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Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White that appeared in Life magazine above the headline “The Flood Leaves its Victims on the Bread Line,” February 15, 1937. Photo: Getty Images. Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response Between the State and Community, by Peer Illner. London: Pluto Press, 2020. 208 pages.  Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next), by Dean Spade. New York and London: Verso, 2020. 128 pages.  IN ONE OF photojournalist Margaret Bourke-Whi...

A history of radical Black self-care and the impact of the Black Panther Party OPINION: If we still had the programs the Black Panthers initiated across the U.S. what could’ve been? Ryan Pearson Like many viewers, I was deeply impacted by Shaka King’s Fred Hampton ( Daniel Kaluuya) and his assassination by the FBI, which was successful because of the aid of an informant ( Lakeith Stanfield) who infiltrated the Chicago chapter of the organization that Hampton led. While the racism, anti-B...

WARRENTON — Kirby Alston, an Exceptional Children’s Teacher at Mariam Boyd Elementary School, has been honored by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. “It is truly an exciting honor,” she said. She teaches kindergarten through fifth grade. “I was very shocked. But, I’m excited and it is such an honor.” In lieu of the regular Educator of Excellence celebration, which did not happen this year because of the cancellation of the annual Conference o...

Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, Dirksen Federal Building, 1969 (Photo: Paul Sequeira) On February 18, Adalah Justice Project’s Sandra Tamari  spoke with movement attorney Jeff Haas by videoconference. Jeff is a founder of the People’s Law Office in Chicago (1969-2003) and is the author of The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police  Murdered a Black Panther. In this conversation, Jeff recounts his work as co-counsel on Hampton vs. Hanrahan which exposed...

TESSA warns of the prevalence of teen dating violence Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KOAA and last updated 2021-02-24 20:27:20-05 TESSA is working to raise awareness about the issue. And it’s a much bigger issue than you may think. “1 in 3 teens has experienced some type of abuse, whether that’s physical, sexual, or emotional abuse,” Meghan McHugh, Youth and Children’s P...

The Radical Origins of Free Breakfast and the Food Justice Movement Food justice recognizes the food system as “a racial project and problematizes the influence of race and class on food production, distribution and consumption of food.” Today, this grassroots initiative that emerged from communities in response to food insecurity and the economic pressures that prevent access to healthy, nutritious, culturally-appropriate food, has taken on new urgency. To meet that urgency, the Institute�...

Entertainment Today: Show-biz news EMMY AWARDS The NBC White House drama "The West Wing" was re-elected as outstanding TV drama series by voting members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Sunday, but fell short of the landslide it achieved last year when it won a record nine Emmy Awards. Advertisement Writer-producer Aaron Sorkins creation won eight Emmys -- including a second straight award for best drama, and for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for Allison Janney fo...

February 14, 2021 Virginia Dare Van Sciver, 88, of Harbeson passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Virginia was born in Rising Sun, Md., in 1932, daughter of the late Donald C. and Constance “Connie” Jones Graybeal, wife of the late Donald Van Sciver to whom she was married for 60 years, and mother of the late Jean Marie Van Sciver.  Virginia graduated from Rising Sun High School in 1949 and attended Salisbury State Teachers College. She met Don in 1951, then a seaman at B...

(BPT) - Recent diet trends encourage balancing food sources for optimal health. If you’re following the Mediterranean, keto or paleo diets, you’re probably aware that lean meats like beef play a vital role as part of an overall healthy eating plan, balanced with plant-based foods like vegetables and legumes. Elsewhere in the world, however, access to high-quality sources of protein is a serious challenge. Malnutrition is a significant global public health issue, and recent global nutr...

The Costumes in Judas and the Black Messiah Offer a History Lesson in Social Justice How costume designer Charlese Antoinette helped transform Daniel Kaluuya into Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton. Author: Photo: Glen Wilson/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. How costume designer Charlese Antoinette helped transform Daniel Kaluuya into Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton. "There are a lot of people anticipating his story being told," says "Judas and the Black Messiah" co...