“Gifted” programs funnel money towards a disproportionate share of white students, Tracie McMillan explains in her new book. By Tracie McMillan, Teen Vogue I still remember the the first time I heard about “gifted” kids. I was fifteen, and taking part in a summer program for “gifted” Michigan high school students. Most of my classmates … Read more
Micah Walker, Bridge Detroit Hey, readers! Welcome back to Culture Canvas. Detroit’s biggest event of the year, the NFL Draft, is only two days away. Whether you’re a diehard football fan, or someone who doesn’t care about sports, like myself, both groups will surely pack downtown for the three-day event. Below, I have a list … Read more
By Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub Ah, another Tuesday in April, a month (apparently) of earthquakes and eclipses, thunderstorms and thunderous yells about filing taxes. (Or was that just me?) Whatever the month in 2024 may mean to you, this particular Tuesday signifies something special: a host of new books to check out. You’ll find novel work from … Read more
Read original source. By MITCHELL GOODBAR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM A Brooklyn-based journalist calculated exactly how much racism and white privilege has financially benefited her down to the last cent – coming in at a whopping $371,000. In her new book, ‘The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism,’ author Tracie McMillan claims that being … Read more
by Daniel Johnson, Black Enterprise McMillan’s new book, “The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America,” traces how white people have been helped and harmed by the policies that punish Black people. Tracie McMillan’s new book, The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America, out now, traces … Read more
The Daily Kos Here’s this week’s choices for featured nonfiction, culled from the hundreds of books published this week. Something for everyone! The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America, by Tracie McMillan. This book asks a provocative question about racism in America: When people of color are denied so … Read more
Musicians Take on SXSW Luke Ottenhof, March 4, 2024An upstart performer group is joining the fight to get the famous Austin festival to pay its fair share. ‘I’m Not Gonna Let Up Until We See Changes’ Jesse Baum, March 14, 2024Health care exchange workers say the Biden administration should force their employer to provide good … Read more
Nonunion restaurants along the Vegas strip are fueling a campaign to organize them. Gabriel Thompson, February 16, 2024Organized labor fears a rising nonunion workforce could pull restaurant jobs down from the middle class. New Orleans Nurses Fight for a New Union as Hospitals Merge and Revenues Soar Jesse Baum, February 9, 2024Concerns over working conditions … Read more
Caltech’s Postdocs and Grad Workers Seek Union Recognition Jessica Goodheart, December 26, 2023Science graduate student assistants and researchers are at the forefront of recent unionization efforts in academia. How Amazon Workers Got a Raise Before a Union Christopher Salazar, December 22, 2023Two Christmas rushes ago, workers at this Amazon air cargo hub started to win … Read more
Is Affordable Housing a New Worker’s Right? Venessa Wong, November 21, 2023With housing costs out of reach, workers from Brooklyn to Minneapolis to Los Angeles are demanding solutions. Bay Area Hospice Workers Vote to Unionize Gabriel Thompson, November 3, 2023The Hospice East Bay vote shows growing unionization at end-of-life care.
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