Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Posted on · Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
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News
White Skin, Black Emojis?
Posted on · This week on Ask Code Switch: Is it OK for a white teenager to use emojis that don't match her skin color? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
News
The Meaning Of Meghan: ‘Black’ And ‘Royal’ No Longer An Oxymoron In Britain
Posted on · Whether or not she cares, princess-to-be Meghan Markle has become a symbol of biracial people's coming-of-age, and maybe of the country's collective adulthood on race
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1392: Fog In The Woods
Posted on · Episode: 1392 The nature of fog and of redwood trees. Today, fog in the forest.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1314: Cinque
Posted on · Episode: 1314 Amistad, art and revolution: artists join the fight for freedom. Today, art and slavery.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1206: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Posted on · Episode: 1206 Harriet Beecher Stowe: “No talent, only genius” Today, a woman turns slavery from theoretical wrong into personal evil.
Full Show
Racial Opportunity Divide, Political Roundtable, and Houston Dynamo: Houston Matters for Monday, August 25, 2014
Posted on · For the last two weeks, the nation has watched events transpire in Ferguson, Missouri. Nightly protests, occasional looting, and a general mistrust of the police by members of the community, have all been spurred by the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a Ferguson police officer. But as we’ve learned in the two weeks […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Texans Sign Up for Healthcare, A New Craft Beer Fest & Rhino Hunting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · More than 118,000 Texans signed up for health insurance through the online marketplaces by the end of 2013; a new craft beer festival is coming to Houston; and in a closed door Dallas auction last weekend a man won a permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino in Namibia: It’s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly […]
Houston Matters
Dream of MLK Statue in Houston Close to Becoming Reality After Three Decades
Posted on · More than 30 years ago, Houston’s Black Heritage Society, after being approached by Martin Luther King, Sr., wanted to find a way to memorialize Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city. While they wanted a statue, they ended up settling for a live oak tree on MLK Boulevard. That set in motion a series of […]