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Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) By now, you must be aware of what I call the Republican war on blackness in education. GOPropagandists with GOPoor critical thinking skills have been GOPushing white fragility bills across the nation that would bar institutions of learning from implementing Critical Race Theory and/or The …

In the last week of April, Joe Biden gave his address to a joint session of Congress, which is of course what first-year presidents do, instead of an official “State of the Union” message. In the first week of May, both he and Jill Biden spoke at Tidewater Community College, …

An LAPD detective testified on Thursday (May 6) that Pop Smoke was taking a shower at an Airbnb he was staying at in Los Angeles last year when masked intruders came through the curtains of a second-story balcony. The New York Daily News reports that the detective’s account involved one …

Since the onset of the pandemic, Black folks on social media have begun giving their faves their flowers while they’re still alive.  This week was no exception. On May 6, Twitter exploded with an appreciation post to forever young actress Nia Long. The 50-year-old beauty trended on the social media …

Photo: David Prado Perucha (Shutterstock) I want Mother’s Day to mean that Black mothers can have joy without the ever-present fear of violence and harm. In April, as we marked Black Maternal Health Week, I wondered how we will tend to the emotional and mental well-being of Black mothers who …

For decades, I have taught courses on nuclear weapons and the Cold War. Conveying what life was like with the everyday fear of immediate destruction, especially to younger students, has become more and more difficult over the years. Students understand, in some general way, that nuclear war was a terrifying …

If you are a fan of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, you are in for a treat. Supermodel and entrepreneur Cynthia Bailey, who made her first appearance on the show in season 3, is typically the one person on the series who tries to keep the peace amongst the women and is …

Now, this isn’t what Burger King meant when they said “Have It Your Way.” An elderly woman in Florida has been arrested and charged after she went on a racist tirade and threw a Whopper at a Burger King employee. Judith Black, 77, made headlines over the week after she …

Screenshot: Joshua Rose/ YouTube Booooy, when I tell you these white “educators” are going to learn to keep the names of Black victims of police violence out of their mouths. A high school teacher in Alaska has been put on administrative leave over remarks she made during a virtual class …

The dharma of working out “There are some juicy tensions here, of which [Alison] Bechdel the memoirist is far from unaware. Self-forgetting might be one end of working out; self-improvement, leading to self-glorification, is another.” 📚 The Secret to Superhuman Strength, by Alison Bechdel (WALTER MCBRIDE / WIREIMAGE / GETTY) …