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Michael B. Jordan to Produce a Different Kind of Black Panther Story Next
In the wake of Black Panther’s monster success, Michael B. Jordan has lined up the kind of project that would make any Wakandan proud. His latest film, The Liberators, for which he’s signed on as a producer, will bring us the story of World War II’s 761st Tank Battalion, a wholly African-American combat unit whose…
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Father of 9-Year-Old Girl Who Committed Suicide Cautions Parents Not to Miss the Warning Signs
Charles Weatherspoon was preparing lunch for his family Jan. 4 when he told his son, Charles, to run some vitamins up to his sister, A’layah. Charles came back moments later from his sister’s room, telling his father that A’layah was playing a prank and pretending to be asleep. When Weatherspoon went up to check on…
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Invests in App Aimed at Improving Our Criminal-Justice System
Want to know what phase the moon is in? There’s an app for that. Want to track your meals? There are dozens of apps for that. Want to see which works of art your face resembles? There’s an app for that, too. Want to address mass incarceration? Well, Jay-Z—and many others—are hoping a new app…
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South Africa Demands Retraction From Australia After Minister Offers ‘Civilized’ Help to White South African Farmers
On Wednesday, an Australian minister lamented the plight of white South African farmers, saying that they “deserve special attention” and need help “from a civilized country like ours.” During his remarks, Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton also suggested fast-tracking visas for the farmers based on humanitarian grounds. Now the South African government says the…
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Snapchat Stock Drops After Rihanna’s Scathing Response to Ad Mocking Assault by Chris Brown
Rihanna stopped just short of scalping Snapchat on Thursday, delivering a scathing response via Instagram to a tasteless, offensive ad that appeared on the Snapchat app asking if users would rather “slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown.” Now it looks like Rihanna didn’t just snatch Snapchat’s wig; she also seized its stock value. CNBC reports…
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Cardi B Is Reportedly 6 Months Pregnant, and Legions of Cardi Stans Yell Out: ‘We Knew It!’
TMZ is reporting that world’s most famous procurer of bloody shoes, Cardi B, is pregnant—approximately six months along, in fact. The news will likely come as no surprise to fans who have noticed her increasingly covered-up looks in the last month or so. The rumor mill started churning during Super Bowl weekend last month and…
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Snapchat Says It’s Sorry About That Ad Asking if You’d Like to Slap Rihanna, but She’s Not Having It
Updated Thursday, March 15, 2018, 1:20 p.m. EDT: Rihanna, reigning queen of the Clapback (it’s literally a lip color on her Fenty beauty line, for God’s sake), had some words for Snapchat after an awful ad appeared on the app asking users if they’d rather “Slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown.” And because she’s not…
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Rolling Stone Talks to Meek Mill—and Shares the Receipts on the Judge Who Put Him Back in Jail
Anyone who’s been following the Meek Mill case by now knows that it has taken on the feel of a Greek tragedy. The details that have emerged—Meek’s arrest when he was 19 for a bogus crack charge by a crooked cop, the ensuing years of probation under the eyes of a petty and overbearing judge,…
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These Are the Women of Color Who Fought Both Sexism and the Racism of White Feminists
For Women’s History Month, Jezebel and The Root are partnering for JezeRoot, a series that focuses on women of color, domestic workers and sex workers. In December of last year, Gloria Steinem, a woman whose name and face has come to symbolize the feminist movement of the ’60s and ’70s, spoke before the Massachusetts Women’s…
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What’s Cooking in Wyoming? Supposedly, Kanye West’s New Album
To answer the proverbial question “WTF is in Wyoming?” apparently, Kanye West is. And because he appears to be at work on a new album there (in Jackson Hole, to be precise), hip-hop fans are frantically checking for their favorite rapper’s locations, seeing if the “Equality State” turns up. (Sidenote: Yes, that is Wyoming’s state…
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