Aurin Chowdhury of the Minnesota Youth Collective addresses a crowd of supporters of the public safety ballot initiative at a rally organized by the Yes 4 Minneapolis campaign on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. The proposal aims to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. Photo: …
Read More »Broken Sestina Reaching for Black Joy
Yesterday I was smashed with the rush of fresh honeysucklefrom the greenway near my house where I walk every day.I’ve been trying to write a poem about buried Black bodiesbut all I want to write about is Black joy and my pleasureand Black love and Black lives that don’t end …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Receives the CBC Body Award
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Read More »Sherica Dalloo Warns Everyone That Children May Spread COVID-19 After Husband Dies When Kids Hosted Sleepover
A Florida wife and mother has a warning about the potential spread of COVID-19 coming from children. The message follows the loss of her husband of 11 years. David Dalloo passed away from complications of the deadly virus on August 28 in Boynton Beach, according to CBS12. Sherica thinks her …
Read More »LeVar Burton Tells Trevor Noah that He's No Longer Interested in Hosting 'Jeopardy!'
FILE – LeVar Burton attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony in New York on Nov. 20, 2019.Photo: Greg Allen (AP) In a recent interview on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, LeVar Burton announced he’s no longer interested in taking over as host of Jeopardy! The Emmy-nominated actor and …
Read More »The Value of Friendships That Don’t Come Easy
Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with a Black woman who was part of a fellowship for underrepresented scholars at a predominantly white liberal-arts college, …
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Read More »Take Better Photos With This Smartphone Photography Bundle On Sale For Just $22
These days, it’s becoming more and more difficult to decipher whether a picture was taken by a DSLR or a built-in smartphone camera. Phone manufacturers continue to step up their game when it comes to camera hardware, so modern smartphones practically function as professional cameras, too. They’re just as capable …
Read More »CBS' Big Brother Has Never Had a Black Winner Before. This Season, 'The Cookout' Took Matters Into Their Own Hands
“Big Brother” contestants Azah Awasum, Xavier Prather, Derek Frazier, Hannah Chaddha, Kyland Young, and Tiffany Mitchell put on for the culture.Screenshot: CBS While I was extremely late to the Big Brother party—my formal induction to the show was during Derrick Levasseur’s complete annihilation of his opponents during Season 16 in …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Boundaries Between Humans and Machines Are Vanishing
Works that consider the implications of a life so intimately tied with technology: Your weekly guide to the best in books TOMASZ WIECH / AFP / Getty Klara and the Sun, a recent novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, follows a humanoid robot named Klara who is tasked with providing companionship to …
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