“The Trump administration failed to meet a court-imposed deadline Tuesday to reunite all of the children under the age of 5 whom immigration officials took from their parents at the border and then sent to jails and detention centers across the country. Only 38 of the 102 children under 5 have been reunited with their…
“President Trump’s effort to eliminate the Affordable Care Act was stymied by the Senate last year, but he hasn’t stopped trying to undermine it. William Brangham asks New York Times health care correspondent Margot Sanger-Katz about recent funding reductions for enrollment navigators, whether coverage for pre-existing conditions is in jeopardy and the future of the…
“This week’s spoken word poem is about being multiracial/ Afro-Latino. It’s a poetry reading- a spoken word about life, and not feeling accepted into the races/cultures you are a part of.” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/user/1MsDriDri1/featured
I posted this earlier this year but I thought it would be a good reminder that some sh*t is as true today as it was yesterday. By the way, I’m from New York and while some may think that’s another country, man, don’t even think about telling me to go back where I came from….
“A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen, and only a few toilets, according to a new investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Reveal learned about what some are calling the “black site” for migrant…
“Stax Music Academy is located on the site of the original Stax Records studio in historic Soulsville, which many legendary musicians — including Aretha Franklin, Memphis Slim, and Booker T. Jones — called home. It aims to nurture the next generation of musicians in the Memphis neighborhood that defined soul music.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
“America works overtime to create a colorblind society, but does this colorblindness perpetuate, rather than resolve, racism? Despite a growing racial divide, attorney, activist, and author Traci Ellis says the time is now to have the courageous conversation about the damage done in the name of colorblindness. Traci O’Neal Ellis is a Chicago-area based attorney,…
Journalist Jason Ruiz covers Long Beach City Hall amongst other beats for the Long Beach Post. In the current national toxic conversation with accusations of “making stuff up” and “fake news,” Jason Ruiz is clear about his own ethical obligations as a journalist reporting the news. “Like I’m not going to let somebody buy me a…
“EL COLOR DE LA LIBERTAD | THE COLOR OF FREEDOM ft. 7th Graders from Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School, MC(mikal), Klassik & Sista Strings. Made in Milwaukee, WI. PROJECT LEAD: MC(mikal) EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Nora Justin DIRECTED BY: Wes Tank & MC(mikal) ADDT’L CAMERA: Angel Monroy, Leniel Flores Torres & Issac Sherman MUSIC PRODUCTION: Klassik (composition…
“Yale University law professor and writer James Forman Jr. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in the general nonfiction category for his new book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.” The prize committee praised the book for its “examination of the historical roots of contemporary criminal justice in the U.S., based on…