Locs, Legacy, and the Long Fight Forward
This week: a Supreme Court case over religious freedom in prison, remembering trailblazer Tony Brown, Supergirl's superhero baggage, and voices reimagining the economy and the moment.
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Articles
From Switching Codes with @edeggans.bsky.social
The new ‘Supergirl’ movie doesn’t suck. But some attitudes it reveals on superhero films surely do.
The new ‘Supergirl’ movie doesn’t suck. But some attitudes it reveals on superhero films surely do.
As James Gunn’s DC rolls out a ‘Supergirl’ which is disappointing at the box office, I wonder if one problem is audience cynicism about superhero stories - even in good movies.
From AURN and @claycane.bsky.social
Tony Brown, the longtime host and producer of “Tony Brown’s Journal,” died June 17 at his home in Newport News, Virginia, according to The New York Times. He was 93.
Tony Brown, Trailblazing Journalist and TV Host, Dies at 93
Tony Brown, the longtime host of "Tony Brown's Journal" and a pioneering Black journalist, broadcaster and educator, has died at 93.
From Captial B and @chriscarrega.bsky.social
The U.S. Supreme Court this week blocked a formerly incarcerated man from suing prison officials who cut off his locs in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
The Legal Fight Over Locs in Prison Is About More Than Hair
For incarcerated people, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling closes what may have been their most direct path to accountability for forced haircuts.
Podcast
From Sunday Civics and @ljoywilliams.bsky.social
L. Joy invites us to continue to imagine what it means to not fight back, but to fight forward and to remake an economy that actually serves the people who make it run.
The Economy Is Not Like The Weather — #SundayCivics
In this Porch Light series episode, L. Joy invites us to continue to imagine what it means to not fight back, but to fight forward and to remake an economy that actually serves the people who make it run. The economy is not the weather, it is not a natural phenomenon we must simply survive. It was b
Video
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