This week, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch challenged us to rethink nationhood, identity and collective responsibility. Rejecting a single U.S. narrative,…
As we enter the second half of Blackest History Month 2025, we reflect on themes of power, influence, culture, and resistance,…
Willie Mays, one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. In this episode, Karen Hunter…
“All That We Carry/Where Do We Go From Here?” is the theme for the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar…
S white nationalists and market capitalists define “freedom” as the ability to pursue individual goals without state or social restraint.…
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks said “Nah!” Dr. Carr and, in this clip, Karen Hunter explore the power of…
What good is it to know a thing if that knowledge doesn’t translate into changing more than our individual condition…
Dr. Greg Carr and Karen sort through the shooting in Maine, the election of Mike Johnson and the ongoing conflict…
Continuing to process this Israel-Palestine War, Dr. Greg Carr spends time thinking about the lens through which we should view…
It is Indigenous People’s Day weekend and Amiri Baraka’s birthday. Dr. Carr and Karen discuss self-determination. It’s in the Social…
This was a question posed this week at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center’s Second Annual International Black Writers Festival at Howard…
This week, Dr. Greg Carr celebrated 23 years at Howard University. Dr. Carr is an Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies…