Post-Halloween, Indigenous cultures show how they retained traditions to honor the dead
This weekend, three distinct cultures celebrate the life by paying homage to those who came before them. In Los Angeles, Louisiana and … Keep Reading
Jazz-soul group, Ranky Tanky keeps Gullah roots at the center of music
Pulling from a culture that sits at the center of American music, Ranky Tanky, a quintet from Charleston, South Carolina, pays homage … Keep Reading
Namesakes: AfricaTown, a 153 year-ago-old Alabama community founded to preserve West African cultural ties, becomes sister-city with another Africatown, an initiative to save Black Seattle
Africatown, two Black communities with the same name, located across the country from each other, face a similar challenge—involuntary out-migration. … Keep Reading
Reaping the rewards of a Renaissance: Black business owners in Inglewood keep doors open in spite of city’s gentrification
Entrepreneurs in one of the few Black business enclaves in Los Angeles remain optimistic as an NFL sports stadium finishes construction, and … Keep Reading
Artists: The last disrupters in Oakland
Artists at Jack London Square fight for visibility and a permanent store in Oakland, showing one of the remaining groups pushing against … Keep Reading
Three cities, three gentrifications
When I moved to Newark, New Jersey in 2007, it became the third consecutive city I lived in where gentrification destabilized Black … Keep Reading
Fall picks for foodies, cooks and those with a sweet tooth
Throughout the year, Ark Republic’s arkitects and contributors took note of their favorite and budding specialty foods, spices and condiments that we … Keep Reading
Salt on old wounds: Plans sour to memorialize 100-year-old remains of victims at Sugar Land, Texas prison plantation
Agreements stall to bury Sugar Land 95, a memorial site historicizing one of the harshest penal systems in the US … Keep Reading
The house that Ora Belle built: A historically obscure figure who forged the way for Black women in pro tennis
For the first time in the history of professional women’s tennis, Black female contenders compete in record numbers. Many may not know … Keep Reading
Newark residents concerned about health, outraged over city’s “cover up” of lead water crisis
The looming water crisis comes to a head. Now residents demand answers and scramble for safe drinking water. … Keep Reading