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The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth

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Justice Clarence Thomas Is Ready To Undo More Rights

The Supreme Court Justice wrote that the cases establishing same-sex marriage and contraceptives should be revisited.

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Black Excellence

Black Teen From Alabama is Awarded Over $2 Million in Scholarships

Alexandra Jane

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O.J. Simpson Sued for $96 Million Over the 1994 Deaths of Nicole Brown, Ronald Goldman

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Lizzo Pledges $1M From Tour Profits To Defend Abortion Rights

Alexandra Jane

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Monica Performs for NPR's Tiny Desk (At Home) Series

Alexandra Jane

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Black Music Month

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Lizzo Pledges $1M From Tour Profits To Defend Abortion Rights

Alexandra Jane

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Monica Performs for NPR's Tiny Desk (At Home) Series

Alexandra Jane

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Kendrick Lamar Performs Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers for the 1st Time in Milan

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Lil Nas X Puts BET Award in the Toilet on ‘Late to Da Party’ Cover Art

Stephanie Holland

Entertainment

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Taraji P. Henson Talks Hosting 2022 BET Awards, The Color Purple Movie Musical and More

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Shonda Rhimes, Halle Berry, KeKe Palmer Among Celeb Reactions to Roe v. Wade Overturning

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A Black Lady Sketch Show Creator Robin Thede Secures Overall Deal With HBO

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Taraji P. Henson Is Open to Moving Out of the U.S.

Stephanie Holland

Race Matters

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Maine Insurance Agency Receives Backlash After Posting Racist Juneteenth Sign

Candace McDuffie

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Prince William Addresses Racism During Windrush Day Speech

Candace McDuffie

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Lawmakers Use Juneteenth As A Platform To Close the Constitution's Slavery loophole

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Will California Be The First State To Offer Reparations For Slavery?

Very Smart Brothas

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Very Smart Brothas

Baratunde Thurston on Why Black People Aren't Seen As The Outdoorsy Type

Adriano Contreras

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Very Smart Brothas

Son, They Shook: Uvalde Massacre Separates True Heroes From Cowards

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Very Smart Brothas

FSU Professor Maurice Johnson Uses Hip Hop as His Textbook

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Very Smart Brothas

NBA Player Makes Coffee for Tennis Players

Small Business Spotlight

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Just Say No to Selling Juneteenth Products, Expert says

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Tracee Ellis Ross Partners With Non Profit To Support Black Women-Owned Businesses

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Jay-Z Joins Forces with Twitter Co-Founder to Launch Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn

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Entrepreneur Gives Beauty Supply Stores A Face Lift

Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice

Four Louisiana Officers Acquitted In Death of Black Man

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Last Recorded Moments of Missing, Pregnant Chicago Woman Released

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Criminal Justice

Black Salon Worker Fired for Claims of Racial Discrimination at Work

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Criminal Justice

Grand Rapids Officer Charged in Patrick Lyoya Shooting

News

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Liberal Justices Explain Why Roe Ending Matters for Black Americans

Jessica Washington

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President Joe Biden Laments "Extreme and Dangerous" Ruling On Abortion

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Justice Clarence Thomas Is Ready To Undo More Rights

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O.J. Simpson Sued for $96 Million Over the 1994 Deaths of Nicole Brown, Ronald Goldman

National Politics

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Yolanda Flowers Makes History As Alabama's First Black Woman Governor Nominee I

Candace McDuffie

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Republican Senator Is Ready To Block Free Lunch Funding Over LGBTQ+ Rights

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Brian Kemp Demands Stacey Abrams Leave 'Radical' Foundation That Supports Defunding the Police

Candace McDuffie

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Bishop Strips School of Catholic Identity for Flying BLM, Pride Flags