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5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
By Peter Dreier, Occidental College ‘The Salt of the Earth,’ made during the height of the post-World War II Red Scare, was blacklisted. IMDB The U.S. is in the midst of a new upsurge of union organizing. Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind? Hollywood studios and…
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Identifying brands as Black-owned can pay off for businesses
Labeling businesses as Black-owned can significantly boost their sales, we found in a recent study. In June 2020, the business-review website Yelp introduced a feature allowing consumers to search for Black-owned restaurants. As professors who study digitization, inequality and the economics of technology, we were interested in understanding its effect. So we analyzed more than…
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Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history
By Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago Cholera is common in parts of the world where clean water sources are unreliable. Sudan has suffered multiple outbreaks since the onset of a civil war in 2023. AFP via Getty Images Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon…
Children’s books about Black people’s everyday, joyful lives are sometimes banned – but they help all kids explore what it means to be human
By Wintre Foxworth Johnson, University of Virginia; Brooke Harris Garad, Butler University; Jennifer D. Turner, University of Maryland, and Tiffany D. Meadows, University of Virginia Reading contemporary children’s books that showcase the daily lives of Black kids and their families have benefits for all children. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images North America…
Why is Rihanna in Belgium this weekend? Hint: Smurfs
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium rolled out the blue carpet Saturday for Rihanna and other stars who turned out for the world premiere of the new Smurf movie. Rihanna produced “Smurfs” and voices Smurfette in the summer family film, a live-action animated reboot that takes the little creatures on a Smurfette-led…
Organizations and companies are partnering to introduce Black students in Detroit to golf
DETROIT (AP) — As a fan, Shaun Horne is all about Detroit’s professional sports teams. But when it comes to playing, the high school junior has his eyes on one game. “I only play golf,” Horne said after taking his turn on a simulator inside a gym on Detroit’s westside.…
Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review
WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by the Smithsonian Institution that items he loaned to the National Museum of African American History and Culture may be returned, amid a potential review of the museum’s collections ordered by President Donald Trump. Rev.…
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered. The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools announced Tuesday shows the…