Grio100 Malcolm Gladwell – author and pop-sociologist

By Talia Whyte

Malcolm Gladwell has made a career for himself – as well as a lot of money – thinking aloud of the untold back-stories to many political and cultural institutions. For example, this curious journalist recently examined Atticus Finch, the white lawyer played by Gregory Peck in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. While most film historians consider Finch to be one of the greatest on-screen heroes, Gladwell argued that the character was an example of “the limits of Southern liberalism” during the story’s time period, and that Finch was not the racial justice activist as he’s been seen historically.

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Grio100 Bill T. Jones, activism through movement

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By Talia Whyte

Recently, he choreographed two new productions that are being performed simultaneously. They showcase the lives of two historical figures through dance interpretation – President Abraham Lincoln and Nigerian Afrobeat hero Fela Anikulapo Kuti. While the subjects are from different time periods, races and continents, Jones saw something about both figures who left behind legacies that inform society today.

Jones is a truth-seeker through motion, and he will inspire future generations to see the revolution through his steps.

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Coakley ignored black voters at her own peril

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By Talia Whyte

Martha Coakley only has herself to blame

How is it possible for a Democratic candidate running to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in the most liberal state in the nation lose to a Republican? When complacency and arrogance are mixed together, you end up with Martha Coakley’s train wreck of a campaign. When the Massachusetts attorney general entered the race months ago, it was believed that she would easily win.

But something happened on the way to the Senate.

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