IllumiNative, a Native woman-led racial and social justice organization, has partnered with the USC Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project to release their latest research study, “Native Representation on Scripted Television: Heightened Visibility and Its Impact on Audiences,” which investigates stereotypical depictions of Native peoples in contemporary TV and their influence on viewers. Read More...
Thirty pages into Jasmine Guillory’s latest novel, Drunk on Love, out Sept. 20, a steamy one-night stand has already taken place and changed two characters lives completely. Margot Noble is under immense pressure running her family’s Napa Valley winery alongside her brother, but she finds an unexpected release in a hot fling one night with Luke, a handsome stranger and former Silicon Valley techie who, unbeknownst to either of them, also happens to be Margot’s newest employee. Read More...
When all five full-time police officers in tiny Kenly, N.C. handed in their resignations last week, citing conflicts with the new town manager, it made national news.
But Kenly isn’t alone. Earlier this month the police chief and the only two officers Springfield, Colo., (population: 1,325) resigned from the force. The chief, Katrina Martin, cited personal reasons for the decisions while the two officers decided to take positions somewhere else. Read More...
