But let’s be clear: Going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. Going high means taking the harder path. It means scraping and c
Year: 2020
The One Name the W.N.B.A. Won’t Say
Players have united to depose a sitting senator in Georgia, who has clashed with the Black Lives Matter movement and is an owner of the Atlanta Dream and one of the wealthiest members of Congress.
Trump and Biden are both courting the votes of Black men. Will it make a difference?
By Donna M. Owens Oct. 5, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EDT America’s presidential campaigns have a new coveted voter: Black men. Pew found that Black men (77 percent) are less likely than Black wo
My Best Cookbooks of 2020 (so far)
Omari McQueen’s Best Bites Cook Book (due Jan 2021) Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential, Haile Thomas In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes a
Why a Hospital Might Shun a Black Patient (Op-Ed)
Amol S. Navathe and Harald Schmidt are assistant professors of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s time to fix payment models that don’t address Covid-19’
White Male Prof Allegedly Posed as Woman of Color to Bully Women
Kelly Weill Published Oct. 06, 2020 4:45 AM ET The Science Femme, who tweeted from the handle @piney_the, wasn’t any of those things (immigrant, woman of color, female academic), digital sleuths
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
October 5, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting a few activities and interactive presentations that kids and families can do to honor the cultures
The Good Lord Bird’ Review: The Necessity of John Brown
Ethan Hawke plays the wild-eyed abolitionist in Showtime’s adaptation of the award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird” is based on the James McBride novel about John Brown. E
Who can be president? According to the movies, it’s still White men
By Shelly Tan Sept. 30, 2020 It’s been 12 years since Barack Obama was elected as the nation’s first Black president and four years since Hillary Clinton became the first major party
Pope Francis’s new encyclical is a papal warning about a world going backward
By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli Oct. 4, 2020 at 12:58 p.m. EDT ROME — Humankind, Pope Francis says, is in the midst of a worrying regression. People are intensely polariz
Identify the Different Symptoms of the Flu and Covid-19
With fears of a “twindemic” in the United States this fall, here’s a guide to understanding what’s making you feel terrible. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Oct. 3, 2020 As influenza seas
Most & Least Federally Dependent States
Federal assistance to states has come into the spotlight recently during the coronavirus pandemic, where some states have received far more money per case than others. For example, in the initial $
Today’s Brunch: Apple Pear Oven Pancake for 2 (or really just me)
This was one of the first recipes I learned to make. The original popover recipe came from Seventeen Magazine when I was in high school. It has evolved over the years into this. Take one ripe apple
First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
By Kyle Buchanan Sept. 30, 2020 Updated 6:19 p.m. ET In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and everybod
Clean Your Appliances
Just a question – when was the last time you cleaned your washing machine and dishwasher? I mean, thoroughly – cleaning gaskets and filters – not just a cycle run with vinegar? If you can’t