Life can be unfair, even cruel at times. But while the Supreme Court ruled that white-only covenants were not enforceable, the real estate playing field was hardly leveled. In 1917, as part of Buchanan v. Warley, the Supreme Court found such zoning to be unconstitutional because it interfered with property rights of owners. Some of them have overcome a tragedy, heartbreak or obstacle in their lives, but no matter what they’ve gone through, they’ve never given up on their big dream to be on stage. I could graze all day on the wholegrain of Clifford’s genial tones, and I would never have thought that James’s infamously challenging “late style” could be so lucid, natural and human as it is in these recordings. Plus, supporting Alvin Ailey is a wonderful way to support Black creative arts and have your breath taken away by human talent. – Efosa Ojomo, TED Talk: Reducing corruption takes a specific kind of investment, A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison by Dwayne Betts It all began when my wife was feeling under the weather (turns out it was not COVID, but it seemed it could be). – Yve Blake, TED Talk: For the love of fangirls, Salt Fat Acid Heat – Rob Cooke, TED Talk: The cost of work stress – and how to reduce it, Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz Instead, we continually propose, challenge, revise, or even replace our scientific ideas as a work in progress. The Moth podcast She usually starts out the podcast with breathing or with just taking one big breath. Oh, and they’re vegan vampires. Nor should we assume all of our current scientific theories will stand the test of time. Lore podcast Through so-called Jim Crow laws (named after a derogatory term for blacks), legislators segregated everything from schools to residential areas to public parks to theaters to pools to cemeteries, asylums, jails and residential homes. We have enough! – Yifat Susskind, TED Talk: In uncertain times, think like a mother, Lady Don’t Take No podcast – Catie Cuan (TED Talk: Teaching robots how to dance), The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick Scientific laws and theories have different jobs to do. – Uri Alon, TED Conversation: A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy, Balanced Black Girl podcast
Lil’ Dicky stole my heart and stole 2020. My work is about how innovation can help people lead more prosperous lives. Writer and star Jimmie Fails took inspiration from his own life growing up in the Bay Area in the 1990s. Standing up to the forces of our time, Sanford lights a way through the nation’s chaos, offering a glimpse of what many of us crave: shared space; safety in one another; fugitive hearts finding a place to rest. Segregation was made law several times in 18th and 19th-century America as some believed that black and white people were incapable of coexisting. – Anastasia Penright, TED Talk: 5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work. A good scientific law is a finely-tuned machine, accomplishing its task brilliantly but ignorant of why it works as well as it does. Black Girl in Om is now my go-to for wellness conversations. What is the value of art in an age of thinking machines? As a journalist, I feel nourished when I come away with a sense of enlightenment, and I found that this summer with this TV show. The movie emphasizes that life is a series of moments — some good and some not so much — but we need to keep pushing forward. – Anastasia Penright, TED Talk: 5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work, Black Girl In Om podcast
Starting in the 1930s, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation conspired to create maps with marked areas considered bad risks for mortgages in a practice known as “red-lining.” The areas marked in red as “hazardous” typically outlined black neighborhoods. According to Kimmerer, it’s edible, “tasting vaguely of rock and mushroom,” but I’m not quite that ambitious yet. It left me inspired and hopeful to lead a fuller, freer life. Jordan Peele’s brilliant, fast-paced, darkly funny horror film uses microaggressions like other scary movies use ominous music — as a warning to sit at the edge of our seat because something’s about to go down. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Soraya Fiorio, TED-Ed Lesson: Who was the world’s first author? Ring of Stars is a story that we need. The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram – Adrienne Mayor, TED-Ed Lesson: Did the Amazons really exist? Hosts Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion interview scholars and explore topics rarely covered in school curriculum, allowing listeners to walk away with an enriched understanding of the American past. I breathe when she breathes, I listen, and I think about the little nuggets I learned from the podcast throughout the day. Somehow, this makes it one of the most accurate portrayals of tweenage life that I have ever seen, and therefore unspeakably funny. A theory’s acceptance, however, is often gladiatorial. Although this isn’t a new book, I re-read this during lockdown as I considered the role that communities were playing during this global pandemic. Another recommendation from Dr. Shamell Bell, who was a former student of Dr. Kelley’s, Freedom Dreams implores the reader to see the intellectuals and revolutionaries leading the charge of Black liberation as way to examine the potential and ways the Black imagination can open the doors for liberation of all peoples. – Phillip Freeman, TED-Ed Lesson: A day in the life of an ancient Celtic Druid, The Times of Harvey Milk Literary podcasts are a staple source of mental nutrition when I’m rushing around or mired in mindless tasks, and two best enjoyed together are The Writer’s Voice and the Fiction Podcast, both from The New Yorker magazine.

"use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. The author is a magician by training and uses mental sleight of hand to trick us into seeing nature holistically rather than through the typical Cartesian lens of mind-body dualism. : To learn something new every week, sign up here for the TED-Ed Newsletter. It continuously helps me reshape my perception of the tests and trials of life as necessary lessons that lead to self-discovery. This documentary film chronicles the political career and assassination of Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s first openly gay supervisor, and the activism, people and events that helped shape the politics of a nation. Dismantling Desegregation by Gary Orfield and Susan E. Eaton by the New Press. In vivid images and sound, this documentary clearly explains the systems that have placed our country in the situation it is in right now. I read this after my parents went through a series of health scares, and it gave me a window to ask them questions about their fears and wishes. I like to believe that speaking Korean for my first three years of life trained my brain to love its sound even though I struggle learning and speaking Korean now. From Abigail Adams imploring her husband to “remember the ladies” when envisioning a government for the American colonies, to suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton ...read more, Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War. We are burdened by a history of racial inequality and injustice. This series also demonstrated the amazing advances of computer graphics technology. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that a black family had the right to move into their newly-purchased home in a quiet neighborhood in St. Louis, despite a covenant dating back to 1911 that precluded the use of the property in the area by “any person not of the Caucasian race.” In Shelley v. Kramer, attorneys from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), led by Thurgood Marshall, argued that allowing such white-only real estate covenants were not only morally wrong, but strategically misguided in a time when the country was trying to promote a unified, anti-Soviet agenda under President Harry Truman. This movie is a visual and emotional love letter to “home,” as it exists in the present moment and in our memories. His stories also help remind me that there are survivors in the ‘hood, tell us about the history of the Bloods and the Crips, and allow his readers to learn about the constant war on Black lives. Most laws and theories attempt to explain, some better than others. I’m a huge fan of Samin Nosrat, a brilliant chef and talented Iranian woman making her mark on the world. Segregation is the practice of requiring separate housing, education and other services for people of color. – Amy Padnani, TED Talk: How we’re honoring people overlooked by history, Dave This Will Smith movie serves as a phenomenal reminder that my life is not as bad as it could be and that happiness is not guaranteed or owed. When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, the Civil Rights Movement began in earnest. I can’t stop thinking about the cruise! Discredited alchemy was the birthplace of modern chemistry”. The former features fiction from recent issues, read by the authors themselves, while the latter features writers choosing stories from back issues to read aloud and discuss with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. – Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, TED Talk: Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler These are emotionally fulfilling adventures about individuals from Indigenous cultures dealing with colonial pressure. Full disclosure: I am related to the author, but I’d find this novel nourishing even if it wasn’t written by family. I am always trying to learn how to be my best self, and this book explains human patterns and how to change them.