Houston White. Photograph By Nina Robinson
Houston White opened his barbershop, Houston White Men s Room, in north Minneapolis in late 2008. It became a hub for the Camden neighborhood s Black community, prompting White to create a sister business: Houston White Apparel & Accessories, a fashion line for Black excellence. When the dual shocks of Covid-19 and George Floyd s killing hit Minneapolis, White s business ground to a halt, giving him a chance to reimagine Black-owned business in his city. He emerged with a vision and a plan, which he calls Camdentown. As told to Cameron Albert-Deitch
When you think of Black barbershops, you think of a mom-and-pop hole in the wall.
Don t kill me : Others tell of abuse by officer who knelt on George Floyd
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By: Jamiles Lartey and Abbie VanSickle
Firsthand accounts accuse Derek Chauvin, the police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd s neck in Minneapolis, of using similar tactics on detainees over the years. Nearly three years before Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried out that he couldn t breathe last May, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin s knee on her.
The officer had answered a call of a domestic dispute at her home, and Code said he forced her down when she tried to pull away.
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The illness of racism was here long before Covid-19, but the pandemic brought it out into a brighter focus. It is too blinding not to see it. It is too loud to be silent in its presence. So we are going to make some noise of our own the kind of noise you can dance to. On Episode 26, we highlight the dialogues we’ve had over the past year with anti-racist educators and leaders. As the country loops back through a national call to self-destruct on Sunday, April 11, NoMoNo spins remixes of conversations and wall-to-wall beats.
Because of the rules around copyright, we can t post the audio as it aired with some of our favorite songs and vocalists speaking to the nuances of these issues. If you want to,
Navigating Sexual Health Education and Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Among the many ways Swarthmore organizations have tried to make progress in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent shipment of condoms and other safe sex materials to campus might not seem like the most important news. For the college’s Sexual Health Advocates (SHAs), however, the shipment represents a hopeful return to more normal operations.
“I’m overjoyed,” SHA Nina Robinson ’23 told The Phoenix. “It makes things so much easier, and I feel like we actually have a purpose again after most of our work happening behind the scenes this year.”