Chick Radio

Justin has a new favorite radio station. A group of empowered women (i.e. feminists) have gotten together to start their own radio station. Gloria Steinem and Jane “Barbarella” Fonda are among the founders of GreenStone Media. They have four shows that you can listen to by streaming on your computer. Even [...]

Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper-Class

“Our Kind serves as a kind of Baedeker’s guide to the lives and follies of the black elite, listing and describing the schools they attend (Howard, Morehouse, and Spelman, historically, the Ivy-league today), the places they vacation (Martha’s Vineyard or Sag Harbour), and the organizations to which they belong (the Boule and/or the Guardsmen [...]

Passing for White

“The first black person to serve a full term in the United States Senate, Blanche K. Bruce was born in slavery near Farmville, Virginia , on March 1, 1841. He was tutored by his master’s son and worked as a field hand and printer’s apprentice as his master moved him from Virginia to Mississippi [...]