The August Wilson African American Cultural Center received a sizable grant to help support “emerging artists of color” in Pittsburgh, according to a press release. The latest gift adds is on top of $350,000 the RK Mellon Foundation gave AWAACC earlier this year to create its new B.U.I.L.D. artist-in-residency program. B.U.I.L.D. (which stands for Build, Utilize, Inform, Lead,…
Why The George Floyd Verdict Matters to the Nation and to the World
Long before the verdict was read Tuesday afternoon it was clear, especially in communities of color, that George Floyd was murdered and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was guilty. What was also clear is that this trial was not just about Chauvin. And it not merely about the man he killed. The verdict was…
Black Buffalo Police Officer Fired for Trying to Stop Chokehold Wins Ruling to get Pension
A Black police officer in Buffalo, New York, who was fired in 2008 for intervening when a White colleague employed a chokehold will be given back pay and a pension, CNN reports. The officer, Cariol Horne, was fired following a 2006 incident in which she tried to stop an officer from using a chokehold on…
The Rise of Domestic Extremism in America
Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists on the far right, according to a Washington Post analysis of data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Washington Post Reports. The surge reflects a growing threat from homegrown terrorism not…
Anti-Defamation League Calls For Tucker Carlson’s Firing Over White Supremacist Rant
The Anti-Defamation League demanded Friday that right-wing Fox News personality Tucker Carlson be fired after he launched a white supremacist conspiracy attack on immigrants, according to Huffington Post. Carlson ranted on “Fox News Primetime” on Thursday that Democrats are trying to “replace the current electorate” with “more obedient voters from the Third World.” The complaint clearly…
A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways
Planners of the interstate highway system, which began to take shape after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, routed some highways directly, and sometimes purposefully, through Black and brown communities. In some instances, the government took homes by eminent domain, according to a story on NPR. It left a deep psychological scar on neighborhoods…
Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters’ Towns, Study Finds
When the political scientist Robert Pape began studying the issues that motivated the 380 or so people arrested in connection with the attack against the Capitol on Jan. 6, he expected to find that the rioters were driven to violence by the lingering effects of the 2008 Great Recession, according to the New York Times….
Maryland Inmates Can Now Earn a Bachelor’s Degree From Georgetown University
The Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) will lead the five-year program. It will choose its first 25 students in the fall 2021 semester. By the program’s end, at least 125 inmates within the Maryland prison system will have earned bachelor’s degrees from the private university in Washington, according to CNN. “There is a great deal…
Virginia Cops Pepper-Sprayed Black and Latino Army Officer who had Hands Raised During Traffic Stop
“What’s going on?” Nazario asked the officers, who shouted at him to get out of the SUV as they approached, guns drawn. “What’s going on?” Nazario asked the officers, who shouted at him to get out of the SUV as they approached, guns drawn. “I’m honestly afraid to get out,” Nazario told the officers. “Yeah, you should…
States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills
Estranged from his parents and briefly homeless, he took out $50,000 in federal loans. He worked as a mental health counselor, a busboy in a bar, a team member at a Whole Foods and a cashier on the night shift at a diner while juggling a full slate of courses. He skipped meals and shared…
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