Here's the schedule for the DNC's third night in Chicago featuring Walz, Clinton and Amanda Gorman Democratic National Convention organizers have released the schedule for the event’s third day The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2024
Queen Latifah To Host NAACP Image Awards Event happens March 16 on BET, CBS Broadcasting & Cable · Mar 5, 2024
1 killed at Chiefs parade shooting; Russia is developing a space-based nuclear device A shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade killed one woman and injured at least 21 others, including children. Russia is developing a nuclear capability that could target satelites. WEKU · Feb 15, 2024
A prison art show at Lincoln's Cottage critiques presidents' penal law past Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project is on exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington. The work of incarcerated artists challenges U.S. presidents' records on mass incarceration. WEKU · Jan 27, 2024
Prince Gyasi’s 2024 Pirelli Calendar wraps timeless artistry with community notes From international supermodel Naomi Campbell, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to renowned actor Idris Elba, and revolutionary producer Jeymes Samuel, this year’s Pirelli Calendar featured leaders, inventors, writers, and icons through the lens of photographer Prince Gyasi, Kaleigh Werner writes The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2024
Angela Bassett weighs in on honorary Oscar win: 'I'm thrilled' EXCLUSIVE: The Black Panther star spoke to The Standard as she celebrated the launch of the Pirelli 2024 calendar in London Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2023
The 2024 Pirelli Calendar Features an Impressive Cast, Including Naomi Campbell and Angela Bassett Both the cast and the concept are pretty remarkable with Ghanaian visual artist Prince Gyasi taking the reins creating a truly "Timeless" work of art. Fashion Times · Nov 30, 2023
Prince Gyasi becomes Pirelli calendar’s first black photographer Naomi Campbell, Idris Elba and Amanda Gorman among those photographed by Ghanaian artist for firm’s exclusive annual calendar The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023
Pink to distribute banned books at Florida tour dates Singer to give out 2,000 free copies of books in state that is center of hotbed of challenges to free speech The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2023
Scholastic reverses decision to separate books on race, gender and sexuality After backlash, company will no longer separate catalog at school fairs, which allowed districts to opt out of diverse books The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2023
Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for book fairs Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlash The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023
‘Chilling’: Ariana Grande, Amanda Gorman and others sign letter against book bans Letter, spearheaded by Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton, includes 175 signatories calling on Hollywood to fight bans in US schools The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2023
Author-illustrator Loren Long, who has worked with Barack Obama among others, has 6-figure book deal The illustrator of bestselling children’s books by former President Barack Obama, Madonna and poet Amanda Gorman has a six-figure deal with a Macmillan imprint for two of his own projects The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Parent who got popular poem banned from kids school admits she hasn't read it After the poem got taken off the curriculum, the mum later revealed that she had not read the poem or the books she complained about, and she admitted to not being a reader Daily Mirror · May 31, 2023
The Guardian - US · May 26, 2023 DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban Florida governor accuses media of creating ‘ridiculous poem hoax’ after complaint targeted verse recited at Biden inauguration
The Independent UK · May 26, 2023 Latest GOP 2024 hopeful DeSantis 'blazing a trail' on book bans in Republican-controlled states As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states
The Guardian - US · May 25, 2023 Florida mother behind ban on Amanda Gorman poem has Proud Boys links Social media posts picture Daily Salinas at Proud Boys events and show she posted antisemitic content online
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups A woman at the centre of a widely derided complaint attended rallies and protests with extremist groups and posted antisemitic content as she joined far-right book ban activism, reports find
Salon · May 25, 2023 Gorman complainer linked to Proud Boys Mother who got poem yanked pushed QAnon and "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," an antisemitic conspiracy theory
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ after poem banned at Florida school Poet’s ‘The Hills We Climb’ now only accessible to middle school students at Bob Graham Education Center
Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023 Editorial: DeSantis’ book ban is here. Don’t say gay, don’t say ‘slave’ at this Miami-Dade school Perhaps it’s because of how Amanda Gorman alluded to the Jan. 6 attack in her famous poem, finished the night after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol: “We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it.”
Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023 Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school A parent’s complaint led to the poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ being placed a restricted list by an elementary school. ‘I’m gutted,’ the poet said in a Facebook post.
The Independent UK · May 24, 2023 Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ her acclaimed poem banned for elementary students at Florida school Poet’s ‘The Hills We Climb’ now only accessible to middle school students at Bob Graham Education Center
WEKU · May 24, 2023 1 complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."
The Independent UK · May 24, 2023 Florida school bans poem recited by Amanda Gorman at Biden inauguration The poem will not be available to elementary school students at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes