Is Anybody Listening? – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
Is Anybody Listening? We are a nation of opinions Someone is always talking Which leads me to wonder, Who is listening? Who is taking…
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Book Review – The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration 10 Years Later
Photo Credit: The New Jim Crow, The New Press In the ten years since the seminal work on race in America in the 21st…
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A Poem and a Lament of White Privilege
I have decided to take the risk of offending you To gently ask that you join me too To wake up and make…
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Recap – Film Screening & Panel Discussion Group: “13th”
On February 26, 2017 – the 5 year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin – over 75 people joined together with Culture Honey…
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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983, The Broad, Los Angeles
When Jay-Z & Beyonce rented out the Louvre Museum in Paris to shoot a music video for their joint album Everything Is Love, initially many…
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Children in Jail: Healing Trauma with Poetry
Do you remember going to camp as a child? I certainly do. I spent every summer from about when I was six to fourteen…
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Women’s History Month: A Tribute to Maya Angelou
As we settle into Women’s History Month, I think of all the women who came before me, all the women who made space for…
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Offsides & Out of Bounds, Thoughts on Athletes and Activism: We Matter by Etan Thomas
“Shut up and dribble,” was the response of television and radio talk show host Laura Ingraham to Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James for “talking politics”…
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Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Reading Michelle Obama’s biography left me feeling like I’d been invited into her home or watched her being interviewed by Oprah. As I put…
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All Hail Empress Ri Ri!
Before we get into this article, I am going to start off by reverting back to my sweaty nerd video game playing days when…
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Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
The phrase “Black is Beautiful” is so powerful and it’s only becoming stronger as the social climate continues to intensify for the black…
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People of Note: Linda “Peaches” Tavani
Picture the moment: Linda “Peaches” Tavani (then Linda Greene) is the second ‘Peaches’ to have recorded with Herb for Peaches & Herb. The album…
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