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Media Advisory: NAPA and University of Southern California Hold August 29th Forum on Challenges Facing State Governments Post Date: August 07, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Academy of Public Administration and the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy will hold a one-day forum in Sacramento, California on August 29th to examine...
On December 14, 2020, we were nine months deep in the pandemic. The bookstore was open by appointment only. The holiday season, normally our busiest time, was looking bleak. We hadn’t had a single appointment all day. The weather outside was cold and gray. I saw her peeking in the window. She asked if she could look around. I unlocked the door and noticed how...
Carrie Mae Weems is one of the most influential artists of our time. The MacArthur Genius award winner, best known for her photography and video work examining history, identity, class and culture, teamed up with 10 arts and cultural organizations across four cities in two of the Southern states hit hardest by COVID-19 in order to aid Black and brown communities...
Despite an eviction moratorium that was intended to keep people housed during the pandemic, landlords filed more than 95,000 evictions in just eight major cities across the South last year. With the passing of the most recent stimulus bill, Senate Democrats approved more than $45 billion in rental and mortgage assistance, but it won’t be enough to stave off...
“I feel like within Black aesthetics, you know—especially, music—there’s just a certain kind of vitality that cannot be denied…” Jamal Cyrus When Houston-based artist Jamal Cyrus says he’s interested in experimenting with the fundamental principles of the Black aesthetic, I pause the YouTube recording. It’s a task that, on hearing...
This Women’s History Month, Scalawag presents a roundup of women who came before the historical figures you may have heard of: architects of civil rights law, Southern financiers, abolitionist visionaries, and folk music pioneers. This year, the National Women’s History Month theme is “celebrating women who tell our stories.” But who gets to...
On April 17—notably, the anniversary of the failed, anti-communist fueled Bay of Pigs Invasion—Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring K-12 public schools to teach students about “the evils and dangers” of communism. According to DeSantis, an anti-communist education is necessary for grade school children and will serve as a deterrent...