Category: Arts

  • MSNBC severs ties with Melissa Harris-Perry after host’s critical email The Washington Post 2016-02-28 Paul Farhi, Media Reporter MSNBC has parted ways with host Melissa Harris-Perry after she complained about preemptions of her weekend program and implied that there was a racial aspect to the cable-news network’s treatment, insiders at MSNBC said. Harris-Perry refused to…

  • Adebe DeRango-Adem was recently hailed as a young Canadian author to watch by Canada’s poet laureate, George Elliott Clarke. She is a poet and doctoral student in English literature at University of Pennsylvania.

  • Lupita Nyong’o and Trevor Noah, and Their Meaningful Roles Table for Three The New York Times 2016-02-27 Philip Galanes Lupita Nyong’o, an Oscar-winning actress, and Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show,” at the Dutch in SoHo. Credit Malin Fezehai for The New York Times The most intriguing stars seem to appear from out…

  • Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-Emptions The New York Times 2016-02-26 John Koblin, Television Reporter Melissa Harris-Perry said she had received no word about whether her MSNBC show had been canceled. Credit Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Melissa Harris-Perry said she was refusing to go on the MSNBC show she hosts…

  • Trevor Noah Blasts Ben Carson for Claiming President Obama Was ‘Raised White’ The Daily Beast 2016-02-25 Matt Wilstein, Entertainment Writer ‘The Daily Show’ host hits back at the low-in-the-polls neurosurgeon for claiming Obama can’t relate to the ‘experience of black Americans.’ Believe it or not, Ben Carson is still running for president. And this week,…

  • The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’ The Smithsonian Magazine March 2016 Richard Grant; Photographs by William Widmer A new Hollywood movie looks at the tale of the Mississippi farmer who led a revolt against the Confederacy With two rat terriers trotting at his heels, and a long wooden staff in his hand,…

  • Visions of Obama in America’s Ghettos The Nation 2016-02-12 Camilo José Vergara “Obama es el Presidente, Obama es para todos.” Painting by Chuy Vasquez. Luis Meat Market, 42nd Place at South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 2013. (Camilo Vergara) From churches to gas stations. Documenting the murals that decorate the walls of barbershops, restaurants, butcher shops,…

  • #LookingForMezclas Hugo Amsellem Cali, Colombia 2016-02-11 Exploring the challenges of mingling identities with photos & stories of cool people I meet around the streets of the cities that I visit during my year-long travel… For more information, click here.

  • This photo of Obama and a little visitor at a Black History Month celebration is remarkable The Washington Post 2016-02-20 Janell Ross Clark Reynolds, 3, is greeted by President Obama during a Black History Month Celebration held Feb.18, 2016, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Pete Souza/White House) For 3-year-old Clark Reynolds, Thursday began…

  • Meet Team One Drop: Ben Affleck Fanshen Cox 2016-02-10 One Drop of Love is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender – and in search of justice and love. The show is written and performed by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni. For more information, click here.