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Category: Society

What do you know about society? Are you part of a community? These articles cover everything from mental health to Jamaican coalitions.

The Free Black University

SocietySeptember 3, 2020September 3
Black Culture / Black Lives Matter
The Free Black University

Get educated with The Free Black University and it's recently opened e-library with a wide range of books by influential Black authors.

America's Oldest Woman is Black and 116

SocietyAugust 17, 2020August 20
Black Culture / Happy Birthday / USA
hester ford

Hester Ford has lived in 2 centuries and under 19 US presidents and is now 116 years old.

The FBI kept a file on Albert Einstein

SocietyAugust 14, 2020August 14
Albert Einstein / Racism
albert einstein

Albert Einstein was seen as an extremist threat by the first director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. And all for speaking out against racism and the Nazis.

Herbie Hancock on Buddhism and Creativity

SocietyAugust 12, 2020February 24
Buddhism / Come In God / Herbie Hancock / Video
Herbie Hancock speaking in a lecture about Buddhism and Creativity

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock talks about how Buddhism has "absolutely and positively" affected how he looks at everything in a lecture for Harvard University in 2014.

Alternatives to ableist terms

Language, SocietyJuly 4, 2020February 24
Ableism / Phrases

Don't call something 'stupid' or 'crazy'. Try some of these alternative words for ableist terms.

James Baldwin on the meaning of liberty

SocietyJuly 2, 2020February 24
Black Culture / Video
James Baldwin

The late scholar gave his thoughts on what he believed liberty to mean in this short video.

Pets wore masks during the 1918 flu pandemic

SocietyMay 26, 2020May 26
Animals / Cats / Dogs / USA
Cat in a flu mask from Dublin, California (1918)

Cats and dogs donned masks during the flu pandemic of 1918. But how different was it for pets back then compared to the current COVID-19 pandemic?

How should you social distance during the COVID-19 pandemic?

SocietyMarch 20, 2020February 24
COVID-19 / Video
A crowd of people - something to avoid during social distancing

The guidelines on social distancing are vague depending on your government. But this video might help you interpret the concept.

Reniqua Allen on hope and black millennial burnout

SocietyMarch 2, 2020November 24
Black Culture
Reniqua Allen on hope and black millennial burnout

Reniqua Allen was interviewed for Longreads and discussed her latest book, It Was All A Dream, and black millennial burnout.

Cultrface proudly declares November "Purple with Yellow Spots History Month"

SocietyNovember 3, 2019January 31
Cultrface / Parody
Purple with Yellow Spots History Month

Cultrface wants to bring order and balance to the POC discourse with the first Purple with Yellow Spots History Month.

Making Peace in Jamaica with former gang members

SocietyJuly 7, 2019February 24
Black Culture / Caribbean / Jamaica / Video
Making Peace documentary

The Violence Interrupters are working to end violence in their communities. Making Peace tells their stories.

The insular world of hikikomori

SocietyApril 27, 2019February 24
Japan / Life / Video
hikikomori

FRANCE 24 reported on the hikikomori, people who live isolated in their bedrooms in Japan.

An interview with Simon from Power In Discussion

SocietyOctober 3, 2018June 1
Black Culture / Black History Month / Interview / UK
Simon - Power In Discussion

We interviewed Simon from Power In Discussion as part of Black History Month.

What's The "Jamaica Coalition"?

SocietyOctober 24, 2017February 24
Germany / Jamaica / Politics / Video
Jamaica and Germany flag pins

Is Germany teaming up with Jamaica in the name of politics? Not quite. But the Jamaica coalition is important to the European nation.

Semiotics: myths, #BlackLivesMatter & #AllLivesMatter

Language, SocietyOctober 10, 2017February 24
Black Culture / Black Lives Matter / Politics / Racism / Semiotics / Video
Black Lives Matter logo

There's something to be said about the link between semiotics and activism. But what links Black Lives Matter with this branch of linguistics?

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