By Thando Hlophe | October 26, 2023 JOHANNESBURG, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A South African violist has used music and art to explore the painful legacy of how laborers at wineries in the Western Cape province were for centuries given wine as part of their payment, a practice known as “the Dop System.” The system, which […]
By Rachel Gur-Arie | October 18, 2023 Ending pandemics is a social decision, not scientific. Governments and organizations rely on social, cultural and political considerations to decide when to officially declare the end of a pandemic. Ideally, leaders try to minimize the social, economic and public health burden of removing emergency restrictions while maximizing potential benefits. Vaccine policy […]
By Suzanne Eckes | October 2, 2023 | The Conversation Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an all-time high in 2022 and show few signs of abating for 2023, according to the American Library Association. The recent movement to remove books appears to be a coordinated campaign taking place at both the state and […]
By Marlee Bunch | September 29, 2023 | The Conversation My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially segregated public schools, she faced a daunting challenge in providing a first-class education to students considered second-class citizens. Educated at Rust […]
Editorial credit: Johnny Silvercloud / Shutterstock.com By Khalil Abdullah | September 27, 2023 Evan Milligan, who won a Supreme Court ruling for Black Alabamian voters, says he was initially skeptical about the legal battle. Washington, D.C. — Evan Milligan, executive director of Alabama Forward and lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that won, for […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By ESPN News Services and The Associated Press | September 26, 2023 NEW YORK — Magic Johnson’s love for his Los Angeles Lakers has kept him from considering ownership of any other NBA team. The New York Knicks would be the one franchise that could make him have second thoughts. “I think it […]
Photos courtesy of Senator Sanders’ Office September 25, 2023 Listen to People, Power & Politics interview with Senator James Sanders Jr: (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the NY State Senate Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson called on Governor Kathy Hochul to […]
Editorial credit: Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com During the 60th anniversary, the survivor reveals her journey through the book, The 5th Little Girl Memphis, TN, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Civil Rights Museum brings survivor-turned-civil rights activist, Sarah Collins Rudolph, to speak on her book, The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street […]
By Diana J. Wilkie | September 18, 2023 | The Conversation The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of pain […]
![[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them](https://newblackvoices.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shutterstock_2037010763-701x468.jpg "[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them")
Assembly member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the California reparations task force, in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, May 5, 2023. California has been the most proactive state when it comes to organizing a reasonable plan to give Black people reparations for the harm that slavery has caused them for hundreds of years. The California Reparations Task Force has […]