Culture & Traditions

4+ hour, 57+ min ago   (760+ words) Coatesville, Pennsylvania, with its population, stands head and shoulders alone in this category. Coatesville has produced, educated, and influenced, or been home to, people whose accomplishments touch an astonishing number of chapters in the American story per capita. As you…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (25+ words) The month of August was all about carpe diem, seizing the moment, taking advantage of the opportunity, and the summer vibes, before launching into Q4....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (213+ words) From Alex Elle to Cleo Wade to We The Urban to the Black Liturgies, and more, we gather our favorite Black emotional wellness creators. Maybe it’s a reminder to breathe or to unclench something you didn’t even realize you were…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (941+ words) There may be a major job opening soon for president and CEO at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. One potential candidate the Board of Trustees should pursue and interview is Lonnie Bunch III, the nation’s first Black…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (82+ words) In this week’s segment, we discuss the 55th anniversary and legacy of the 1971 Attica prison revolt. But we begin with the history of W.E.B. Du Bois and his struggle against the domestic repression of Black people during the Cold War. In…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1500+ words) The Attica rebellion was never just about prison reform, because the rebels understood that the prison is the most intense expression of a system of imperialist domination that operates at every scale. 55 years ago today, and three weeks after the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (563+ words) CAN’T BE A CHAMPION—WITHOUT CHRIST! Contrary to popular opinion (often seen spewed out on social media writings and videos) marriage has not lost its luster. The formula is still one man for one woman, the way God intended. The…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (720+ words) That model of African American social and economic success is treasured. It is also increasingly worried over. That mix of anxiety and racial well-being came to a crashing head when Barrio Athletics, a little-known Latino running and fitness group, announced…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (214+ words) That framing badly distorts what many of us who opposed the event were actually saying. Those are legitimate community concerns, not evidence of anti-Hispanic racism. Leimert Park is a historic African American business, residential and cultural district. Black Angelenos have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (627+ words) Over her 92 years, Gloria Steinem continually advocated for women’s rights, becoming one of the preeminent voices of the feminist movement. Journalist, activist, and feminist icon Gloria Steinem died in her home on Wednesday at the age of 92. The New York…...