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Paul Schrader couldn't find 'good Black people,' so he built fake ones instead
18+ hour, 57+ min ago (409+ words) OPINION: The acclaimed writer and director came under controversy for his AI-driven pivot for his new movie. That there was zero Black consent highlights a much larger issue. I keep coming back to four words. Not because they were shocking,…...
The vilification of Black mothers: Why didn???t Latarsha Sanders get the compassion Lindsay Clancy received?
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (478+ words) OPINION: Two Massachusetts mothers mounted defenses centered on severe mental illness. Their cases have been met with very different public narratives. A judge has just declared a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy, mother of three, standing trial for the deaths of…...
These Black men are forging meaningful bonds through yoga
1+ week, 2+ day ago (770+ words) A yoga session for Black dads takes place on Saturdays at the Barack Obama Presidential Center. On a crisp Saturday morning on Chicago’s South Side, a group of about 30 Black men are lying down on yoga mats in the shadow…...
‘Woke up Black AF’: Black Threads is an official community!
1+ week, 5+ day ago (712+ words) After three years of using the tag to post about the Black community on Threads, the “Black Threads” subgroup has officially emerged. “Black Threads” is no longer just a passing topic that also covers the color, comedy style, and culture....
‘We did not feel like we were going to make it out’: Black students recount terrifying UNC campus attack
1+ week, 5+ day ago (463+ words) An intruder entered a UNC classroom during a “Love Island” watch party, threw objects at students and allegedly brandished a makeshift incendiary device. An evening of community and entertainment turned terrifying for dozens of Black students at the University of…...
On August 25, remembering the ‘20 and odd’ Africans who arrived in Virginia in 1619
2+ week, 6+ day ago (340+ words) More than four centuries later, the legacy of those first Africans extends far beyond slavery into the culture, struggles and identity of Black America, and America, as a whole. August 25 marks the anniversary of the 1619 arrival of the first documented…...
Black Americans face higher Alzheimer’s risk. Now, NIH funding for research into why is being cut
3+ week, 3+ day ago (422+ words) The Trump administration’s rollback of DEI-related research is now affecting studies examining Black communities higher risk for Alzheimer’s. Black communities in America are two times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than their white counterparts. And researchers predict that 40% of…...
HBCUs are sitting on Black history we haven’t even discovered yet — and Getty is helping to uncover it
3+ week, 5+ day ago (236+ words) Cassandra Illidge shares how Getty’s HBCU archival project has been going five years in and what’s next for the collaboration. “There’s so much for us to see,” she said. “There’s so many more archives out there that can unleash a…...
When the Water Gave Him Back: A Letter to White America
4+ week, 1+ day ago (387+ words) OPINION: From Emmitt Till to Nolan Wells, Tasia Fortune, Trey Reed and Kohen Wiley, the pattern of Black death needs to be a wake-up call to lawmakers in Mississippi. You do not know what it is to bury a child…...