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Black Writers Shine As Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
Some would say that we’re living in a renaissance of Black art. Whether it be in music, painting or literature, black artists seem to be excelling even more than usual. This belief was further supported on Monday as Pulitzer Prize winners were announced. Out of the 21 writers awarded in New York City for their work, […]
The Winners and Losers in Minority Graduation Rate Gaps
The Winners and Losers in Minority Graduation Rate Gaps Nikhil Swaminathan, GOOD Education | August 11, 2010 Much like the achievement gap in K-12 schooling, higher education is plagued by its own gap—with respect to minority graduation rates. Nationwide, 60 percent of white students earn a degree within six years on a college campus, compared […]
It’s no surprise more women are being imprisoned as less men are. We need abolition, not reforms.
By Stanley Fritz Last year during Mother’s day weekend, the National Bail out Collective, a coalition of black organizers working, including participants from The Movement for Black Lives and multiple affiliated groups joined forces on an initiative whose main goal was to liberate hundreds of mothers and caregivers who had fallen victim to the criminal justice […]
A team of Black girls were winning a NASA competition, then NASA switched up the rules
A team of three Black girls from D.C.’s Benjamin Banneker Academic High School—Bria Snell, India Skinner and Mikayla Sharrieff—was excited to enter the NASA Goddard‘s Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge (OPSPARC) student competition to win a trip to NASA. Their project, IN3-Incubator Program, aimed to create a filtration jar that will filter water continuously and […]
Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize
Kendrick Lamar can now add Pulitzer winner to his impressive list of career accolades as he was awarded the prize in music for his Grammy-nominated album DAMN. The Pulitzer Prize was given to Lamar’s album for being a “virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the […]
New report details how to support Black women in their political, economic and social roles
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. Collaborating with the […]
Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced
America’s oldest and largest literary arts organization is set to host their 30th annual awards ceremony on Monday, June 4th in New York City. The Lambda Literary Awards, or “Lammy’s”, selected finalists from nearly 1,000 submissions and over 300 publishers, ranging from major mainstream presses to independent presses to self-published works. The Visionary and Trustee […]
#WakandatheVote: Black women time voter education and registration project with Black Panther screenings in U.S.
Team Black Panther is filled with winners. The riveting storyline, beautiful cinematography, complex African characters and African American director, Ryan Coogler, undoubtedly created a cultural and financial success. Having raked in about $192 million during its three-day debut, the movie is also deemed the fifth biggest film opener of all time. As many of us […]
PEN announces 2018 longlist candidates, here are the nominees of color!
PEN America has announced the 2018 crop of books that made its longlist, which is welcome news in the face of the Trump Administration publicly mulling cutting funding for the National Endowment of the Arts. Programs and spaces like PEN America are vital to the preservation of literary freedom and expression, even more so with […]
The Blackest National Book Awards ever will be livestreamed on Facebook
According to the LA Times, the National Book Awards will be streamed live on Facebook on November 15th in New York City via the National Book Foundation’s Facebook page. Past National Book Awards ceremonies have been live-streamed on the National Book Awards site, but it is assumed that the change to Facebook Live will open […]
Progressive wing of the DNC shaken up in an act signaling a move away from Sanders
The Democratic National Committee’s Chairman Tom Perez sent shock-waves throughout the Democratic Party and the realm of politics in a move that signals what he wants the party to look like going forward. Perez stripped 75 members of the committee of their “at-large” status, members who were either Bernie Sanders or Keith Ellison loyalists and […]
EPA administrator announces intent to change Clean Power Plan policy
The Trump administration’s special focus on backspacing President Barack Obama’s legacy continued this week when the Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt drilled into Hazard, Kentucky listeners on Monday, a vision where the “war on coal is over.” By Tuesday, Pruitt signed a rule that would signal a shift from aspirational Obama-era policy in the […]