Tag: blue power

• The history of Black management reveals an overlooked form of capitalism

  June 20, 2020

  Exploring diversity from all angles. https://qz.com/work/1868106/black-business-history-reveals-potent-management-lessons/ more ›

• Why Protest Movements Are ‘Civil’ Only in Retrospect

  June 17, 2020

  Once history has endorsed a social movement, people tend to simplify it and downplay the opposition it faced. But while movements are happening, historians say, they are always messy. The… more ›

• The Trayvon Generation

  June 15, 2020

  This one was shot in his grandmother’s yard. This one was carrying a bag of Skittles. This one was playing with a toy gun in front of a gazebo. Black… more ›

• The intertwined histories of the African American freedom struggle and Ethiopia’s war against fascism

  June 14, 2020

  The uproar from the horrific murder of 46-year old African American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25 continues to reverberate globally, as African Americans… more ›

• A teenager’s guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers

  June 13, 2020

  Schiffmann could have rested on his laurels, but the murder of George Floyd prompted another project. This new site is simple and serves one primary purpose: find local protests. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/12/1002838/avi-schiffmann-17-year-old-guide-building-pandemic-protest-tracker/ more ›

• 35 Top African-American Artists on the Work That Inspires Them

  March 20, 2020

  Over the past 20 years, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. Jordan Peele. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Kara Walker. Ava DuVernay. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/19/arts/african-american-art-inspiration.html more ›

• Louis Vuitton AW20: Virgil Abloh strikes the final nail into streetwear’s coffin

  February 17, 2020

  In the somewhat loquacious notes for Virgil Abloh’s AW20 Louis Vuitton show (the Illinois-born designer’s first since his return from a three-month-long health-related sabbatical and his fourth for the LVMH-owned… more ›

• An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away

  February 8, 2020

  PHILADELPHIA — Darnell Gates sat at a long table in a downtown Philadelphia office building. He wore a black T-shirt with “California” in bright yellow letters on the chest. He… more ›

• Lena Waithe’s Art of Protest

  December 3, 2019

  The “Queen & Slim” writer on mixing art and politics, the key to collaboration and those infamous comments about Will Smith and Denzel Washington. Lena Waithe doesn’t so much tell… more ›

• After 33 years in modeling, Naomi Campbell finally got to work with a black photographer

  November 30, 2019

  In mid-November, supermodel Naomi Campbell tweeted two photos from her recent cover and spread in The Guardian, shot by London-based photographer Campbell Addy. It was the first time the model,… more ›