By J. Gabriel Ware, Yes Magazine — A decade ago, researchers reported that more than half of Detroit residents live in a food desert — an area where access to fresh and affordable healthy foods is limited because grocery stores are too far away. Efforts since then to bring more grocery stores — and food security — to predominantly Black neighborhoods haven’t worked.
By Nikolaos Karagiannis and C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout — Hurricanes have always been a part of life in the Caribbean. The destruction they cause and inhabitants’ subsequent recovery have been observed…
Topic: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the Inimitable Dick Gregory. Guests: Mark Thompson, Host, Make It Plain, SIRIUSXM, Atty. Faya Rose Toure, Founder, National Voting Rights Museum
By Katie Halper, Raw Story — Happy Columbus Day! I hope you’re celebrating the holiday appropriately, by breaking into someone’s home and claiming that you discovered and now own it! Or you could…
Center for Reparations Research 60 Second Jingle This audio is 1 of 3 radio jingles produced to announce the launch of the Centre for Reparations Research at the University of…
Center for Reparations Research 60 Second Symposium Ad This audio is 1 of 3 radio jingles produced to announce the launch of the Centre for Reparations Research at the University…
Center for Reparations Research 30 Second Plenary Ad This audio is 1 of 3 radio jingles produced to announce the launch of the Centre for Reparations Research at the University…
By Santhia Rodriguez, Daily Beast — I call these my hurricane diaries. We got shelter inside the refinery where we work after harassing one of the big bosses. But it’s…
By Constance Grady — We Were Eight Years in Power, the new book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, is not precisely new. It’s a collection of eight articles Coates wrote for the…
The show’s fourth-season premiere, “Juneteenth: The Musical,” is a comedy. And a work of education. And an indictment. By Megan Garber, The Atlantic — This post contains spoilers for Season…
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