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Billy Porter to play James Baldwin in new biopic

Porter to star in and co-write film based on 1994 biography of influential writer and civil rights activist

The Guardian - US

A chance reunion at a fundraiser sent Glenn Ivey to the Hill; now he’s back as a member

WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn F. Ivey got his start on Capitol Hill with a conversation about jazz. After blanketing members of the Congressional Black Caucus with his résumé, Ivey landed an interview with one of its founders, Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Instead of talking politics,…

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A chance reunion at a fundraiser sent Glenn Ivey to the Hill; now he's back as a member - Roll Call

Freshman Rep. Glenn Ivey returns to D.C. having worked for John Conyers, Paul Sarbanes and former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.

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The week in theatre: Debate, Black Superhero, Further than the Furthest Thing – review

An intimate venue brings Baldwin and Buckley’s clash back to life; Danny Lee Wynter falls foul of a caped crusader (and too much exposition); and an island is threatened by outsiders

The Guardian - UK

Baldwin v Buckley: how the ‘debate play’ made a riveting resurgence

Verbal clashes from history are being thrillingly restaged for modern audiences. Do these grand battles prove we’ve lost the art of disagreement? And could watching them anew change the politics of tomorrow?

The Guardian - UK

Sasha Huber’s You Name It: Swiss-Haitian artist renegotiates colonial history in activist exhibition

In 2008, Sasha Huber, a Swiss-Haitian multimedia visual artist based in Finland, began a project to challenge the problematic legacy of Swiss-American glaciologist and natural scientist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873).

The Conversation

Being the only one leaves a mark: a Black mother on the long shadow of school segregation

My grandparents were key to integration. Decades later, I belong to several groups and none at the same time

The Guardian - US

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What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race

Claims of ‘Black antisemitism’ are a dangerous distraction. The truth is the fates of Black and Jewish Americans are linked

The Guardian - US

Team Redline and R8G Esports win 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

Felipe Drugovich, Felix Rosenqvist, Luke Bennett and Chris Lulham have won the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual for Team Redline.

Motorsport

GOP's New Year message: More cruelty

Greg Abbott's Christmas Eve migrant "stunt" was more like sadistic white supremacist theater, with more to come

Salon

Le Mans Virtual Series: Porsche Coanda dominate 500 Miles of Sebring

It was a Porsche Coanda one-two in LMP at the

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Porsche Coanda dominates Le Mans Virtual 500 Miles of Sebring

It was a Porsche Coanda one-two in LMP at the 500 Miles of Sebring, with Max Verstappen and James Baldwin fighting for third.

Motorsport

Le Mans Virtual Series: AMG win at Spa, Verstappen second

James Baldwin, Bono Huis and Graham Carroll took the overall victory in the 6 Hours of Spa, while Max Verstappen finished second.

Motorsport

‘A more anarchic city’: Darryl Pinckney on New York literary life in the 1970s

The novelist’s memoir evokes the ambition and thrill of writing alongside Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, James Baldwin and his mentor Elizabeth Hardwick

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Barbara Chase-Riboud: ‘The so-called culture war has nothing to do with culture’

The artist danced with James Baldwin, was helped by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and sculpted Malcolm X. Now she’s received the only honour she ever wanted

The Guardian - UK

Odyssey of the overlooked: a journey around Black Britain

Photographer Johny Pitts and poet Roger Robinson wanted to use their art to reflect on the experiences of Black Britons. So they rented a red Mini Cooper and set off clockwise around the coast

Input

Inside the world of sim racing, the next best thing to Formula 1

VR drivers gather on YouTube to watch each other race and show off rigs worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Salon

Don't celebrate too soon, Democrats

Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting

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Beneath the skin of our obsession with whiteness lie deeper fears about our place in the world

Anti-racists fear racism will never be conquered, while racists still nurse a sense of loss and pride

Salon

Reading, empathy & Austen adaptations

"I don't really hear, 'We've checked our quota for white middle class authors from Brooklyn'"

The Guardian - UK

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran; Fire Island by Jack Parlett – review

The author of gay cult classic Dancer from the Dance moves on from disco-fuelled revels to ‘death’s antechamber’ in his august portrait of a man for whom duty calls in Florida

The Guardian - US

Seen and Unseen review: George Floyd, Black Twitter and the fight for racial justice

Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster’s brilliant book considers the history of communications technology in a racist society

WEKU

Anna Malaika Tubbs: The forgotten mothers of civil rights history

MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, author Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how these three women shaped American history.

WEKU

How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

The Guardian - UK

Homelands by Chitra Ramaswamy review – what it means to belong

Our sense of home explored through the story of a journalist’s friendship with a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor

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