Karen Attiah

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

The Met’s celebration of Black dandyism has a dark side (washingtonpost.com) The Met’s celebration of Black dandyism has a dark side By Karen Attiah 2025050617255400 Singer André 3000 showed up with a grand piano strapped to his back, perhaps a reference to his carrying true music on his back for decades. But I have to say it was Black women who stunned the most at Monday's Met Gala, one of fashion's biggest nights of the year.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to white Christianity (washingtonpost.com) ‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to white Christianity By Karen Attiah 2025043013300400 The great, pioneering Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti once said: "Music is a spiritual thing — you don't play with music. If you play with music, you will die young.

3 weeks ago | karenattiah.substack.com | Karen Attiah

When I got the opportunity to teach at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the fall of 2023 for the spring 2024 semester, I was elated. My dream of teaching in a global environment had come true.

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Karen Attiah

Anyone who has been a fighter knows that cardio wins fights. You can have the skill, the size and the muscles — but if you gas out before your opponent does, you’ll probably lose. For more than 25 hours, from Monday at 7 p.m. until Tuesday at 8:05 p.m., Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, displayed a historic level of legitimate cardio — stamina — speaking on the Senate floor against the Trump administration’s onslaught against everything Washington. His marathon address broke the record set by Sen.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

With his marathon speech, Cory Booker showed us how to fight (washingtonpost.com) With his marathon speech, Cory Booker showed us how to fight By Karen Attiah 2025040320495600 Anyone who has been a fighter knows that cardio wins fights. You can have the skill, the size and the muscles — but if you gas out before your opponent does, you'll probably lose. For more than 25 hours, from Monday at 7 p.m. until Tuesday at 8:05 p.m., Sen.