Tag: African Americans
Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at...
Alicia Grandey, Pennsylvania State University
The arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia have raised questions...
For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name...
Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
More than 1,000 streets in the world bear the name of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
At...
What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant’
Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University
In the turbulent days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists launched resistance movements: Greenpeace activists climbed a large construction crane...
Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence
Paul Harvey, University of Colorado
After this last tumultuous year of political rancor and racial animus, many people could well be asking what can sustain...
For black celebrities like Oprah, it’s impossible to be apolitical
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Oprah Winfrey’s rousing Golden Globe speech has many speculating whether the media mogul will become a presidential candidate...
Can Atlanta’s new mayor revive America’s ‘black mecca’?
Maurice J. Hobson, Georgia State University
The Atlanta mayoral showdown between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood was a political battle 30 years in the...
What it’s like to be gay and in a gang
Vanessa R. Panfil, Old Dominion University
There are many stereotypes of and assumptions about street gangs, just as there are many stereotypes and assumptions about...
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
