based means [being] positive, doing what you want to do, not caring and just being yourself.” There isn’t anyone in the music industry who is more enigmatic than Brandon McCartney aka Lil’ B. His non-traditional rapping style coupled with his strict adherence to the “based” lifestyle has inspired thousands and left many “hip-hop heads” […]
Microsoft 'School of the Future' in Philly finally in a groove?
Microsoft ‘School of the Future’ in Philly finally in a groove? Kathy Matheson, The Associated Press, June 18, 2010 PHILADELPHIA — When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern […]