/tags/backchannel #BackChannel en-US Copyright Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:37:10 GMT /arts-culture/2020-12-16/backchannel-celebrating-this-christmas-steve-mcqueens-powerful-film-anthology-more Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen took over a decade to fully realize his vision of a collection of stories about the West Indian community in… Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:37:10 GMT /arts-culture/2020-12-16/backchannel-celebrating-this-christmas-steve-mcqueens-powerful-film-anthology-more Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2020-11-24/backchannel-death-of-quawan-charles-a-most-beautiful-thing-and-new-beats-by-dre-ad A Louisiana family is sounding the alarm over the disappearance and death of 15-year-old Quawan "Bobby" Charles. The teen was missing for days before… Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:38:31 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-24/backchannel-death-of-quawan-charles-a-most-beautiful-thing-and-new-beats-by-dre-ad Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-10-21/backchannel-the-power-of-being-seen-media-portrayals-of-police-driving-while-black How much does it matter to see people who look and identify like you in the media that you consume? In the new podcast "Being Seen" host Darnell Moore… Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:44:33 GMT /arts-culture/2020-10-21/backchannel-the-power-of-being-seen-media-portrayals-of-police-driving-while-black Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-09-23/backchannel-justice-for-breonna-taylor-chadwick-bosemans-legacy-black-womens-fight-to-vote There are still very few answers about what led to the police killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this year. Police… Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:12:42 GMT /arts-culture/2020-09-23/backchannel-justice-for-breonna-taylor-chadwick-bosemans-legacy-black-womens-fight-to-vote Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-08-19/backchannel-a-historic-vp-candidate-linking-yusuf-hawkins-1989-murder-to-blm-black-is-king Sen. Kamala Harris is breaking barriers as the first Black woman and Asian American person to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket. The former… Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:47:26 GMT /arts-culture/2020-08-19/backchannel-a-historic-vp-candidate-linking-yusuf-hawkins-1989-murder-to-blm-black-is-king Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-07-09/backchannel-cancel-culture-black-women-and-metoo-and-trans-representation-in-media Has cancel culture gone too far? That question has echoed throughout American society for several months. And this week a letter published by Harper’s… Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:38:36 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-09/backchannel-cancel-culture-black-women-and-metoo-and-trans-representation-in-media Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-09/backchannel-cancel-culture-black-women-and-metoo-and-trans-representation-in-media Has cancel culture gone too far? That question has echoed throughout American society for several months. And this week a letter published by Harper’s… Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:38:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-09/backchannel-cancel-culture-black-women-and-metoo-and-trans-representation-in-media Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-06-02/backchannel-processing-protests-and-police-violence-on-top-of-a-pandemic As of June 2, The Washington Post reports on-duty police officers have shot and killed 422 people in 2020 — on par with the average number of fatal police… Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:01:58 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-02/backchannel-processing-protests-and-police-violence-on-top-of-a-pandemic Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-02/backchannel-processing-protests-and-police-violence-on-top-of-a-pandemic As of June 2, The Washington Post reports on-duty police officers have shot and killed 422 people in 2020 — on par with the average number of fatal police… Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:01:58 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-02/backchannel-processing-protests-and-police-violence-on-top-of-a-pandemic Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-02-12/backchannel-hair-love-remembering-kobe-bryant-michael-vicks-road-to-redemption What happens when a black father tries to do his young daughter’s natural hair for the first time? In the animated short “Hair Love” a battle ensues: The… Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2020-02-12/backchannel-hair-love-remembering-kobe-bryant-michael-vicks-road-to-redemption Anita Rao, Frank Stasio