May 3 2018
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Kanye West doesn’t care about books.
Brooke Obie
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Brooke Obie is the author of the award-winning Black revolution novel BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS, on sale now.
Mar 8 2018
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I was expecting director Ava DuVernay’s new sci-fi/fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time to be magic. I’d seen her achieve…
Feb 13 2018
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Ever since Marvel slayed us with the first trailer for Black Panther, folks have been feening to dress up like the…
Feb 7 2018
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In the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, across the tracks from where Homer A. Plessy was removed from a train,…
Feb 6 2018
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New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell didn’t set out to make history. But as the city celebrates its 300th…
Jan 22 2018
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The straights are at it again.
Jan 12 2018
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It’s dinnertime in the dining hall of the famous New Orleans soul food haven Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. Executive…
Jan 10 2018
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Fashion brand H&M raised the ire of many when it released a racist ad of a young black boy in a green hoodie with…
Jan 23 2017
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Angela Peoples did not come to the Women’s March on Washington to play. The 30-year-old co-director of the LGBTQ…