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Sweet Home Alabama?
I have a complicated relationship with Alabama because Alabama is a complicated place. Though I’ve lived less time there than anywhere else in the world that could be considered home (fall of 1993 through spring 1997 and only two summers, ever), it is also the state where I went to high school and where my…
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Very Smart Brothas x Mahogany Books Monthly Book Club: Zora and Langston by Yuval Taylor
Since November 2018, VSB has teamed with Mahogany Books, an online and brick-and-mortar, black-owned bookstore located in Washington, D.C., to do a monthly book club. On the first Friday of each month, we meet in the bookstore and discuss the book we read for the month in a very casual, entertaining and often enlightening manner.…
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10 Thoughts About Game of Thrones Now That I've Started Watching and Am Almost Done With Season 3
Because of my FOMO and my desire to both understand the bazillion Game of Thrones-related memes and references people can’t help but make, I decided to dive into the show. Plus, my entire ass Mondays are shot on social media and in the news curation service I use; a solid 10 articles immediately surface about…
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According to This Power Press Release, Several Characters Will Live Beyond the Finale. For Why, Beloved? For Why?
The sixth and final season of the STARZ hit television show, Power, is set to premier on Aug. 25. The season will be long as hell at 15 episodes, but considering the extremely high entertainment value, I’m willing to be all in and park my ass on the couch every Sunday night to pray on…
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That Time My Delivered Package Was Held Hostage and Exchanged for a Six Pack of Beer
I’m one of those people who live in a neighborhood where anytime I get an “out for delivery” email/text/raven for any package that won’t fit into my mailbox, I know it means it’s time for me to head home. I will either receive the package personally or be present to witness it NOT being delivered…
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John Singleton Introduced Me to a World That Changed My Life
John Singleton passed Monday, April 29, 2019. After suffering a stroke that left him in a coma, his family ultimately decided to take him off life support. To say it was a life gone too soon is an understatement, especially for a figure who has had such a tremendous impact on the black community at…
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President Trump Is Personally Trying to Keep Fact Checkers Employed to Boost His Employment Numbers (That’s a Lie)
Let’s just get to the “This Can’t Be Life” punchline first: According to the Washington Post’s Fact Checker Database, a directory that keeps track of claims made by one President Donald J. Trump, in the 828 days since he’s been in office (and as of April 27, 2019), Trump has made 10,011 false or misleading…
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A Fun, Spoiler-Free, Plot-Free Review of Avengers: Endgame in 10 Two-Word Sentences
1. Well done. 2. Home run. 3. I cried. 4. Seeing again. 5. Hulk fun. 6. Ironman, fam. 7. Captain America! 8. Slow clap. 9. Fast clap. 10. Endgame proper.
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Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, “racism’s still alive, they just be concealing it…” on “Never Let Me Down” from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
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Howard U's President Dropped a Statement About Walking Dogs On The Yard; Here's How It Reads In My Head
Washington, DC, is in the midst of a culture war between the new residents who want to mold the city into their own version of VanillaTown and the folks who didn’t ask for any of this shit but now have to defend their ways of life. Yes, we’re talking gentrification. From new residents of Chinatown…
