About a week ago, my family and I got together to play some trivia. During one of my turns to choose a category, I picked a round that focused onĀ the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because I figured it would be fair andĀ give everyone a fair chance. My 15-year-old cousin immediately put that […]
Kendrick Lamar’s new album, To Pimp a Butterfly, just made streaming history. Ā The album racked upĀ 9.6 million streams on Spotify on its first day of release. That is more plays than any other album during Spotify’s history. You can listen to the album here. Photo: Kendrick Lamar/Giphy
In this video, Loretta Ross gives the history behind the term “women of color” h/t Everyday Feminism Photo: Loretta Ross/Youtube screenshot
On yesterday’sĀ Last Week Tonight,Ā John Oliver explained why the nearly 4.1 million Americans inĀ U.S. Virgin Islands,Ā Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas do not have voting rights. Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
From Talking Points Memo: An Oklahoma House committee on Monday approved a bill taking aim at the new AP U.S. History framework, which conservatives have decried as unpatriotic and negative,Ā the Tulsa World reported. State Rep. Dan Fisher (R) introduced aĀ billĀ at the beginning of the month that keeps the state from funding AP U.S. History unless […]
By Dominique Hazzard I am a queer black woman. By this I mean that the words to describe my sexuality exist outside the margins, between the approved boundaries, beyond the limits of most imaginations. A queer thing is a thing that existing words cannot yet adequately describe, a thing that our language and our boxes […]
By Aziza Barnes On my phone in a group text, November 2014. Iām in a 3 way conversation with my homegirls post Darren Wilson non-indictment/Daniel Pantaleoās non-indictment/ post we-lost-track-of- the- names- the murderers- and- how- much- they- get- paid. Weāre numb, the way people get during war time to make it through the day. Weāve […]
Parents and students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)Ā², a charter school located on the campus of the historic HBCU, say that the principal fired teachers for teaching black history. Today middle school students held a protest to demand changes to the curriculum.Ā
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Mia Love made history by becoming the GOP’s first black female in Congress last night when she won Utah’s 4th House district. Tim Scott did too, by becoming the south’s first black Senator since Reconstruction.Ā
Simone Biles made history by becoming only the sixth woman, and first in more than a decade, to win consecutive all-around titles at the World Gymnastics Championships on Friday. Biles, 17, says she was blown away by her success.Ā
Keke PalmerĀ is set to make history–again. The actress, singer and talk show hostĀ will be the first black Cinderella on Broadway when she stars inĀ Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, beginningĀ September 9.Ā
