Category: Articles

  • 5 Years After Muslim Ban, Middle Eastern and North African Americans Remain Hidden | Opinion Newsweek 2022-02-08 Neda Maghbouleh, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Toronto René D. Flores, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Chicago Ariela Schachter, Assistant Professor of Sociology​; Faculty Affiliate in Asian American Studies Washington University in St. Louis,…

  • Martha Wheeler, Eye-Witness to the “Free State of Jones” Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2017-07-02 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Texas State University, San Marcos Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Newt and Rachel, “The Free State of Jones,” STX Entertainment (2016) I’ll never forget the excitement I felt when, in the…

  • Anchored by Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, ‘Passing’ on Netflix tells the story of racial passing back in 1920s New York. But it’s more relevant, and personal, than ever

  • We can’t blame students for fabricating stories of hardship

  • New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: ‘Extremely proud’ to be biracial ESPN 2022-02-11 Marcel Louis-Jacques, Miami Dolphins Reporter MIAMI — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, clarifying comments this week in which he said he identified “as a human being,” affirmed that his racial background is not something he simply identifies as — it’s what he is.…

  • Meet the first Black skeleton athlete to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics National Public Radio 2022-02-10 Jaclyn Diaz, Reporter Kelly Curtis stands next to the Olympic rings. She’s competing in the skeleton competition at the Beijing Olympics. IBSF BEIJING — Skeleton is a heart-racing, adrenaline-fueled event where a single racer flies face-first down…

  • I’m a bi-national writer based in East London. My identity is mixed and fluid in that I was born in Port of Spain, (a city I frequently return to), but I’m also half English. Via my mother, I have Italian, Maltese and Middle Eastern blood.

  • Belle de Costa Greene: Library Director, Advocate, and Rare Books Expert. Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics, & More Fine Print Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2022-02-08 Joanna Colclough, Reference Librarian Serial and Government Publications Division Belle de Costa Greene, Oct. 1, 1929. Photograph by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints…

  • The recipient of the Costa book of the year for The Kids, Hannah Lowe may have just about achieved her goal, learns Anna Lamche

  • Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about All Things Considered National Public Radio 2022-02-08 Elizabeth Blair, Senior Producer/Reporter, Arts Desk Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still’s The Underground Railroad, published in 1872. William Still’s ‘The Underground Railroad,’ 1872 He has been compared to James Bond and…