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Walmart, Black America’s Biggest Boss, Is Also Its Cheap Uncle
You know that one uncle who brings a bucket of fried chicken to every family dinner, barbecue, graduation or cookout? Everybody makes a big deal out of it; you’re thankful he came through, until you find out that he’s the night manager at Popeyes and is basically bringing you day-old chicken he got for free.…
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Let’s Get Lit: Black Lightning Is the Superhero Show for the Trump Era
Let’s make a black-superhero television show, shall we? First you’d need to have a network that actually has a track record of successful shows about superheroes. CW? Check. Then you’d need a diverse black cast that hits all age groups. Cress Williams as the star, with old-school cred from Living Single and crossover love from…
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How io9’s Evan Narcisse Went From Writing About Comics to Writing Rise of the Black Panther
Oprah’s Golden Globe speech. The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. The Atlanta season 2 trailer. Marvel’s Black Panther dropping in a month. We’re only a week into 2018, and the official Conscious Negro Advent Calendar is already half full. However, Oprah, Atlanta and MLK are all known properties, but aside from a…
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Libyan Slavery Is Wrong, and It’s Partly America’s Fault. So Why Aren’t We Doing More About It?
In November, CNN broke a story about modern-day slavery in Libya that went viral. Grainy video showed men and women being beaten and being sold for less than the cost of a smartphone. There were no happy endings, no 12 Years a Slave escapes; thousands of people seeking refugee and asylum were being put in…
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The Race: How I’m Gonna Get in Shape, Fight Gentrification and Celebrate Kwanzaa in 2018
I know what you’re doing this week. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is when you start digging online looking at gyms, low-cost personal trainers and yoga classes—because this year you’re going to get in shape. Seriously, no excuses this time. Mind you, there’s always a risk for black folks trying out New…
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Ashes to Ascots: the Final Days of NewsOne Now With Roland Martin
The staff wrap party for the last episode of NewsOne Now with Roland Martin was not supposed to feel like it did. I walked into the staff kitchen and saw Martin in all of his fuchsia glory, smiling, ascot crisp, happily chopping it up. “What’s up, baby?” he said, then hit me with a hug…
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Locked Out: Black Mayor Boycotts City Council in Camilla, Ga., After They Refuse to Give Him Office Keys
Some parts of the country make you feel like Eyes on the Prize never went to commercial break. Some stories are so racist and over the top, you figure even Attorney General Jeff Sessions might give them a side eye. That looks to be the case in Camilla, Ga., a town so segregated, the cemetery…
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In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Boyega, People of Color Get to Shine in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
“You can judge a nation, and how successful it will be, by how it treats its women and its girls.” —President Barack Obama, Jan. 23, 2014 There goes Obama again tapping into one of life’s basic principles. You can always tell how good or successful something is going to be by how it treats the…
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That Was Close! 3 Things to Know About Atlanta’s Wild Mayoral Race
The next four years of leadership for Atlanta, one of the fastest-growing, wealthiest and culturally important cities in America, will likely stay in the hands of an African American, thanks to a nail-biting election Tuesday night. The race between Councilwomen Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood was tighter than a pair of skinny jeans at…
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Atlanta Anchor Sharon Reed Claps Back at Viewer Who Calls Her N-Word After Mayoral Election
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Common sense dictates that a certain type of angry white voter would be in their feelings if Mary Norwood lost the Atlanta mayoral election and blew their chance at planting a flag in Chocolate Peach City. However, you figure they would have at least waited until the Associated…
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