As I sit at my grandmother’s oval-shaped wooden table, I feel a warm summer breeze through the open window. I ask her again how to pronounce iciyapi, writes Helen Thomas. “Ee-chee-yah-pee,” she says in a slightly slower, but confident tone. I repeat the syllables in a much slower and deliberate voice. “Ee…chee…yah..pee” the writer continues. “Good…

Shay was a hardworking, intelligent man. His life’s work included things such as volunteering for the boys and girls club of Kenosha, and had helped with things such as removing graffiti and boarding up business last year with the destruction of downtown Kenosha. Shay always wanted to help but was the guy who if needed…

In the fall of 2021, a college professor delivered a speech at the National Conservatism Conference, rejecting feminism and suggesting that women shouldn’t take spots from men in competitive fields, as I previously reported. “Every effort must be made not to recruit women into engineering, but rather to recruit and demand more of men who become…

“Created by Gabriela Badillo, the exciting series of animated short films 68 Voices, 68 Hearts (68 voces, 68 hearts) retells indigenous tales narrated in their native tongues. Created in 2013 under the premise that no one can love that which they do not know, this series has produced 36 short films so far, with the…

Here are some upcoming efforts from the Human Rights Collective. Training: Dealing With Difficult Conversations  It’s not easy to find the courage to speak when someone you love says something that makes you feel uncomfortable. However, lasting change can only occur when you do. Contact us to have a workshop conducted for your school or…

In 1970, when Don Cornelius first launched Soul Train, it was still relatively rare to see Black people on network TV. So the idea of a Black-owned show featuring Black performers and created for a Black audience was revolutionary. Read the full story.

Black patients were more than twice as likely to have their patient behavior and history characterized in negative terms compared to white patients, data from electronic health records (EHRs) revealed. This higher likelihood of having a negative descriptor in their EHRs — with terms such as “resistant,” “noncompliant,” or “agitated” — showed up even after…

It’s not easy to find the courage to speak when someone you love says something that makes you feel uncomfortable, according to Inclusive Idaho. However, lasting change can only occur when you do. Having a difficult conversation is, well, difficult, their website reads. This toolkit will guide you through the process of starting a hard…

A newly proposed bill would create a statewide alert for missing Indigenous women and people in Washington, the first of its kind in the United States, King5.com reports. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and State Representative Debra Lekanoff (D-Anacortes) announced the proposed bill on Monday, the story reads House Bill 1725 would function the same as…

David Robbins consistently referred to the man he argued with by his race and said things like “This riff-raff comes into our city… They have no business being here.” “Some random-ass Black dude, who probably had no (expletive) business being in our city in the (expletive) first place, did what he did,” Robbins said in…