Category: Elevating Voices
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Academy Award-Nominated Work Raises Questions About Representation
The Academy Award-nominated documentary Writing with Fire shows us a group of women whose questions are their armor and opportunity to reshape society.
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The Power to Heal.
What has been slowly changing is the language around life and death. We are seeing more public conversations about the human experience of being here and how we choose to experience and define the here and now.
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The First Posthumous Pardon in Louisiana History
Louisiana civil rights activist Homer Plessy, posthumously pardoned for his 1892 conviction, sparked a historical moment. The pardon, unique in Louisiana’s history, symbolizes resolution, relief for his descendants, and the potential for altering legacies. Posthumous pardons, like those for The Martinsville Seven, offer some semblance of justice and shed light on historical injustices in America.
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Tina Turner’s Tour Dress—What Crypto Has To Do With It
By now, the term NFT or “non-fungible token” has become an associated act of the virtual world, which includes music, gaming, and augmented reality. But what is an NFT, exactly? And how could it revolutionize how we pay for and value goods and services?
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How Adele Made Saturn Popular Again
Various cultures—from the Babylonians to the Romans to the Greeks—have associated Saturn with spirituality, structure, discipline, karma, time, tradition, history, and innovation.
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The Digest: Black Wealth with Hill Harper
Insight from Hill Harper about ways for Black American communities to build wealth.