Alana Wise
Stories
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Baseball great Reggie Jackson opens up on TV about racism he faced as a player
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A verbal spat between Reps. Crockett and Greene highlights racial and gender tensions
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'Hilltop,' Howard University's student newspaper, is going strong at 100 years old
Howard University's student newspaper hit 100. The paper that Zora Neale Hurston helped found is still going strong.
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Baltimore bridge's collapse is the target of anti-DEI rhetoric
Mayor Brandon Scott has come under attack as a "DEI" hire in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse.
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The NAACP publication that was once a major source of news, poetry and essays
W.E.B DuBois started The Crisis magazine as an organ of the NAACP. At it's most popular time it took on politics, essays and the writings of creatives like poet Langston Hughes.
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The controversy involved in making Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a holiday
While Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a reminder to Americans to be of service to their communities, the road to getting the holiday established was marked by controversy.
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Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is gaining awareness
Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.
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Rep. Cori Bush introduces bill on reparations for Black Americans
The bill, Reparations NOW, calls for $14 trillion to Black Americans as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow.
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The 'Tennessee Three' inspires young activism
Young people in Tennessee have found inspiration in Reps. Justin Jones and Justin A. Pearson, two people who were organizers before they became elected officials.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Where the U.S. and schools stand with segregation
King and Segregation: We take a look at King and the famous "I have a dream" speech and the call for an end to segregation — and how schools are a key example of how intransigent segregation remains.
