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Taxi Driver at 50: how Martin Scorsese’s film foreshadowed the manosphere

by Nathan Abrams, Bangor University As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver,...

Children’s books about Black people’s everyday, joyful lives are sometimes banned – but they help all kids explore what it means to be human

by Wintre Foxworth Johnson, University of Virginia; Brooke Harris Garad, Butler University; Jennifer D. Turner, University of Maryland, and Tiffany D. Meadows, University of...

WAMO’s Kiki B. Jones gets proclamation for decades of community work; also, more from WAMO Day 2026…

WAMO 107.3 FM longtime ra­dio personality Kiki B. Jones was honored during the station’s annual “WAMO Day” event in Highland Park with a proclama­tion...

This Week In Black History July 15-21, 2026

 • JULY 15 1779—Noted Black spy Pompey Lamb supplies the American rev­olutionary forces with information, which enables them to win the Bat­tle of Stony Point—the...

This Week In Black History July 8-14, 2026

• July 8 1805—On this day in 1805, Bill Richmond becomes the first African American to gain international fame as a boxer when he defeated...

Pittsburgh’s new romance bookstores sell more than happily‑ever‑afters

by Katelyn Frey, Kent State University “I’m looking for a book where …” has become a defining phrase of BookTok, TikTok’s massive community of readers...

Confessions II: why Madonna still matters

by Joel Gray, Sheffield Hallam University Every time she releases a new album, journalists and social media commentary insist that Madonna is over. They are...

30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay‑Z’s career embodies hip‑hop’s biggest contradictions

by Jabari M. Evans, University of South Carolina “Reasonable Doubt” was not the first rap album I ever owned. But Jay-Z’s debut was the first...

Power, pleasure and patriarchy: why The Polygamist on Netflix is captivating viewers

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa The Polygamist is a Netflix series that has soared up the streaming platform’s charts and triggered a global conversation...

This Week In Black History July 1-7, 2026

• July 1 1863—Walter Francis White is born in Atlanta, Ga. For nearly 25 years White was one of the most influential Black leaders in...

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