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📚 The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison 📚 Surviving the White Gaze, by Rebecca Carroll How art can double as historical corrective “The young women [Saidiya Hartman] writes about were stubbornly demanding new forms of personal liberation, simply by living their lives as they pleased.” 📚 Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments,  by …

YouTube has announced its star-packed virtual commencement event will be delayed in respect to George Floyd.  The streaming platform was scheduled to broadcast its “Dear Class of 2020” event, bringing together more than 70 luminaries from across the country and even overseas, on Saturday (June 6). However, in observance of …

Protesters carry a painting of Ahmaud Arbery, left, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd while marching on June 5, 2020 in Louisville, Ky. Photo: Brett Carlsen (Getty Images) Minneapolis, Minn.; Louisville, Ky.; Brunswick, Ga. These are the latest cities turned inside out because of the killing of innocent black men and …

By the time I purchase my ticket, I’m on high alert. I hesitate when an employee offers me a pen to sign the receipt. “Don’t worry,” she says. “I sanitized it.” Then she smiles—or, rather, her eyes crinkle above her mask. I crinkle back. Patrons at Mission Tiki Drive-In Theatre …

Willie T. Sauls, one of the six Atlanta Police officers disciplined and facing charges tasering two college students who were in their car in downtown ATL, is revealed to have a record of involvement with police-involved shootings. The episode, which occurred on Saturday night (May 30), was caught on video …

Photo: Jonathan Daniel (Getty Images) Former NBA star and forever basketball great Michael Jordan has pledged to donate $100 million over the next ten years to organizations working to ensure racial equality, social justice, and greater access to education. The massive joint commitment from Jordan and his Jordan Brand was …

Williams, the Chicago resident, felt a similar despair. His oldest grandchild is 11—roughly the same age he was when King was assassinated. Recently, he told me, he tried to think through how he’d react if a police officer pulled him over and threatened him with his grandkids in the car—would …

Hours after Serena Williams’ husband Alex Ohanian announced he’s making a $1 million contribution to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights organization and Kanye West pledged $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, Michael Jordan said, “hold my Js.” The NBA legend and entrepreneur announced …

Priyanka Chopra attends the 18th Marrakech International Film Festival on December 5, 2019, in Marrakech.Photo: Fadel Senna (AFP via Getty Images) It’s currently en vogue to declare that black lives matter (and make no mistake: they do), but it’s far less comfortable to discuss how anti-black racism manifests throughout the …

A shock of this magnitude demands an explanation. But I felt incapable of providing one, since my predictions for the month had been so busted. So I called Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, to tell me how he was digesting the news. “There are two things …