Congresswoman Joyce Beatty today sued President Trump and others to stop the unlawful renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the Congressw...

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Republicans in multiple states passed laws this year pushing institutions to ax academic programs that graduate few students—and requiring them to appeal to state leaders if they want exemptions. Facu...

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📚 In this powerful episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and Panelista Ellen Salpeter Ellen Salpeter are joined by Brooklyn Public Library’s Chief Librarian Nick Nicholas Higgins Higgins, Dr. ...

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For Gaza’s Children: Black, Brown, and Jewish Writers and Poets Speak OutMarc Lamont Hill, Haki R. Madhubuti and Keith Gilyard, EditorsThird World Press Foundation, 196 pages, 2025. What they don’t te...

“Star Trek” actor and activist George Takei tells CNN’s Audie Cornish about his family’s experience in a 1940’s Japanese-American internment camp, saying Americans “need to speak out” as he sees what ...

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‘But let it not be said in the final analysis when history will only record these glorious moments and when your grandchildren will invariably ask: Granddaddy, what role did you play in helping to mak...

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In this powerful special edition of the Department of African American Studies, Princeton University podcast, host Tera Hunter, department chair, leads an urgent and reflective Juneteenth conversation...

Congratulations to the featured writers at the African American Book Festival in Austin Texas on June 27 and June 28. Their voices will not be silenced despite attempts to dismantle DEI efforts in ou...

"Terminating NBES members is yet another example of the Trump Administration’s attack on research."

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Trump loses in Federal Court, Gov Newsom regains control of National Guard California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a major press conference on Trump losing in federal court where the judge blocked Tru...

https://lnkd.in/eyFzK_Hh Haki Madhubuti is a poet, activist, publisher, and institution builder. I feature three of his books in my newsletter Meditations. They represent calls to action and reflect...

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It was an honor giving a book talk for Battle for the Black Mind at the Black Wall St. Legacy Festival in Tulsa, OK… Thank you to Dr. Tiffany Crutcher and Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter for inviting me to...

"Dirty. Criminal. Stealing jobs." What if I told you that everything being said about Hispanic immigrants today was first said about Asian Americans?... It’s all recycled. It started with t...

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Silence is loud—but Hip Hop is louder. We’re calling all scholars, artists, and practitioners to submit papers that explore how Hip Hop speaks up in times of silence across the Americas. Got something...

As a second-generation alum of the University of Michigan, I’ve often reflected on how this institution shaped my life. The Diag, the center of campus with its steady hum of voices calling out injusti...

Today, we honor and remember #BreonnaTaylor, whose life was tragically cut short. On what would have been her 32nd birthday, we celebrate her memory and continue to seek justice in her name. Breonna&#...

🌺 Did you know that Ida B. Wells was also a force in the fight for Black education? Yes, she was a trailblazing journalist and a fierce anti-lynching crusader. But she also fought for equal education...

Jason Arday, 37, has made history as the youngest Black professor at Cambridge University. Diagnosed with autism at age 3 and unable to speak until 11, he overcame immense barriers to achieve his drea...

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This is an absolutely terrible development that is going to limit opportunity for Texas students who are undocumented to access college and for those who are currently enrolled to continue. Texas wa...