Posts by Nicole Martinez
Why Black Kids Need the Education Dept. — and Why Trump Wants it Gone
Trump and others on the right see the Education Department as a wasteful, “woke” bureaucracy interfering with local control of schools.
Read MoreIn “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers a fiery secular sermon
Ta-Nehisi Coates released a collection of essays, including several about his recent trip to the war-torn West Bank.
Read MoreHumanity and history: a Q&A with “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” director Tyrone Phillips
Tyrone Phillips talks to reporter Robert Chappell about the importance of telling this historical narrative through a Black lens.
Read MoreWho were the United Socialists: The Black anarchist squatters you’ve never heard of
In the early 1900s, Black freedmen combined fringe religion and radical politics into a utopian vision of Oklahoma
Read MoreRevealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
An activist organization discovered that an American Internet has donated $1million to an white supremacist organization.
Read More‘Beyond Black Beauty’ brings together an 1877 classic novel and a Black family in Baltimore
A new take on a classic tale will soon come to Amazon, showing the relationship between horses and their Black owners.
Read MoreTelling the Stories of Wrongful Convictions, One Painstaking Case at a Time
In “Framed,” an advocate for the wrongly accused joins forces with John Grisham to tell stories of justice denied.
Read MoreZero Math Proficiency: The National Impact on Black Students
Multiple factors have led to a frustrating lack of math proficiency by students at Baltimore public schools.
Read MoreOne year later, California’s system to find missing Black people is working through its challenges
While California implemented a system to track missing Black persons, who are often overlooked, there are still wrinkles to iron out.
Read MoreWhen Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’
Harlem welcomed those who were outcasts in other parts of society, becoming home to unique entertainment and culture.
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