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Meshell NdegeocelloWednesday Notes: Off-White, RIP Willis Reed and more
Off-White's Spring/Summer 2023 campaign, conceived by Ibrahim Kamara, drops as Wednesday Notes also marks the passing of Willis Reed — two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer.
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Tuesday Notes: Colson Whitehead, Mindy Kaling
The BLAAC PD study — which tracks Parkinson's Disease in Black and African American communities — is expanding to new clinical sites, a breakthrough in health equity research.
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Donna SummerMonday Notes: Donna Summer, A New cold war in Africa, and more
A new Donna Summer documentary reveals the darkness behind her disco persona — "You're looking at me, but what you see is not what I am" — opening Monday Notes alongside US-Africa geopolitics.
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Karen BassSunday Notes: Karen Bass, Education, Real Estate Appraisals & the Air Movie
New Yorker writer Emily Witt profiles Karen Bass on fighting homelessness and reforming the LAPD as Sunday Notes also digs into discriminatory real estate appraisals and the upcoming Air movie.
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AmaaraeSaturday Notes: KAWS, Amaarae, Gov. Wes Moore
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pledges "the most full assault on child poverty" in the state's history, while Saturday Notes also spotlights artist KAWS and Ghanaian pop star Amaarae.
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Tiwa SavageFriday Notes: Tiwa Savage, NASA, The Roots...
Friday Notes argues it's long overdue to give Tiwa Savage her flowers — a force who has consistently pushed the scales toward equity in the male-dominated Afrobeats landscape.
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SarkodieThursday Notes: Hip-Hop at Fifty, Defining race...
Hip-hop turns fifty this year — and Thursday Notes explores the genre's origins alongside the sobering math that a $100,000 salary in New York City is worth less than $36,000 after taxes and cost of living.
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Lady WrayWednesday Notes: Black Americans and the dream of homeownership
The national Black-white homeownership gap is wider today than it was in 1970 — Wednesday Notes digs into how systemic barriers keep locking Black Americans out of America's primary wealth-building tool.
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JAY-ZTuesday Notes: Race vs. Ethnicity, Just Blaze and Michael Jackson...
Some Black Americans want their enslaved ancestry recognized in census categories; some Jewish Americans want a distinct ethnic designation — Tuesday Notes digs into the government's rethinking of race and ethnicity.
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Ruth CarterMonday Notes: Mississippi Blues, The Oscars...
The Mississippi Delta is world-famous for the blues and integral to America's civil rights story — Monday Notes explores efforts to tell both histories together at the same cultural sites.
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Burna BoySunday Notes: Burna Boy, SVB, Air Jordan 1 "Palomino"
Sunday's roundup spans Burna Boy, the SVB banking collapse, and the Air Jordan 1 'Palomino' — with culture picks from Harlem fashion editor Aria Hughes.
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Fred PerrySaturday Notes: Telling Black Stories via film and TV, Joeboy's new video, Chloe Bailey as a producer and on TV...
Black and Latino directors are funding their own stories, Joeboy drops the riveting 'Body & Soul' video, and Chloe Bailey emerges as a producer and TV presence.