“My stomach dropped,” Felix said to Time magazine in an interview published this week. The most decorated female track athlete in the country was engaged in tense negotiations with Nike, a company she thought aligned with her own core values, only to realize she and other female athletes were only profitable when choosing not to […]
In response to The Assembly’s article, Hussman said he never pressured anyone from UNC to deny Hannah-Jones tenure. “I feel, as a donor, I should have absolutely nothing to do with the hiring or firing of anybody on the faculty,” he said. “It’s not my decision, but I think I’d be kind of derelict in […]
“In my many years in the world, I’ve eaten at some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but never have I felt prejudice or been turned away because of the color of my skin, until today in #atlanta,” Wilkins tweeted. Wilkins spent 12 seasons with the Atlanta Hawks during his playing career, included the hashtag […]
Nearly 20 years later, BLM and BMAC have provoked renewed industrial self-scrutiny. In December 2020, BMG Rights Management (the successor to the multinational Sony/BMG) completed a review of its recording contracts for racial discrimination. BMG found “significant” racial disparities in royalty payouts to Black and racialized artists in four of its labels. The BMG findings […]