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February 14, 2020
Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too.
Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.
Greg Kaufmann
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February 20, 2019
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January 28, 2019
Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
Aaron Ross Coleman
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July 25, 2016
A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History
The vestige of American slavery had long gone politely ignored amid the polished Oxonian interiors of the rarefied university.
Michelle Chen
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February 26, 2016
Art and the Burdens of History
A panel hosted by Chirlane McCray represented both the trouble with and triumph of Black History Month.
Antwaun Sargent
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September 2, 2015
A Retelling: The Clubwomen
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
Margo Jefferson
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February 26, 2015
Where the Leadership of Black Women Can Take Us
No economic opportunity agenda for women can be complete without Black women’s needs, experiences and dreams at the forefront.
Alicia Garza
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February 20, 2013
Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.
Flint Taylor
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February 4, 2013
Paying Tribute to Black History Month
A great way to celebrate Black History Month would be to support the work of these groups.
Peter Rothberg
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February 6, 2012
What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations
More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld