One of the hallmarks of progress, both societally and individually, is when we realize that something we thought was benign is actually not. When it comes...
Elijah McCain was a massage therapist who played violin for shelter kittens on his lunch break in his hometown of Aurora, Colorado, because he thought the...
Laurel, Mississippi is home to a little over 18,000 people, more than 61% of whom are Black. On Tuesday, the town’s mayor, Johnny Magee, issued a...
Comedian Trevor Noah has become not only a voice of comic relief in tough times, but a voice of thoughtfulness and reason on social issues, as...
In today’s episode of WTF America, a pastor of an Atlanta megachurch tried to make an argument that the benefits white Americans got from slavery were...
In a generation or two, kids in history class will be reading about this time period we’re living through now. They’ll learn about a global uprisings...
Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she made history as the first Black child to attend an all-white school in the Southern U.S. Bridges’...
Imagine the gall it takes to sit in a meeting where community members are sharing their personal stories of racism and scroll through an online store...
“New normal.” That’s the phrase ushered in by the novel coronavirus and the devastating scourge of death from COVID-19. “New normal” is the only way we...
Oh, Selah. It’s been a long time, but it’s clear that not much has changed. My husband grew up in Selah, a rural town of 8,000...