September 29, 2020 5:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Military names can echo down through the ages, a fact underlined by the current fight in Washington, D.C., between President Trump and Congress, which has voted to strip the names of Confederate generals from several Southern Army bases. The president has vowed that won’t happen, but…
Read More A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American SailorThe US Supreme Court issued a ruling which reinstated the requirement that absentee voters obtain a witness signature on their mail-in envelopes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed to the court by the current president and supported by the current South Carolina senators, wrote the explanation for the court. US District Judge Childs prohibited, in September, the…
Read More Disenfranchised for this Election!By Pierre-Antoine Louis (Nytimes.com – Race/Related) Beauty for Freedom, a nonprofit group that raises awareness and money to fight human trafficking, is hosting on Sunday a four-hour livestream called “HERSTORY,” a day of coverage to call attention to — and raise money for — organizations founded and led by women of color from the U.S.…
Read More Programming to Raise Awareness of Human TraffickingBY DAN C. GOLDBERG MAY 19, 2020 3:00 PM A black man had graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 and the Army had its first black general in 1940. But when World War II began, African Americans were not even allowed to enlist in the Navy’s general service. […] 16 African American…
Read More How the U.S. Navy’s First Black Officers (The Golden Thirteen) Helped Reshape the American MilitaryVoting isn’t an event. It is not a single moment that changes the world or changes our lives. It is a process, and like any process, if you only do parts of it, it doesn’t work. That means we have to vote over and over and over again to shape the choices we want and to…
Read More Stacey AbramsBY DARYA ROSE SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 Not Shopping at the grocery store Not eating veggies Eating in front of the screen Read more HERE
Read More 11 Unintentional Habits That Wreck a Healthy Eating PlanMoseka House was a physical home that Abbey Lincoln always wanted to build where musicians could come to feel safe and free. In this presentation, Marc Cary will be keeping this dream alive with her music and conversation about her dreams and her ongoing quest for freedom using her music and words for social change. (Hartford Jazz…
Read More Marc Cary: Abbey Lincoln and Moseka House – The House That She Wanted to BuildI used to listen to Diane Rehm in the mornings as I was making my 45-minute commute to work. I really enjoyed her show and was sad when she retired. A new show, 1-A, took that morning slot, and it was hosted by Joshua Johnson. I enjoyed listening to him as well, with his incisive…
Read More Joshua Johnson leaves WAMU and NPR for MSNBC