About asha bandele
asha bandele, a NewsOne Senior Editor, is multiple award-winning journalist and author. The recipient of the National Book Foundation Award among a number of other awards, asha is a New York Times best-selling author of seven books. Her eighth and ninth books are forthcoming from Random House/One World and The New Press. A lifelong advocate, asha has led or been on the lead team of several political campaigns, all of which were successful challenges to racist inequities. A primary focus of her work has been the impact of the American punishment system on children and families, and curriculum development for young people who are targeted for harm. A former senior editor and writer for Essence and an Essence Festival co-producer, nothing is more important or defining to her than being a mother to her incredible daughter, Nisa.
Nikki Giovanni showered me with love and the specific sort of love that only happens when one sees the world through Toni Morrison’s Black Lens.
The same sort of sociopathic, white supremacist, deranged, and dishonest illogic used by MAGA today was used by a slave-supporting Supreme Court in the 1850s.
Jackson residents view the federal indictment on their mayor as an attack on them.
We didn't have social media in 1985 when "We Are the World" premiered. But had radio 12-inch recordings, and music by artists who were celebrities because of their art, not their bedroom antics.
Police killing Black people in the area was so widespread and common that one would be hard-pressed to find a family that hadn't been touched by it.
Miriam's sister Valarie in an exclusive conversation with NewsOne's asha bandele.
Given the recording of Daniel Penny's actions, there shouldn't be doubt about his guilt. But that shouldn't absolve police.
The kind of hope seeded in Kamala Harris' run, rightly or wrongly, is something anyone can feel a no other candidate has ever crossed this threshold so quickly.
For the eighth episode of the 'Witness to History' podcast, Tef Poe, the St. Louis poet and MC, addresses what called him to Ferguson's streets after Michael Brown was killed.
This is how it worked out for them.
If Black Lives Matter was the Word, then Ferguson was the Word made Flesh.
After the public assassination of Michael Brown, Dacia stood ready to defend her community.