Archive for August 2020

Central Park will soon unveil its first sculpture depicting nonfictional female figures. “The fact that nobody even noticed that women were missing in Central Park — what does that say about the invisibility of women?” Read more at The New York TImes.

After the death of George Floyd, Nashville resident Shawn Dromgoole posted to social media saying he was afraid to walk alone in his gentrified community because of the color of his skin. Jamie Wax shares how a panicked moment turned into a movement. Watch the video at CBS News.

California Rep. Karen Bass was a relative unknown on the national stage until just a few months ago. Now she is among the contenders to be Joe Biden’s pick for his vice presidential running mate. A former community organizer and head of the Congressional Black Caucus, Bass led the Democratic effort to write sweeping police…

Democratic California Congresswoman Karen Bass is making her case about why she should be Joe Biden’s running mate. Bass, who represents the Los Angeles area, is said to be on the Democratic nominee’s short list for running mates, along with California Sen. Kamala Harris and former President Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice. Read more…

Here is my take on who Joe Biden should choose to run with him on the Democratic ticket in 2020. My criterion for narrowing down the list and for selecting my preference (by a small margin) comes down to a single question: Who can most assist former Vice President Biden in getting elected president and…

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joins Meet the Press to talk about her career, Cuba, and the vetting process for Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee. Watch the video at NBC News here.

When Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, becoming the first Indian Miss America, not everyone was celebrating her barrier-breaking win. In India, where Davuluri’s family emigrated from, her complexion was being dissected. “The morning after I won Miss America and I woke up to an Indian headline that said: ‘Is Miss America too dark to…

Since the killing of George Floyd, legislators and police departments have moved to ban the use of neckholds, which have long been controversial. LAPD had restricted the use of these back in 1982. What led to this change in police policy? Cardiologist Dr. Richard Allen Williams recalls the unsettling phone call that he says made…