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LaToya Ruby Frazier--A Visual History of Inequality in Industrial America

'For the last 12 years, LaToya Ruby Frazier has photographed friends, neighbors and family in Braddock, Pennsylvania. But though the steel town has lately been hailed as a posterchild of "rustbelt revitalization," Frazier's pictures tell a different story, of the real impact of inequality and environmental toxicity. In this short, powerful talk, the TED Fellow shares a deeply personal glimpse of an often-unseen world.'

jessica Care moore--"Catch Me If You Can" feat. Talib Kweli [Video]

New music and visuals by jessica Care moore featuring Talib Kweli. Produced by Decap and Brady Watt with vocals from Olamide Faison and Sunny Pache and Kafele Bandele on  Trumpet. Video Directed by RA the Rugged Man.

Left of Black S6:E3: #ProfessoringWhileBlack with Blair L.M. Kelley

Left of Black S6:E3: #ProfessoringWhileBlack with Blair L.M. Kelley
Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined by Historian Blair L.M. Kelley (@profblmkelley), author of Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson and host of the podcast Historical Blackness. Professor Kelley is Associate Professor of History and Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs at North Carolina State University.
Professor Kelley discusses the challenges and impact of scholarship that engages a broad public, including the fraught relationship that academics may have with social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in conjunction with the Center for Arts, Digital Culture & Entrepreneurship (CADCE).
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Could Big Data Help Asthmatics in Their Battle to Breathe?

'At 135, Louisville, KY. has one of the highest rates of asthma in the country. Since 2012, an innovative project has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers, in the hopes of helping residents better manage their asthma, as well as monitor air pollution and shape future public health policies.'  +PBS NewsHour  

Saul Williams on American Pop Culture: "We're all Donald Trump's F--king Apprentice"

The "poet laureate of hip-hop" is troubled by society's rising reverence for ignorance and prestige. This is a stark departure from pop culture and music from the past, which laid more focus on rooting for the underdog and questioning authority. William's new book is U.S. (a.) --+Big Think 

Songs We Love: Deniro Farrar, 'Nostalgia'

 +NPR Music: 'North Carolina rapper Deniro Farrar's new song "Nostalgia" and video is raw and honest, a deeply personal glimpse into his family-focused world.'

Can Twitter and Tenure Co-Exist? A Conversation with Blair LM Kelley

On Left of Black on The Root , Historian Blair LM Kelley (@profblmkelley) talks with host Mark Anthony Neal about the challenges of getting tenure in the academy and being an engaged public scholar, particularly on social media. Professor Kelley is the author of Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson and Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. She host the podcast Historical Blackness .

The Gentrification of the Slave Diet

Can't make some of this up--from the folk at Bacon's Heir . h/t Reggie Osse

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: on Maya Angelou + Chokwe Lumumba + General Baker + Thelma Dale + Amiri Baraka

'Recently, Black America lost a number of its most important cultural and political voices. This Conversations in Black Freedom Studies commemorates the lives of Maya Angelou, Chokwe Lumumba, General Baker, Thelma Dale and Amiri Baraka with Farah Jasmine Griffin, Akinyele Umoja, Robyn Spencer, Dayo Gore and Komozi Woodard respectively.' -- +Schomburg Center 

The Tao Of Cookie: Behind The 'Empire' Character's Many-Layered Persona

'Brash, biting Cookie Lyon is arguably the most compelling character on Fox's hit show Empire. The show's co-producer and writer Attica Locke talks with NPR Code Switch's Karen Grigsby Bates.