Entertainment, Politics and Sports
BTN STAFF Dr. Samori Swygert of Kulturekritic pleads the case that a Black Hollywood is needed. He lists seven things that Black America can do right now to form that industry. To read the full story
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer I had a woman approach me after the club once; she seem apprehensive but reassured somehow. I remember having a conversation with some guy and I’m not sure what we
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BTN STAFF In his final years on earth, Dr. King was not the beloved figure that we perceive him to be. Askia Muhammad of Final.com talks about the “real Dr. King” in comparison to the
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By Molly Beck Article Submission Bri Blue illustrates why it’s such a challenge for school districts like Madison’s to hire racially diverse staff. She was one of just four black students in the elementary education
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By Rakesh Kochhar and Richard Fry Article Submission The Great Recession, fueled by the crises in the housing and financial markets, was universally hard on the net worth of American families. But even as the
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BTN STAFF Even if we don’t call it a resolution, we still strive to make the new year better than the last. Well instead of abandoning your goals by April, we found some ways to
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BY NICOLE FLATOW Article Submission There’s a lot we don’t know about how many people have actually been killed at police hands in the United States, thanks to woefully inadequate transparency and federal record-keeping. But there’s one
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“Black children may be perceived as innocent only until deemed suspicious,” researchers wrote By: Katie McDonough Article Submission In a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers asked college students
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