R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town The National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to the small Mississippi Delta town of Marks The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
High Scool Football: When do the top 5 QBs of 2023 class play their first game? A new season of High School Football has finally arrived USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 11, 2022
Unveiling the Class of 2023 SI99 Prospect Rankings Sports Illustrated reveals preseason SI99 ranking of the nation’s top high school football prospects. Sports Illustrated · Aug 9, 2022
Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek star who broke sci-fi’s racial barrier As communications chief Uhura, Nichelle Nichols became a key part of a show that became a cultural touchstone The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022
Commentary: Lt. Uhura of ‘Star Trek’ took Black actresses where none had gone before Lt. Uhura’s presence on the deck of the starship Enterprise seemed routine for the 23rd century. But the casting of Nichelle Nichols, the Black actress who played Uhura on “Star Trek” in the late 1960s, was extraordinary. Nichols, who later appeared in six “Star Trek” movies, died Saturday at age… Los Angeles Times · Aug 2, 2022
Nichelle Nichols will forever have her place in history after Star Trek icon's death Nichelle Nichols died at the weekend aged 89 but will be forever cemented in history thanks to her 1968 episode of Star Trek Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022
‘Star Trek’ underutilized Nichelle Nichols. She was its heart and soul anyway The original “Star Trek” may have been canceled in 1969, but it is still with us. That three seasons of a television series could in those days produce 79 episodes led to a healthy life in syndication, which brought the voyagers of the starship Enterprise new generations of viewers and… Los Angeles Times · Aug 1, 2022
Nichelle Nichols obituary Actor who blazed a trail for black women on American TV in the 1960s in the role of Lt Uhura in Star Trek The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022
Actress Nichelle Nichols, ‘Star Trek’s’ Trail-Blazing Uhura, Dies at 89 Nichelle Nichols, whose portrayal of starship communications officer Lieutenant Uhura in the 1960s sci-fi TV series "Star Trek" and subsequent movies broke color barriers and helped redefine roles for Black actors, has died at age 89, her family said. Nichols, whose fans included Martin Luther King Jr. and a young… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 1, 2022
Obama shares tribute to Bill Russell: "Today we lost a giant" The 11-time NBA champion died on Sunday at the age of 88. Axios · Aug 1, 2022
Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ dies at 89 Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died. Los Angeles Times · Jul 31, 2022
Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, passes away at 88 The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88 The Hindu · Jul 31, 2022
The Political Strategy of "Making the Other Side Better" Economist Tyler Cowen argues this approach is too often neglected. But is more common than he suggests. Reason · Jul 22, 2022
‘I said, Don, it’s time for you to reveal’: 50 years later, the truth behind American Pie In an expansive new documentary, Don McLean talks about the much-discussed meaning of his enduring hit song The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2022
The Conversation · Jul 7, 2022 Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change Climate change is perhaps the most serious threat to life on this planet. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), climate change has already caused heatwave, drought and flood deaths across the world; contributed to the spread of potentially fatal diseases including cholera; and…
ABC News · Jul 4, 2022 From Simone Biles to Steve Jobs, meet all the Americans being awarded a Presidential Medal Of Freedom this week Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2022 The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’ “All men are created equal.”
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 Sam Gilliam obituary Abstract artist whose ‘draped’ canvases hover between painting and sculpture
Salon · Jun 24, 2022 D.C. march calls out "politics of greed" Revived crusade founded by Dr. King focuses on new rise of union organizing at Amazon, Starbucks and elsewhere
Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2022 Maureen Downey: Ibram X. Kendi: We are in a pitched battle to create anti-racist society ATLANTA — Historian and writer Ibram X. Kendi learned as an adult what he hopes his young daughter and all children of color to learn from birth: They are not the racial problem. No racial group has more because they are more. No racial group has less because they are…
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022 Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still 'fearless' A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes that are terrorizing people across America
The Guardian - US · May 21, 2022 Move over, Florida: Georgia the new battleground as Trump goes all in Georgia has obsessed the former president since losing it to Joe Biden – will his mega-Maga candidates come out on top?
Evening Standard · May 18, 2022 Pistol, Midas Man, Elvis, Going Electric: how the classic rock canon is being rebooted With Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and Danny Boyle’s new Sex Pistols show on Disney+, old rockers are being reclaimed for a new generation
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022 Dance legend Alonzo King: ‘People think of love as a sentiment but it’s a force’ The revered American choreographer looks back at his political family life and the inspiration of his mother’s movement ahead of a rare UK production with Rambert
Salon · May 15, 2022 Black lives and Black death Marc Lamont Hill on how George Floyd's martyrdom changed America, and why cops and prisons can't deliver justice