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  • R Kelly’s Former Manager Gets Prison Time For Threatening to Shoot-up Manhattan Theater

    R Kelly’s Former Manager Gets Prison Time For Threatening to Shoot-up Manhattan Theater

    Donnell Russell, the disgraced former manager of R Kelly, was sentenced to one year for threatening violence at a theater playing Surviving R Kelly.

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    Jessica Washington






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    December 20, 2022
  • The Boston City Council Is Looking into Reparations for Black Bostonians

    The Boston City Council Is Looking into Reparations for Black Bostonians

    Although a check would have been better, the Boston City Council has officially voted to study reparation distribution for the Black community in Boston

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    Jessica Washington






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    December 16, 2022
  • AOC is “Confident” That Her Ethics Committee Investigation Will be Dismissed [UPDATE]

    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, according to a statement from the ethics committee.

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    Jessica Washington






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    December 8, 2022
  • Ava DuVernay is The First Black Woman To Have Her Face on Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

    Ava DuVernay is The First Black Woman To Have Her Face on Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

    It’s no secret that we all love Ava DuVernay, and now we get to try her new directorial debut, a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor.

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    Jessica Washington






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    December 6, 2022
  • Keke Palmer Reminisces with Her On-Screen Mama Angela Bassett

    Keke Palmer Reminisces with Her On-Screen Mama Angela Bassett

    It’s been 16 years since they starred in “Akeelah and the Bee.” Here’s what this on screen mother-daughter duo have learned from each other.

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    Jessica Washington






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    December 2, 2022
  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says She Won’t Run for a Leadership Position in the Next Congress

    With this announcement, the 82-year-old Democratic Speaker of the House ends her two decades of party leadership.

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    Jessica Washington






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    November 17, 2022
  • 2022 Midterms Recalled Republican’s Summer of 1964 Voter Suppression Tactics

    Trump and his cronies went on and on about the 2020 election being stolen. But what we really need to talk about is the relentless return of voter suppression.

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    Jessica Washington






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    November 12, 2022
  • Three Ex-Police Officers, Charged in Shooting of Eight-Year Old, Plead Guilty to Reckless Endangerment

    The former officers, who were originally charged with manslaughter after reportedly firing in the direction of a crowd, accepted responsibility.

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    Jessica Washington






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    November 11, 2022
  • Will Black Voters Be Blamed If Democrats Don’t Win The Midterms?

    Black voters have been a bedrock of the Democratic party for decades, but some experts worry if Democrats don’t win, Black voters will be held responsible.

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    Jessica Washington






    Published

    November 8, 2022
  • Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”

    You hear the words “crisis,” “pregnancy,” “center” strung together and think: medical care for pregnant people. But that’s not why they’re in business.

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    Jessica Washington






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    November 2, 2022
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