November 2019
A Military Brat Makes Peace in Vietnam
Children are often the forgotten casualties of war, and the line between friends and enemies isn’t always clear. When I was 16, my father died of cancer. Today, it would be presumed to be related to Agent Orange, the deadly […]
Spider-Man: Your Friendly Neighborhood CCK
Featuring culturally fluid teenager Miles Morales, this film follows him, as he navigates his new charter school and his newly formed Spidey senses.
How Journalists Feel About Newsroom Diversity
When you think of the appearance of a newspaper editor, what type of person comes to mind? This is the question Lauren Gustus, former executive editor at the Coloradoan, once asked a room full of potential future journalists during a 2016 panel on diversity in media. The answer most gave? They pictured an older, white male — and they’d be correct. As of November 2018, 77 percent of newsroom employees were white.
Kimberlé Crenshaw Calls for Transparency in Diversity Conversations
Kimberlé Crenshaw calls for open conversation about diversity.
Billy Porter Pushes for Representation at 71st Emmy Awards
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired in September of 2019, awarded many fresh faces in Hollywood for their powerful acting, directing, writing and other achievements in television — but the question of diversity and cultural representation remained.