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It’s not a story about victimhood, it’s an all too familiar story about power

When the seven members of the St. Paul City Council took their oaths of office on Tuesday, not all chose to do so on a Christian Bible. Five of the seven were sworn in on books that held other meaning to them, from religious texts to academic works. Ben Hovland, a photojournalist for Minnesota Public Radio, spotted the trend from his perch in the balcony of the Ordway Center for the Performing ...

Members of Hopkinsville City Council have agreed to consider a request from local business owners after hearing from Community and Development Services Executive Director Tom Britton at a meeting earlier

Nina Menkes examines the pervasiveness of the male gaze in the film canon and its chilling real-world consequences. Originally coined by feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, the term 'male gaze' articulates the way in which women have been filmed as objects to be looked at on screen by male characters, for an assumed male audience by often-male filmmakers. Menkes builds on the critical feminist writers like Laura Mulvey, Judith Butler, Bell Hooks, and Angela Carter by deconstruct...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, we asked senior female designers how the industry can help more women take on and retain leadership roles industry wide.

Reg Hendricks creates a space for people to connect, share and celebrate parents in the community.

Discover another great piece by Menel Rehab. This staff writer continues to cover important events such as this one. Parole de résistance pour une Palestine libre, an event brought togehter by The Decolonial Love Circle, was an heaven for love and healing.

Hopkinsville Mayor James R. Knight Jr., has announced that he and other city officials are in the process of accepting bids to tear down the stadium at the Walnut Street

Bell hooks, American scholar and activist whose work examined the connections between race, gender, and class. She often explored the varied perceptions of Black women and Black women writers and the development of feminist identities. Learn more about hooks’s life and career, including her notable books.

A rock legend's memoir, a beautiful book of poems about fatherhood and a history book that's real AF were some of my favorite books by Black authors this year.