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fromFast Company
3 days ago

The Target boycott over DEI isn't over yet

Target's rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments sparked boycotts that significantly impacted sales and leadership, with some boycotts continuing despite partial negotiations.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America

Minstrel shows featuring blackface became mainstream American entertainment in the 1800s, promoted by government during the Great Depression, and were gradually eliminated through civil rights activism and maternal advocacy in the 1970s.
#jesse-jackson
fromThe Nation
1 week ago
Left-wing politics

In Memoriam: the Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

Rev. Jesse Jackson maintained his activism and moral leadership until his death in February 2026, continuing to organize campaigns for justice across racial and religious lines throughout his life.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson mourned, celebrated in Bay Area after death

Jesse Jackson transformed American politics through a historic 1984 presidential bid, grassroots campaigning, global activism, and long-term partnerships with local leaders like Barbara Lee.
Left-wing politics
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

In Memoriam: the Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

Rev. Jesse Jackson maintained his activism and moral leadership until his death in February 2026, continuing to organize campaigns for justice across racial and religious lines throughout his life.
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East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

This is for Ms. Betty': Betty Reid Soskin, author, activist, and park ranger, celebrated

Betty Reid Soskin, the country's oldest active National Park Service ranger who died at 104, shaped historical narratives by ensuring Black and Asian American experiences were included in museum exhibits and public memory.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

This is for Ms. Betty': Betty Reid Soskin, author, activist, and park ranger, celebrated

Betty Reid Soskin, the country's oldest active National Park Service ranger who died at 104, shaped historical narratives by ensuring Black and Asian American experiences were included in museum exhibits and public memory.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Coco Gauff: I don't think people should be dying in the streets just for existing'

I think for me, it is tough to sometimes wake up and see something because I do care a lot about our country. I think people think I don't for some reason, but I do. I'm very proud to be American. But I think when you're from any country, you don't have to represent the entire values of what's going on in the leadership.
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O'Neal

Mary Lovelace O'Neal combines bold abstract painting and sustained civil-rights activism, using large marks and series to assert presence and explore resistance.
Music
fromQNS
3 months ago

Former St. Albans home of legendary late actress, singer and activist Lena Horne now for sale - QNS

Lena Horne's former Addisleigh Park Tudor-style home at 112-45 178th St. is listed for $1.225 million.
Social justice
fromFortune
3 months ago

H. Rap Brown, former Black Panther leader who once called violence 'as American as cherry pie,' dies at 82 | Fortune

H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) died at 82 in a federal prison hospital while serving a life sentence for killing a Georgia sheriff's deputy.
Film
fromArchitectural Digest
1 year ago

Josephine Baker at Home: 21 Photos of the Legendary Showgirl in Her French Chateaux

Josephine Baker rose from poverty to global fame as a performer, Resistance spy, activist, and devoted mother who created a celebrated home and family.
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Film, concert honoring iconic Bay Area singer Barbara Dane comes to Oakland

Barbara Dane combined blues and traditional jazz mastery with activism for civil rights, peace, and labor causes while influencing and collaborating with major 20th-century musicians.
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