Via The Atlantic. Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? Ibram X. Kendi Oakmont beckoned outdoor runners—even novices like me. We were the second family to move into Oakmont, a new housing development seven miles west of the University of Florida, when I joined the faculty in 2015. My partner and I loved how our … Read More
Via Vox. The Intersectionality Wars When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral. By Jane Coastonjane.coaston@vox.com Updated May 28, 2019, 9:09am EDT There may not be a word in American conservatism more hated right now than “intersectionality.” On the right, intersectionality is seen as “the new … Read More
Via Ella Baker. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists Read the full PDF here. Via Ella Baker.
Via The New York Times. Many Latinos Couldn’t Stay Home. Now Virus Cases Are Soaring in Their Communities. Rates of coronavirus infection among Latinos have risen rapidly across the United States. By Shawn Hubler, Thomas Fuller, Anjali Singhvi and Juliette Love DINUBA, Calif. — When the coronavirus first spread to the fields and food processing factories of California’s Central Valley, … Read More
Via CNN. These Black Nature Lovers are Busting Stereotypes, One Cool Bird at a Time By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)Everyone has the bird. Corina Newsome calls it a gateway bird, the one special species that sets an avian enthusiast on a lifetime course of discovery and environmental passion. Hers was the blue jay. For Tykee James, it was … Read More
Via Clever. A Directory of Black-Owned Design Businesses to Support Now and Forever One of the many things we can do to effect social and economic change is to shift our spending to the Black community By Sydney Wasserman, Rachel Fletcher, Gabriela Ulloa, and Zoë Sessums Not only is the Black community currently experiencing disproportionate death rates from the … Read More
