Southern Pinellas ‘Sundown Towns’
Southern Pinellas ‘Sundown Towns’ didn’t mean only Gulfport. In 1914, a sign posted…
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Was Gulfport a sundown town?
With its sunny beach, laid-back atmosphere and LGBTQIA+ friendliness, does the City of…
Opinion | Florida, where logic comes to die
The exchange of ideas and viewpoints should thrive in bastions of higher learning across…
Screw Tom Brady, Drew Brees and all the other racist, white supremacist sympathizing athletes like them
‘Again, screw Tom Brady and his filthy, nasty, racist buddies, Donald Trump and Ron…
How the economic recovery is sustaining systemic racism for Black men
The rate of incarceration for Black men is about six times the rate for white men. For…
White male, owner of Fat Finger Construction, pulls AR-15 on Black landscapers over parking
‘There’s no reason for somebody to go to an AR-15 over something as trivial as a…
Economist Heather McGhee considers the ‘zero-sum paradigm’ of American racism
Economist and author Heather McGhee draws on a wealth of economic data to show how…
St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs tackles systemic racism
This year’s four-day St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs conference discussed…
‘Black in a White World:’ Dr. Constance Wheat Batty shares the story of her extraordinary parents
Dr. Constance Wheat Batty published a book about her extraordinary parents, who, despite…
Impact of structural racism in St. Pete
The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg hosted an update on the structural racism…
Community Voices Matter: Structural Racism Study Town Hall
The City of St. Petersburg enacted 1960’s style policing to control the Black community…
Sex, stigma, self-hate, and racism, a deadly combination in the Black community, part 2
Many Black people in the LGBT+ community refer to themselves as SGL, or same gender…
How racism and fear of Black health leadership is killing us, part 1
J. Carl Devine, director of the Banyan Tree Project, and Leisha McKinley-Beach, a…
‘I am my dreams and my aspirations’
Pooja Manjakandy just graduated from the IB Program at St. Petersburg High School BY…
Our Stories Matter: Maya Matheney
BY YAMIRA PATTERSON, St. Petersburg High School student Maya Matheney is a rising…
‘City of Ali’ movie review
Fans of the late Muhammad Ali will love ‘City of Ali,’ a documentary about…
Unity through differences
A large, diverse crowd of all ages, races, and faiths attended the Unite Against Hate…
A student’s perspective on anti-Blackness in a PCS school
Kaitlyn McKay-Cohen By Yamira Patterson, St. Petersburg High School student Kaitlyn…