by News Headlines | Jan 21, 2022 | Black Art, Literature, and Music, Black New-US, Current News Headlines
A year ago today, thousands watched transfixed as a young Black woman with a luminous smile outshone US President Joe Biden at his own inauguration ceremony. As the youngest inaugural poet in US history, many may have wondered who she was as she stepped up to...
by News Headlines | Jan 21, 2022 | Black Art, Literature, and Music, Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Think of filmmakers who are well renowned, people who are considered to have made the best films of all time, producers of popular blockbusters and cult classics alike. Out of all the people who instantly come to mind, how many of them are Black? How many of them are...
by News Headlines | Jan 21, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sparked outrage on Wednesday after the Republican vaguely implied that Black Americans are not Americans. McConnell’s remarks came during a press conference held just after the GOP’s filibuster of the...
by admindarius | Jan 21, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Senate Democrats are opening debate today on legislation that would protect communities of color from Republican-led efforts to roll back voting rights. The effort appears doomed after two Senate Democrats — Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema — said they will not vote for...
by News Headlines | Jan 21, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
As a historian of science, I am interested in determining who gets credit for scientific discoveries and why. Sadly, credit often goes to the powerful and connected, not to the people who actually do the work. Gender, race, status, and age discrimination often play a...
by admindarius | Jan 21, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
The Senate continues debate today on voting rights legislation, despite the effort being likely doomed to failure after conservative Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema said they would not back a filibuster exception to circumvent Republican opposition to voting...
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