Carole V. Bell

Carole V. Bell

I haven’t shared this in a while but this is a great time to follow Black press and journalists for politics, culture, community, local news and more. go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb

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The architecture of housing, transportation and public space could support children and caretakers, writes design critic Alexandra Lange in her Pulitzer Prize-winning series. www.bloomberg.com/features/des...

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This is a smart take — Taylor Crumpton interviews Blakely Thornton on Fashion as Resistance and the spiritual inheritance of the #MetGala for @capitalb.bsky.social

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A lovely #MetGala highlight: Colman Domingo on why centering Black Dandyism feels important, why it matters to him… being able to be fully yourself, in all his "regalness, flyness, sexiness." Video: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...

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Ok it’s #MetGala Black Dandy o’clock. This is a great thread to follow.

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In their 90th year, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor literature that deepens our understanding of race and diversity, are honoring four new groundbreaking books including Colored Television by Danzy Senna and Feeding Ghosts by Theresa Hull. www.anisfield-wolf.org/2025/04/2025...

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Thrilled to see that Percival Everett has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his remarkable and surreally subversive novel James. 👑👑👑 The honor follows on his National Book Award win. 🏆

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Some acts sound so wrong they strain credulity. Propublica reports: After closing the Education Department civil rights offices and firing workers, investigating discrimination in schools is practically “impossible.” The new agenda: roll back civil rights. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

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This is telling. Experts projected box office to be 60% lower for Sinners in the 2nd week. Instead it had a history making performance: Sinners’ “Heaven-Sent” $45M Second Weekend, As Moviegoing Bounces Back deadline.com/2025/04/box-... via @Deadline

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While all eyes are on the Ivies, a higher ed crisis plays out in Florida.

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"The National Museum of African American History and Culture is not a place that traffics in improper ideology," @ClintSmithIII writes. "It is a museum that recognizes that America has been suffused with improper ideologies for most of its history."

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Started Earth Day with a walk in the woods.

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A beautiful, hopeful and meaningful final address by Pope Francis.

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I deeply admired Pope Francis. He spoke up for immigrants and oppressed people and spoke out against the unchristian acts of Christians in the highest offices to the very end. And paid the price of being vilified by the right. A true servant leader, he will be missed. 19thnews.org/2025/04/pope...

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Wow. Students in the Defense Department’s educational system aren't just organizing walkouts, they're also taking the Trump administration to court. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

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Great. If they can produce Garcia for a photo op, they can release him.

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