Artists

March 8, 2019

The Gospel According To Will and Jada: What We Can Learn About Grace From ‘Red Table Talk’

By Ashley J. Hobbs Grace: “disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency” – Merriam-Webster Dictionary Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” episode […]
March 7, 2019

Barrels of Oil and Buckets of Faith

By Rich H. Kenney, Jr. My first car was a 1951 Chevy Powerglide, a beastly machine my grandfather dubbed, The Boiler. I bought it for $ […]
February 28, 2019

US Schools Should Teach These 3 Things About the History of White Supremacy

By Noelle Hurd, University of Virginia When it comes to how deeply embedded racism is in American society, Blacks and Whites have sharply different views. For […]
February 28, 2019

How Translation Obscured the Music and Wordplay of the Bible

By Robert Alter An essential fact about the Hebrew Bible is that most of its narrative prose as well as its poetry manifests a high order of […]
February 28, 2019

These Race-Related Films Will Make You Laugh, Cry, and Think Differently

By Zenobia Jeffries Warfield, YES! Magazine Some therapists prescribe movies as a form of treatment. Yep, movie therapy, or cinema therapy, is an expressive, sensory-based treatment […]
February 23, 2019

Black History Month 2019: Books to Keep You Woke and Inspired

Black History Month is celebrated every February in the United States thanks to Carter G. Woodson, who first established it as Negro History week in 1926. It’s […]
February 22, 2019

The Enigmatic Man Who Founded South Africa’s Largest Church

ZCC members at Moria City. Sowetan/Edward Maahlamela By Barry Morton, Indiana University Every Easter weekend, several millions of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) faithful from across southern […]
February 21, 2019

Donor-Hungry Hospitals Do Wealth Checks on Patients During Their Stay

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Nonprofit hospitals across the United States are seeking donations from the people who rely on them most: their patients. Many […]
February 18, 2019

‘Same God Made You Made Me’—Teraji P. Henson Stars as Christian Activist Ann Atwater in ‘The Best of Enemies’

“The Best of Enemies”, starring Teraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell, portrays how Black outspoken activist Ann Atwater and KKK leader C.P. Ellis helped fight school segregation in […]