After winning Outstanding Actor at the NAACP Image Awards and taking home a leading actor prize at the 32nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Michael B. Jordan has become an Oscar frontrunner for his role in “Sinners.” The victories mark a cultural moment for Black audiences who have watched the film’s awards-season journey amid broader political and social pressures, turning Jordan’s success into a celebration of affirmation and resilience.
Author Archives: Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier
Posted inOpinion
This is the America Black people have always known
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by federal agents in Minneapolis underscores what Black Americans have long known: state violence rooted in White supremacy is not an aberration but a defining feature of American power. As outrage grows, the piece argues that moral clarity, collective care, and refusal to accept cruelty as inevitable are essential responses to a system that only feels shocking when it harms those previously shielded by privilege.
Posted inWord In Black
Meet the 5 MacArthur ‘geniuses’ making the future Black and brilliant
Five Black innovators — filmmaker Garrett Bradley, archaeologist Kristina Douglass, social justice artist Tonika Lewis Johnson, musician Craig Taborn, and chemical engineer William Tarpeh — have been named 2025 MacArthur Fellows. Each recipient of the prestigious “genius grant” is using creativity, science, and storytelling to redefine what’s possible in their fields and to shape a more equitable, sustainable, and inspired future.
Posted inCivil Rights
Post-Floyd, Americans are more pessimistic about racial equality
The gap in perception is wide: while a majority of White Americans still believe racial equality is achievable, most Black Americans say they don’t think they’ll ever have equal rights in this country.