The Hidden Biases of Search Engine Algorithmsby Mark Anthony Neal / 10h
'2021 MacArthur Fellow Dr. Safiya Noble is an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Departments of Gender Studies and African American Studies and she’s also the author of a best-selling book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. In her research, she has extensively detailed the negative impacts that come from rarely having women of color, particularly Black women, programmi
'Invisible Child' Chronicles How Homelessness Shaped the Life of Dasani — from Childhood to Todayby Mark Anthony Neal / 11h
'In 2013, the story of a young girl named Dasani Coates took up five front pages in The New York Times . The oldest of eight kids, Dasani and her family lived in one room in a dilapidated, city-run homeless shelter in Brooklyn. Offering a rare look into how homelessness directs the course of a life, New York Times writer and Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott was allowed to follow Dasani's fami
Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Messageby Mark Anthony Neal / 11h
'Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Keisha Blain joins The Takeaway to discuss her new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America and the relevance of the civil and voting rights icon today. '
Soundcheck: Vijay Iyer Trio's Music Evolves Every Time They Playby Mark Anthony Neal / 12h
'Pianist Vijay Iyer , bassist Linda May Han Oh , and drummer Tyshawn Sorey , wear their composer and collaborator hats simultaneously in new music by Vijay Iyer, who reminds us that “the most turbulent music may contain stillness, coolness, even wisdom,” ( Uneasy liner notes .) They share the joy in hearing each other together in a room creating something collaboratively based on something put on
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis: The Songwriting and Production Duo You Know, but Don'tby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
'You might not know the names Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis right away – but you've almost definitely heard their work. The songwriting and production duo are behind a ton of R&B hits. Starting in the '80s, they co-wrote and produced Janet Jackson 's 1986 breakthrough album Control , and they've had hits with Usher , Boyz II Men , Mariah Carey , Mary J. Blige ... the list goes on and on. And before t
How Black Women Feel About Going Back to the Officeby Mark Anthony Neal / 14h
'As companies begin to transition to working in person, many Black women are feeling the stress of returning to a space that never felt safe to them. Natachi Onwuamaegbu first reported this story for our partners at The Washington Post . Here & Now hears from some of the women she spoke to.'
Filmmaking on the South Sideby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'Filmmaking is flourishing in Chicago, including across neighborhoods on the South Side. Join CHF and our local partners from Sisters in Cinema, South Side Home Movie Project, and the Chicago South Side Film Festival for a conversation about the development of community-based film resources and infrastructure on the South Side. Panelists Michelle Kennedy , Yvonne Welbon , Justin D. Williams , and
Philadelphia Pottery Artist Roberto Lugoby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
' Roberto Lugo grew up in a North Philadelphia neighborhood better known for poverty and crime than for pottery. Yet the 40-year-old artist's ceramics, featuring the faces of his personal heroes, put a modern spin on classic teapots. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Serena Altschul talks with Lugo, whose work is on display at some of the country's leading museums and galleries, about how he is sh
What A Detective Novel And A Memoir Both Have To Say About Black American Lifeby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'At first glance, journalist Dawn Turner 's book Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood and detective novelist Walter Mosley 's Down The River Unto The Sea don't have a ton in common. The former takes place in Chicago and focuses on the tough childhoods of Turner, her sister and her best friend; the latter takes readers to the streets of New York, w
James Suzman | Why so many people work “bullshit jobs”by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
Chris Frazer Smith/The Observer 'Our society is fixated on working. Some of us work 80 hours per week at jobs that don’t fulfill us simply for work’s sake. Expert anthropologists, such as James Suzman , even go as far as to say that many of the jobs we work could be considered “bullshit jobs” – a complex job that is not entirely needed in the workforce. These jobs are created and executed because
“Becoming Abolitionists”: Derecka Purnell on Why Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Livesby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
' Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom , to argue that police reform is an inadequate compromise to calls for abolition. Since the murders of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville in 2020, many states have passed laws aimed at reforming police, but congressiona
Janet Jackson Once Had 'Control' of the Charts. We Don't Give Her Enough Creditby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'In 1986, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of pop music. Control took over radio, reinvented the playbook for Black artists crossing over into pop and ushered in a whole new sound for R&B. For more than a decade after , Jackson released hit after hit and No. 1 album after No. 1 album, alongside her production and writing partners Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
The Trailblazing Black Football Players that History Books Forgotby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'You've likely heard the names of Ruby Bridges , Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall — the first African Americans to desegregate public schools, baseball and the Supreme Court. But do you know the names of Kenny Washington , Woody Strode , Marion Motley or Bill Willis ? Unless you're a football fan, you likely haven't. And that's what Keyshawn Johnson is trying to rectify in his book The Forgo
Black & Highly Flavored: Black Women Brew with Atinuke Diverby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'SoulPhoodies Tamara Celeste and Derek Kirk speak with Atinuke Diver about This Belongs to Us , her documentary chronicling the stories of Black women brewers in the American south, and their journeys of reclamation and revival as they navigate the predominantly white- and male-dominated landscape of beer in America.'
Anita Hill's Fight to end Gender-based Violenceby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'Professor Anita Hill joins The Takeaway 's Melissa Harris Perry to discuss about her new book, Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence .'
The Once And Future 'Karen'by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'If you've been paying attention to the news over the past couple years, you know what a so-called 'Karen' is: a white woman who uses her race and gender to wield power over someone more vulnerable. But long before most people became familiar with the term Karen, Black folks have been calling out Karen-esque behavior. So on this episode of Code Switch , we're tracing the lineage of the modern Kar
MASTERS OF DRAG | Crystal LaBeija: The Queen Who Reinvented Ball Cultureby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
' A proud Black trans woman, a drag mother and, a pageant girl, Crystal LaBeija was the cause of an iconic moment in drag history that paved the way for house culture, voguing, Paris is Burning , and the TV series Pose .' -- American Masters PBS
Successful Black American-Owned Business Leaders Unfairly Targeted by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
| @DrBenChavis | NewBlackMan (in Exile) ( NNPA NEWSWIRE ) — There is an old African proverb that captures one of the challenges that too many financially successful Black-owned business leaders face today in America. That proverb is “Your earned riches may engender envy and jealous criticism but be not dismayed by the foolishness of the envious.” Across the nation as business owners are attempti
Trumpeter Lee Morgan Channels Coltrane's Splashy Style in 'Live at the Lighthouse'by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'In 1970, Lee Morgan recorded three shows at the Lighthouse jazz club in Hermosa Beach, Calif. A new box set captures Morgan and his band putting their own spin on Coltrane's trance-like repetitions. Fresh Air Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says it finds a great trumpet player in fine form with a band to match.'
Enter the 'Splinternet': How Competing Visions for the Internet Could Shape Cyberspaceby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'The whistleblower who exposed internal documents from Facebook has gone public . It's since given new fuel to old debates about the nature of the internet, like how should it be regulated and who ultimately should be in charge of how it's run. Four Internets: Data, Geopolitics and the Governance of Cyberspace is a new book tackling these questions. Here & Now host Scott Tong speaks with Kieron O
