What I’m Reading This Week – 11/24/2014

It’s Turkey Day in a few days but some of us (like me) are stuck at this office..so my gift to you is some good reads! Let’s get to it!

• Dave Chappelle is GQ magazine’s man of the year.
• Keep Moving: The Nomadic Life of An Assistant College Basketball Coach.
• Junior Smith was a troubled kid who needed help. Instead, West Virginia sent him to jail.
• He went to Yemen. He was almost kidnapped.
• Can You Gentrify America’s Poorest, Most Dangerous City?
• The mystery of an artifact from the 1800s slave trade, and the girl who made it.
• Can Whole Foods Change the Way Poor People Eat?
• For the Public Good: The Shameful History of Forced Sterilization in the U.S.
• A profile of the NY Knicks Carmelo Anthony.
• The World Loves the rapper B.o.B — Why Doesn’t Atlanta?
• The Untold Story of Black Fatherhood.
• The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama.
• Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person.
• A two part series on how NFL teams handle domestic violence. Part 1/Part 2.
• Two unlikely friends: rapper Wale’ and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
• 25 years later, Art Shell reflects becoming the FIRST black NFL head coach in the modern era.
• A Chat with Dionne Osborne, the Vocal Coach Who Changed Drake’s Style.
• Speaking about Drake, we might as well learn a bit more about his dad.
• In Alabama, Judges Play God: A judge can override a jury that spares a murderer from the death penalty.
• Peterson’s hometown still supportive:  Some call Vikings star a child abuser, but in Palestine, Texas, he’s still favorite son.
• A Rape On Campus. And what if you are accused of sexual assault on a college campus.
• From Wrestling Legend to Double Amputee, Kamala Keeps Fighting.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!