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Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young

Hip hop artists, from top left, clockwise, DMX, Lexii Alijai, Prince Markie Dee and Trugoy the Dove have all passed away within the past...

How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher’s journey back to Barbie

Issa Rae as President Barbie. (Photo: Issarae/Instagram.) by Carol Hay, UMass Lowell As a mama trying to raise a daughter free from the gendered stereotypes of...

Overtime Elite – a private school, basketball league and media conglomerate – just sent two players to the NBA

Amen Thompson, left, and his twin brother, Ausar, were selected fourth and fifth in the 2023 NBA draft. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Empire State Realty...

A community can gentrify without losing its identity – examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works

A street mural by Manuel Acevedo at Halsey Place in Newark, N.J. Anthony Alvarez, CC BY-NC-ND by Anthony Alvarez, Rutgers University - Newark How can neighborhoods gentrify...

Low-cost, high-quality public transportation will serve the public better than free rides

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Hunter College Public transit systems face daunting challenges across the U.S., from pandemic ridership losses to traffic congestion, fare evasion and...

Black singles with college education embrace life without marriage

by Kris Marsh, University of Maryland Why is it seemingly OK to ask single people “Why are you single?” when married people are rarely asked...

Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn’t been good – and that’s not bad for art that...

by Kristin Ann Hass, University of Michigan As an acclaimed photographer and conceptual artist, Hank Willis Thomas has grown accustomed to criticisms of his unconventional...

The state takeover of Houston public schools is about more than school improvement

by Domingo Morel, New York University When the state of Texas took over Houston’s public school district on March 15, 2023, it made the district...

Jimmy Carter’s African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

by Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years,...

Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’

by Brandy Thomas Wells, Oklahoma State University Nutrition is among the most critical issues of our time. Diet-related illnesses are shortening life spans and the...
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