Feb 05, 2026 – Feb 18 2026
Travel Alert for Florida Ahead of FIFA World Cup
Florida is hosting part of the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Men’s World Cup. Canada, Mexico, and the United States will host the games across 16 cities from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
Afro-Latinos and Bad Bunny Go Together
Bad Bunny's latest, to me, was different from his other albums. Of course, I picked up on the Black influence in his rap songs, but I wasn’t expecting to recognize influence from the Black diaspora in an album that was advertised as a more traditional Puerto Rican sound. But that’s because of my own bias.
Activities
Ben Crump will speak at Bowie State University, Feb 11. We list selected Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater tour stops under Dance. Don't miss Columbia University's Preserving Haitian History, which includes a presentation by Marvin Tupper Jones, who has contributed to Port of Harlem. The Gay Harlem Renaissance exhibit continues at the New York Historical Society through Sun, Mar 8.
Readers' Trends
Interesting to see that the number one story in the magazine of Guinea offering diasporans citizenship turned into a story on Facebook about Meagan Good and her husband, Jonathan Majors. However, the number on the story on our Facebook page was about another couple.