Some might say The New York Times is the king of normalizing views from the right, even views that could be considered disturbing or, in some cases, even dangerous to their fellow citizens, the nation, or the world. The Times’ pre-World War II profiles of a young...
Op-Ed: Jim Crow Afterlife: The ‘Troubled’ Case of New York Times Celebrity Obituaries
David Dominique writes that the language national newspapers use to describe Black celebrities at the time of their death, far from being trivial, is fueled by the same anti-Blackness we see in the all-too-frequent police killings of Black men. Last week, after the...
RVA businesses highlighted in NY Times’ ’36 Hours in Richmond, Virginia’
We love when our local restaurants, shops, parks and businesses get noticed by others. More and more people are finding out something that we've known for a long time: Richmond is pretty sweet. We love when our local restaurants, shops, parks and businesses get...
NYT’s Upshot Calls Arthur Ashe “Pathbreaker”
There's a million reason to recognize tennis player and Richmonder Arthur Ashe, and the New York Time's Upshot blog has touched on a few. There's a million reason to recognize tennis player and Richmonder Arthur Ashe, and the New York Time's Upshot blog has touched on...
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