A tribute to legendary author, professor, and social activist bell hooks.
Op-Ed
There are Black astronauts, but not many, and they're not much talked about. On Nov. 16, NASA made a welcome announcement: geologist Dr. Jessica Andrea Watkins will serve as a mission specialist on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 mission aboard the ISS.
We will never know how many poets died from AIDS in the decades before antiviral medications were developed, but one such poet, Steven Blevins, was an AIDS victim whose work was rescued by an act of tremendous generosity.
The verdict is in, and all three men on trial for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 have been found guilty of most of the charges against them.
While race was not the primary focus in this case, it is woven into the events leading up to the shootings, the treatment of the defendant, and the verbiage used while trying his case.
Netflix's recent release of The Harder They Fall, a Western starring Black cowboys, has been met with both criticism and praise. Some aren't allowing one flaw to distract from the bigger picture.
Water is the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain; forms streams, lakes, and seas; and is a major constituent of all living matter. It is a basic need but also a public resource that has been misused, mistreated, and exploited for money.
While it may be difficult to envision someone who willingly goes each day to fulfill a task as a slave, in places like Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, it's a tragic reality.
Our country has acquired a nasty taste for criminalizing Black victims and using irrelevant information from their pasts to influence trials meant to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Debbie Carlsen, LGBTQ+ advocate and co-founder and former executive director of LGBTQ Allyship gives her take on who is the better candidate for Seattle Mayor.