Sports, Arts and Culture

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

African-American jockeys battle racism

The Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.  It  opened in 1863, and became a…

February 9, 2015

Racism in the Academy behind snubbing of ‘Selma’

Institutionalized racism in the U.S. comes in many forms — some of it subtle, some not so subtle. The not…

January 20, 2015