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Print The Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night. Well, to be precise, they were actually awarded via Zoom last week and those pre-recorded segments were then broadcast in a brief, one-hour telecast Sunday. Inevitably, the news of who won had already spread around town. While that didn’t leave much room for suspense, the leaks did free up everyone’s Easter Sunday a cause for celebration even for those not fortunate enough to win. And those winners were historic: For the first time, all four individual movie honors went to actors of color. The SAG Awards, voted on by the 129,500 active members of SAG-AFTRA, are a reliable precursor to the Oscars. All four individual SAG Awards film winners have gone on to take the Oscar in two of the last three years, including the 2020 quartet of Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt. (Feels like 100 years ago, right?) ....
A history of radical Black self-care and the impact of the Black Panther Party OPINION: If we still had the programs the Black Panthers initiated across the U.S. what could’ve been? Ryan Pearson Like many viewers, I was deeply impacted by Shaka King’s Fred Hampton ( Daniel Kaluuya) and his assassination by the FBI, which was successful because of the aid of an informant ( Lakeith Stanfield) who infiltrated the Chicago chapter of the organization that Hampton led. While the racism, anti-Blackness, betrayal and violence against Black people was difficult to digest, the focus on Black liberation that the Black Panther party so mightily worked toward was inspirational and thought-evoking. What captured me most was the party’s dedication to self-care in the Black community. In today’s society, we often are sold this image of self-care as getting your favorite ice cream, bingeing Netflix on a Friday night, having a spa day, exercising, or getti ....
Loading the player. Confederate statues and symbols linked to the United States’ history of racism, including the confederacy and the horrific enslavement of Africans, have faced removal in recent years. But now leaders and activists are turning their attention more specifically to the racist actors throughout the nation’s long history of oppression. A poignant and recent example is the call to change the name of the the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. United States flags hang in front of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Edgar J. Hoover Building May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. On the recommendation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ....