Miki Lowe A poem by Carolyn Forché, published in The Atlantic in 1979 When Carolyn Forché used the term “poetry of witness” in her introduction to a 1993 anthology, Against Forgetting, she was the first. By then, she’d spent time in the years from 1978 to 1980 in El Salvador, …

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Black millennials are facing a double whammy, shuffling the impact of high student loan debt payments and lower income after graduation. Although the financial inequities are not a secret, the numbers reveal an enlightening story that could lead to a different set of actions. Student Loan Hero, an online platform …

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 07: Gift of Gab of Blackalicious performs at the first annual “LA Weekly Detour Music Festival” on October 7, 2006, on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, CaliforniaPhoto: Karl Walter (Getty Images) Timothy Jerome Parker–better known as the aptly-named Gift of Gab, one half of …

Da Brat quickly got an assertion that she was into Wendy Williams up and out of here. The LGBTQ rapper appeared on The Wendy Williams Show on Friday (June 25) to promote her upcoming WEtv reality show, Brat Loves Judy. And prior to artist’s discussion of her new program that …

With F9, the Fast and Furious franchise shows it still knows how to entertain. But it has never pulled more from the Looney Tunes playbook. Universal Pictures Every Fast and Furious movie strains credulity, but F9 shatters it so completely, even the production’s own characters have noticed. In the ninth …

Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover are slated to receive honorary Oscars in 2022. The Academy announced Thursday (June 24) that the acting legends will be bestowed the honor alongside Elaine May and Liv Ullmann. Glover will be presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his activism and charitable …

Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things that can happen in a person’s life, but racism and disparate treatment in hospitals too often make the experience more difficult for Black women. And it isn’t merely about having a less pleasant experience: the CDC says that in the …

The country’s student loan debt continues to rise and Black borrowers are hit the hardest. According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve, student loan debt is about $1.7 trillion. There are approximately 45 million borrowers who collectively owe more than the current market capitalization of Alphabet (Nasdaq: Goog). …

Iowa City, Iowa, April 13, 2019, The Old Capitol building landmarkPhoto: IN Dancing Light (Shutterstock) Another slave owner’s legacy took an L this week after officials in Johnson County, Iowa unanimously decided to rename the county after Lulu Merle Johnson– a long-time academic who was the first Black woman to …