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Elvin Jones, drummer. (1927 - 2004)

Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media. But I decided to teach it anyway. So I built a school, instead. 500+ students online and in person. My first independently operated course and lecture begins TONIGHT! WE MOVE!! resistancesummerschool.com

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work | Jason Koebler | 404 Media AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model 404media.co/the-medias-piv…

Peter Wortsman on the Ever-Difficult Task of Saving and Discarding Beloved Books "Each tome a mummy of memory, it is heartbreaking to have to separate those to keep from those to give (or, if no one wants them) throw away. But select I must." lithub.com/from-the-ashes…

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"Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University." techcrunch.com/2025/07/13/stu… via @techcrunch

The classic quartet: Jimmy Garrison on bass, Elvin Jones on Drums, and McCoy Tyner on piano: "Out Of This World" · John Coltrane Quartet Coltrane (1962) youtube.com/watch?v=6aKHMd…

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Cicely Mitchell and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah announce Missy Lane's Block Party, a new festival coming to downtown #DurhamNC this October wunc.org/wunc-music/202…

The Chronic Underfunding of HBCUs | William Spivey | LEVEL Not to mention the Tribal College Program and HSACUs levelman.com/the-chronic-un…

Virginia’s ‘Momnibus’ Is More Than a Set of Laws—It’s a Call to America to Protect Mothers Now msmagazine.com/2025/07/14/vir…

Black Women Are Building Detroit’s New Generation of Business Schools michiganchronicle.com/black-women-ar…

Aisha Jackson on Playing The Great Gatsby’s ‘Complex Girly’ Daisy Fay Buchanan on Broadway broadway.com/buzz/205919/ai…

One of the most reliable tells that you and your team are out of touch is when your videos keep cutting to this shot of you staring off into nowhere instead of looking into the camera. This is a staple for (and only for) people who learned to make media before the internet

The sound of black identity | Laura Burocco | Africa Is a Country 'A landmark documentary uncovers the radical soul scene that electrified 1970s Rio, inspired Black consciousness, and terrified Brazil’s military dictatorship.' africasacountry.com/2025/07/the-so…

Teachers Union’s AI Deal Raises Questions—and Concerns | Word In Black Tech companies are giving AFT $23 million to train educators in AI tools, but will it help students learn? wordinblack.com/2025/07/aft-ai…

After LA Fires, Black Altadena Faces Foreclosure and Displacement | Capital B Half of Altadena’s fire-damaged homes in pre-foreclosure belong to Black families, threatening generational wealth as corporate buyers move in. capitalbnews.org/black-families…

'Love Island' revives conversation about racial bias in dating | NBC BLK Fans and contestants say their concerns about Black women's representation on the show reflect a real-world biases against Black women. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/lo…

This Is What They’re Polluting a Black Neighborhood in Memphis For | Word In Black wordinblack.com/2025/07/this-i…