Defying the Odds: The Mack Robinson Legacy
Defy the odds (verb): To accomplish something that most would deem impossible. It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were set to…
Read MoreDefy the odds (verb): To accomplish something that most would deem impossible. It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were set to…
Read MoreWe are all guilty of sometimes turning on Netflix to watch movies or brand-new series, and sometimes they’re good, while other times they can…
Read MoreTahir closes his narrative with a reflections,”We are finally free, but those we love the most are suffering still, left behind in that tortured land. Each time we think of them, we burn with guilt. We will see those dear ones only in our dreams.”
Read MoreA type of social credit score for the Uyghur population, facilitated by AI technology, has grown into one the most extensively policed areas on planet earth. As surveillance has been adopted throughout the Uyghur homeland…
Read MoreIf you are looking for a helpful primer on the life of Frederick Douglass or a way to further educate yourself during Black History Month, Becoming Frederick Douglass is an excellent place to start.
Read MoreWhy Vote in ’22? With the onslaught of the election season bearing down on the country the refrain to make sure that one exercises…
Read MoreThe Leimert Park Juneteenth celebration is essentially a large family reunion to bring the Black community of LA together. It is designed to give back to Black owned businesses within the south Los Angeles area exposure, and to create awareness of the Black creative community in Leimert Park.
Read MoreBefore we spend the effort to understand the situation in China, it is vital for us, as people of good will in the United States, as well as in Canada, to examine our own history with Native American boarding schools.
Read MoreThe year was 1859 and Charles Dickens was writing about the French Revolution…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens at the beginning of his seminal book A Tale of Two Cities.
Occasionally there are moments in life when we are jarred out of the complacent routines of our lives and asked existential questions about who we are, what we value and who we care for. This is one of those moments…
Read MoreMuch like baseball, I move station to station. I have to be aware of the pitch-by-pitch situational changes. The analytics of a Wrigley Field encounter and then exploring greater Black Chicago…
Read More“This is my community.” Dennis Haywood loves his neighborhood. Though Northwest Pasadena is painted as a shady area by the Pasadena police, Haywood knows…
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