Sports, Arts and Culture

Athletes show wide support for BLM

The Republican National Convention, which nominated the white supremacist, fascistic Donald Trump as its presidential candidate, has added fire under…

July 26, 2016

The intersection between sports and fighting police violence

The ESPY Awards honor individual and team athletes in the U.S. and worldwide for outstanding achievements on a yearly basis.…

July 19, 2016

An appeal to Black athletes: Boycott the Olympics until Black Lives Matter!

Bulletin: Since the WWP election campaign released this statement on July 6, police in the Minneapolis area have gunned down…

July 8, 2016

‘Suffragette’

March is Women’s History Month. No study of women’s history would be complete without honoring the millions of women who…

March 20, 2016

Hattie McDaniel: First Oscar-winning Black actor

Hollywood’s 2016 all-white Academy Award acting nominations carry on the tradition of excluding, more often than not, Black achievement in…

February 11, 2016

Is Cam Newton too ‘Black’?

Durham, N.C. -- The glaringly racist barrage regarding the on-the-field celebrations and cultural norms of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remind…

February 5, 2016

Criticism grows of racism surrounding Oscar snubs

The shutout of Black and other actors of color from the Oscars nominations announced on Jan. 14 has intensified a…

January 29, 2016

#OscarsSoWhite decries Hollywood racism

On Jan. 14, much of the world watched in shock and anger the announcements of the nominations for the upcoming…

January 19, 2016

Confederate symbols condemned at int’l bike race

Richmond, Va., Sept. 20 -- When organizers of an international cycling race in Richmond, Va., the former capital of the Confederacy,…

September 22, 2015

Oscars & mass incarceration show why BLACK LIVES MATTER

On Feb. 24, two days shy of the third anniversary of the vigilante murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an African…

March 4, 2015