87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend

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Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the United States (via Chuck Modi)

ATLANTA (AP) — The US is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, CDC says.

Diverging space for deviants: the politics of Atlanta’s public housing Published in Housing Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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new book review in @housingjournal.bsky.social by @katrinanacker.bsky.social

F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death

The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

Watching the students’ faces during his speech was an absolute delight

The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity Robert Bullard reflects on the movement he created.

Before #GIS existed, Robert Bullard began collecting data in the 1970s to publish systematic research on the links between race and exposure to pollution, which he documented for a 1979 lawsuit. Learn more about the “Father of #EnvironmentalJustice” and the #geography of #inequity:

Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' 'Significant Shift' to Opinion Section "I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won't be a stranger," the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPo

Eugene Robinson is leaving the Washington Post after 45 years following Jeff Bezos' "significant shift" to the paper's opinion section

Primary Sources: The Man Who Shot Jim Crow Cecil Williams sat down with Michael Harriot to recount how a teenager with a hand-me-down camera became one of the most important photojournalists in American history.

How does a teen get a job at Jet magazine?
Where did the civil rights movement begin?
And what's the story behind that pic that's all over the internet?

Legendary photographer Cecil Williams sits down with Michael Harriot today on @contrabandcamp.bsky.social

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Marvin Sapp performs “Never Would Have Made It” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/wVbZzgybaJ4?...

Diana Taurasi, 6-time Olympic gold medalist and the WNBA's top scorer, will retire Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.

Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.

Description of the webinar featuring headshots of Linda Campbell and Theo Pride.

Have you registered for Friday’s #webinar? Join Linda Campbell and Theo Pride, with Detroit’s People Platform, as they illustrate how co-governance strategies have resulted in more just and #inclusive outcomes for majority-Black #Detroit.

Save your seat: www.aag.org/webinar/co-p... #GeoSky #GISChat

This ‘Abbott Elementary’ Fan-Favorite Is Finally Getting His Due At 73, William Stanford Davis is in his prime as Mr. Johnson and up for a second NAACP Image Award.

William Stanford Davis has been acting for 40 years, but he landed the role of a lifetime on "Abbott Elementary at 73

"Oh my God, there’s something special about it."

Headshots of Drs. Lawson and Sanders with congratulations for the AAG Lifetime Achievement Honors.

We are ecstatic to honor the recipients of AAG’s Lifetime Achievement Honors! Victoria Lawson (UW) and Rickie Sanders (Temple U.) are celebrated for their impacts on the discipline through a combination of #Research and #PublicEngagement. 🌟 www.aag.org/2025-aag-awa...

#GeoSky #Academia #GISChat

Sigh…

Some US states not running on Dunkin' doughnuts due to temporary supply shortage Dunkin’ dropped the “Donuts” from its brand name years ago. Now — at least in Nebraska, New Mexico and a few other states — it doesn’t have doughnuts on the shelves either.

Some US states not running on Dunkin' doughnuts due to temporary supply shortage

Black residents mourn lost homes, history as wildfires scorch Altadena “All that stuff that you thought was so important can be gone in five minutes.”

I talked to the Black residents of Altadena who say they’ve lost everything but hope.

“When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died

Unearthing the 'hidden' racist history of America's sundown towns Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States.

Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States

Excited for this work from Jarvis McInnis-cup.columbia.edu/book/afterlives-of-the-p...

Tributes pour in for Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and educator Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81.

Tributes are pouring in for Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement

Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81 Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in CT An unpopular move to cap anesthesiology coverage by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drew criticism from patients and state officials.

Anthem backtracks on decision to cap anesthesiology coverage in Connecticut

I really do not get this obsession with trying to bully people to stay on any social media app.