
- Newsom Approves $170 Million to Fast Track Wildfire Resilience
- David G. Brown’s Politics, Race and Cartoons Exhibit Covers Two Decades of American History
- Oakland Mayoral Race: Barbara Lee Accepts Victory With ‘Responsibility, Humility and Love
- Mayor Bass’ ‘State of the City’ Address Shows Readiness for L.A.’s Challenges — and a Promise of a Winning Future
- Alexis Herman, 1st Black U.S. Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
- Clippers Dominate Nuggets 117-83 in Game Three
- DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color
- Lakers Even Series At 1-1 With 94-85 Win Over Timberwolves
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WATCH: Motown Merry Christmas (1987)

She’s Bringing Ballet to the Streets of New York
Aesha Ash fought negative stereotypes about African-American women all the way to the New York City Ballet and the world’s most prestigious stages. These days, you can find her—tutu and all—pirouetting around her native inner-city Rochester, New York. Through her Swan Dreams Project, Aesha combines photography and ballet to prove that artistic talent, beauty and grace are not defined by status or race.


WATCH: Debbie Allen’s Hot Chocolate Nutcracker – China Scene, 2012

WATCH: Kwanzaa 2010 Malcolm X College Pt. 8

Harris sharply defends Biden in interview with Charlamagne
Vice President Kamala Harris got into a testy exchange with media host Charlamagne Tha God Friday, defending President Joe Biden from questions over roadblocks to passage of his social spending package.

WATCH: Crystal Williams, RISD’s next President
Rhode Island School of Design’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Crystal Williams as the institution’s 18th president effective April 1, 2022.

December 18: The 13th Amendment that Outlawed Slavery was Ratified, 1865
December 18: The 13th Amendment that Outlawed Slavery was Ratified, 1865

Poet and advocate Crystal Williams named next RISD president
Crystal Williams, an award-winning poet who currently leads Boston University’s diversity and inclusion efforts, has been named the next president of the Rhode Island School of Design, the school’s board of trustees announced Thursday.

$45K paid to settle suit alleging deputy pinned Black child
Clackamas County has paid $45,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a mother who said one of several sheriff’s deputies held her 12-year-old son to the ground with a knee on his neck.

Bell Hooks, Groundbreaking Feminist Thinker, Dies at 69
Bell hooks, the groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics intertwined helped shape academic and popular debates over the past 40 years, has died. She was 69.

Women Breaking through to Top Roles in Black Churches
When an opening for bishop arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were offering to be candidates.

December 17: Noted Athlete Henry Aaron Received Spingarn Medal, 1975
December 17: Noted Athlete Henry Aaron Received Spingarn Medal, 1975

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, averting a trial but likely extending the time he is already spending behind bars on a state conviction.