Originally posted on Abagond: ? University Hall in Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island, December 27th 2003. Americans tend to think that only the South or only slave traders and slave owners benefited from slavery. But it was not that simple. Slaves and land were the main forms of wealth in the US before 1860. Therefore slaves…

A snarl of snakes forms a knot in the corner of a nondescript indoor pit. Other serpents slither around them. Though it’s an intimidating sight, in this African temple the powerful pythons aren’t feared but instead revered and worshipped.  — Read on www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-temple-of-pythons-ouidah-benin

Michael B. Jordan and his Outlier Society production company have announced the Outlier Fellowship. It’s an internship and mentorship program providing access, opportunity, and community to underrepresented young people entering media, arts and entertainment. Jordan announced the news at The Obama Foundation’s MBK Rising!, an event of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance in Oakland. — Read on…

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and actions by the U.S. government in preparation for a military adventure under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention” in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and calls on the international community to mobilize in order to prevent its consummation. Between February 6…

Spike Lee won his first-ever Oscar Sunday night for Best Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” a long-awaited achievement in a film career spanning decades. He also is nominated for Best Director. An ecstatic Lee jumped into presenter Samuel L. Jackson’s arms when he took the stage. Previously, the Brooklyn-raised Lee had only received a Best Screenplay…

The Constitution’s Second Amendment was created to bolster slavery and capture land from Native Americans, award winning actor Danny Glover told a group of students at a Texas A&M sponsored event on Thursday. Actor Danny Glover told students at Texas A&M University the intent of the Second Amendment was to protect slavery. — Read on…

The new constitution “dignifies and exalts the legacy of Fidel, Marti and Raul” and deepens the rights of Cubans, while teaching citizens a greater civic culture.” President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel, exercised his vote a little after 8:40 a.m. local time this Sunday morning on the day when his country goes to vote on ratifying…

Esta imagen que acompaña este texto es una obra del acuarelista Tomás Méndez quien realizó su interpretación de la obra del maestro Rafael de Francisco Oller, femenizando a los personajes del cuadro. La utilicé para la portada de mi libro de literatura infantil Maestra Celestina que publiqué en el 2017 como parte de mi trabajo…

Taxing the rich is extremely popular A 70 percent top rate polls well; Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax polls even better. — Read on www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/2/4/18210370/warren-wealth-tax-poll

Dieter Buchhart has been called the world’s leading Jean-Michel Basquiat expert. He’s curated or co-curated nearly all of the late New York artist’s major institutional shows this decade, including retrospectives at the Fondation Beyeler in 2010, the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2015, and the Barbican in London in 2017. So I was bit taken…