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1 month ago | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
In a speech at the American Black Film Festival Honors recently, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor so eloquently and passionately declared, “I don’t want a seat or a table. I want the structure. I want the land that the structure is on.” Ellis-Taylor’s message came right on time. Donald Trump has only been in office for a little over a month and he has already slashed public funding and intimidated private leaders into submission with his racist and sexist vision for America.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Brea Baker
Your Black History Month Reading List Courtesy"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Black books are being banned left and right. While this isn’t new, the attacks have increased in ferocity as the Trump administration wages war on Black stories, history, and leadership. One of the best ways to fight back against those who try to erase the gains we’ve won is to commemorate, learn about, and amplify Black culture.
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2 months ago | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
“Nothing that you are seeing right now is normal,” says Gabrielle Perry, a political commentator, nonprofit founder, and organizer. “We are seeing the Latino community buying groceries in bulk so that they do not have to leave their homes frequently. We are seeing Native American people’s citizenship being called into question.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
newyorker.com | Eddie S. Glaude |Robin Lewis |Brea Baker |LaTonya Yvette
Imani Perry teaches at Harvard and is the author of “South to America,” a genre-mixing exploration of the American South, and, most recently, “Black in Blues,” a critical appraisal of the role of the color blue in the Black imagination.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday that Coretta Scott King worked tirelessly to bring to fruition. A day to remember the life and legacy of a man who stood against the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism. Today is also the day when Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, his second term in office. Today is a day of contradiction. And yet, this juxtaposition might be exactly what America needs to see itself more clearly.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
Story from UnbotheredADVERTISEMENTExit poll results for the U.S. presidential election are in and, unsurprisingly, Black people proved we show up for the Democratic Party… again. Unfortunately, we bore the brunt of the load as no other groups voted above 70% for Vice President Kamala Harris. Black people, and Black women in particular, don’t make up enough of the electorate to shoulder the weight of winning elections for the Democratic Party.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
texasbookfestival.org | Brea Baker |Rebecca Nagle
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday, November 17 BookTV on C-Span2 Tent In the U.S., the history of land ownership is deeply tied to stories of theft, displacement, and resistance. Brea Baker’s Rooted and Rebecca Nagle’s By the Fire We Carry explore these legacies from Black and Indigenous perspectives. Baker examines the violent loss of Black-owned farmland and the modern movement for Black land reclamation, while Nagle highlights a landmark Supreme Court ruling that restored Indigenous land rights in...
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump is the next President-Elect of the United States. The same Donald Trump who, during his first administration, issued racist immigration bans, installed judges who have rolled back reproductive rights, and defunded key agencies and programs. Donald Trump who ran for President amidst criminal charges of election interference and falsifying business records.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
ADVERTISEMENTElection Day is less than one week away, and no one knows that more than swing state voters. As a Georgia resident myself with a mailbox full of voting reminders and a phone full of texts from canvassers, I know this intimately. With this race so close and the electoral college poised to play a defining role yet again, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have spent the last few weeks bouncing between Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and more.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
refinery29.com | Brea Baker
ADVERTISEMENTEarlier this week, a Detroit rally for Kamala Harris’ Presidential campaign opened up with two household names: Eminem and Barack Obama. When the Detroit-native and rapper took the stage to introduce President Obama, the convention center erupted. Obama leaned into the personality America fell in love with when he rapped a few lyrics from Eminem’s hit song Lose Yourself. “I don’t usually get nervous. But I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem.
