The title of Nathaniel Donnett's exhibition at the Lawndale Art Center — Paper or Plastic? — is a question commonly heard in grocery-store lines. But while Donnett draws on brown paper sacks, the ...

For those unfamiliar, the “paper-bag test” was a tactic used by certain African-American social organizations, fraternities and even churches to keep dark-skinned people out. The saying is that if you ...

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A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community, and it does so using a medium that was once ...

*When it comes to being a dark-skinned black woman, things are still very much the same, according Viola Davis. So much so that the idea of someone like her playing a character like Annalise Keating ...

There’s something unassuming about a paper bag. It doesn’t shout for attention. It quietly holds what’s inside. But when you take a bite of what’s wrapped within, the flavors suddenly speak louder ...

The "paper bag test" was a once common discriminatory practice within the African-American community in which a brown paper bag was held up to someone's face to determine if they could get into ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in ...

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. Credit...Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Rachel Nuwer With more ...

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