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Book Review: Black AF History by Michael Harriot

Leave a Comment / Arts & Culture, Black History, Editor Picks, Featured / The DCV Book Club

Michael Harriot’s Black AF History is a bold, irreverent, and deeply insightful reexamination of American history that blends scholarship with razor-sharp wit. Harriot doesn’t just retell history—he interrogates it, exposing the contradictions between America’s ideals and its actions. With humor that ranges from laugh-out-loud funny to quietly biting, he dismantles the myths that have long […]

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Love, Hope, and Art: The Murals of Luis Peralta Del Valle

Around The City, Editor Picks / Myles Walker

Washington, DC, like other hotbeds of culture, has many claims to local and national fame. Its monuments, museums, and political institutions attract visitors and transplants from far and wide. Half-smokes and mumbo sauce are distinct and delicious products of the District. The influence of go-go music and Georgetown’s Blues Alley club reach well beyond their

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Black Veterans: Contributions of the Past

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Veterans Day pays homage to the men and women who served in our country’s armed forces. It is a time to reflect on all that veterans have done to protect our country’s well-being and to reflect on the historical progression that has brought us to the here and now. More specifically, it is important to

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Same Game, Different Players

Editor Picks, News & Politics, Opinion / June Coxson

If you read my last post entitled “The Migrant Vine Reaches Martha’s Vineyard!” you’d know that I hinted that the dropping off of migrants in Massachusetts was nothing new, but a repeat of history. “How so?” you might ask. This roundtrip post ride will make station stops through the present time, the past, and back

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Jordan Peele Turns Our Gaze to the Stars in New Movie, “Nope”

Editor Picks, Entertainment, Opinion / Onyekachi Akalonu

On July 22, Jordan Peele released his highly anticipated film, “Nope.” There was little shared about the contents of the film prior to its release. The only hints we gathered from the trailer was that it would incorporate Black cowboys and allude to extraterrestrial life. We also know that Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya would

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Politics Are Still Not the Problem

Editor Picks, News & Politics, Opinion / Myles Walker

One year after Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, I found myself wondering why the America he left us felt so divided. Why it felt especially divided. Though it’s simple enough to see that he broadened our divisions, his divisiveness wasn’t necessarily groundbreaking in itself. Prior to Trump, the country certainly had no shortage

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Reflections on My Second Federally Recognized Juneteenth

Black History, Can I Speak Freely, Editor Picks, News & Politics, Opinion / Myles Walker

One year ago, I and three hundred thirty million Americans experienced the first ever federally recognized Juneteenth. Regular readers might remember that mine began less than exceptionally. When I heard two days prior that Juneteenth had been declared a federal holiday, all I could think about was how little of an impact that news would

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Reflections on Being a Father

Editor Picks, Featured, Opinion / The Editor

I struggled with whether to write something about Fatherâ€™s Day prior to Sunday and kept falling short of what to say. However, I would be remiss to let the day get too far in the rearview mirror without reflecting on the joy of being a father. It starts with recognizing one day that they are

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A young girl with braids looking out of the window.

Happy Father’s Day, But Where is My Father?

Can I Speak Freely, Editor Picks, Opinion /

As children, we all have at least one repetitive question that follows us throughout our childhood. Some of us ask, while others never get the nerve to. One question that unfortunately many African Americans have been able to connect with is, “where is my father?” Father’s day has a different meaning for me. I see

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American Psychic

Can I Speak Freely, Editor Picks, Featured, Opinion / Myles Walker

Allow me to state the obvious and begin by noting that I’m not a psychic. I’m neither a medium nor a genius, nor do I possess any kind of special knack for prediction. I am, however, an American. I was born in America, I live in America, and I’ve never lived anywhere but America. That

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