By Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Douglas Rice, Jesse Rhodes, and Justin H. Gross | The Conversation Right-wing activists who have long criticized liberalism and “wokeness” in higher education and helped force the resignation of Claudine Gay, Harvard University’s first African American president, have now set their sights on ending the diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs that these activists claim helped place […]
Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com By Ateqah Khaki and Vinita Srivastava | The Conversation The release of Beyoncé’s latest album, Cowboy Carter, was a much awaited event for a lot of us. There was much anticipation about this being a country album — and a lot of talk about the resistance some radio stations had and still […]
Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com While the Biden Administration Delays the Rule on Menthol, Death Toll Rises Daily WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 2, 2024 – The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and the National Medical Association (NMA), represented by Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC, have filed […]
Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com By Chris Tobias, Exclusive to New Black Voices Louis Gossett Jr. stands as a titan in acting, with a career spanning over six decades, marked by versatility, depth, and a commitment to his craft. Born on May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, to Louis Sr., a porter, and […]
Editorial credit: Everett Collection / Shutterstock.com By Kimberly Bryant | MSN “Hers was not a voice or a face to forget. Yet, we forgot.” Those words by Alice Randall reflected the nearly lost legacy of Linda Martell, the first Black woman to top the country charts. Her reflection is a warning not to repeat history now that […]
By Matt Tracy | MSN Joan Gibbs, an activist and attorney who used her power — often on a pro bono basis — to fight HIV/AIDS and advance racial justice, women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights, died on March 14 at the age of 71. Gibbs was born in New York City, but spent her early […]
Editorial credit: tetiana.photographer / Shutterstock.com By Michael Z. Green | The Conversation A Home Depot store violated labor law when it disciplined Antonio Morales, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Feb. 21, 2024. Morales, a Home Depot employee in the Minneapolis area, had drawn the letters BLM on a work apron and refused to remove them. […]
By William M. Rodgers III | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis For decades, researchers have performed quantitative studies that describe and explain the white-Black wage gap.1 Three questions are among those that dominate this voluminous body of research: How much does widespread economic growth lead to a narrowing of the wage gap? How much of […]
By Ebony Aya | The Conversation Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and relationships with colleagues as they earned their Ph.D.s at a public university in the Midwest. I featured their writings in the dissertation I wrote to get my Ph.D. in curriculum […]
Editorial credit: Al Teich / Shutterstock.com By NAACP WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Biden’s final State of the Union address before elections in November, the nation’s largest civil rights organization has unveiled their Black Policy Agenda: State of The Union Edition. The agenda, which is first-of-a-kind for the organization, encapsulates the issues that are top-of-mind for Black America, […]