Katie Nodjimbadem, SMITHSONIAN (Smithsonian.com) – Aunt Jemima’s warm smile, pearl earrings and perfectly coiffed hair are easily recognizable in the breakfast foods aisle in grocery...
(The Guardian) – Writer Rebecca Skloot has hit back at a Tennessee parent who is trying to have her acclaimed biography of Henrietta Lacks removed from local schools, saying the...
For more than a century, descendants of enslaved Africans could be punished or put to death for learning to read or arming themselves. The strategy: Keep...
(The Washington Post) – The hallmark of public libraries — the printed book, bound by covers and centuries of page-turning — is being shoved aside by...
Krissah Thompson, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Many of the men and women who have worked in the White House residence — serving presidents...
JAKE PERLMAN, Entertainment Weekly (Entertainment Weekly)—Three days after joining the cast of the highly anticipated Star Wars sequel, Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o has found her next project. The Yale grad will...
