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  • The Steelers’ Antonio Brown Signs Deal With Facebook, May Explain His Crazy Facebook Live Post

    So you know that Facebook Live stream in which NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown showed the innards of his Pittsburgh Steelers’ team’s locker room, where coach Mike Tomlin went off during a postgame rant? Well, maybe Brown wasn’t just caught up in the excitement of the win. And maybe the generous baller is going to…

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  • ‘The Black Girl’ Stacey Dash Gets Canned by Fox News

    Stacey Dash, a vehement Donald Trump supporter and Republican apologist—you know, the one former Fox CEO Roger Ailes reportedly called “the black girl”—has been kicked off one of her biggest soap boxes. The Hill reports that Fox News has declined to renew Dash’s contributor contract. The only network our current president seems not to despise…

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  • Trump, Butt-Hurt Over the Size of His … Inauguration Crowd, Lies About It (So Does His Whole Team)

    Donald Trump and his squad remind me of that old ’90s classic by En Vogue. The hook goes something like this: “Lies. Lies. Using lies as alibis. Lies. Lies. Just the devil in disguise.” After vilifying the intelligence community after it reported that Russia definitively hacked the U.S. elections in his favor, President Donald Trump…

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  • Idris Elba Says ‘Pound My Yams’ for Valentine’s Day and I’m So Here for It

    So much naughty innuendo. So much sexy. Actor Idris Elba recently posted a video on his Instagram page asking folks to be his valentine. The rub (oooh) is that you have to contribute to a fantastic organization based in Africa, W.E. Can Lead, to win a chance to “pound his yams.” Chile. This whole “pounding…

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  • Trump’s 1st Executive Order Sounds Death Knell for Obamacare

    Donald Trump’s very first executive order as president promised “to seek the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Within hours of assuming the office of the presidency Friday—between his swearing-in and before leaving for his inaugural balls—Trump signed the executive order, which did not give specifics on…

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  • Ariz. Trying to Ban Social-Justice Courses in State Schools. Guess Who This Targets?

    Let’s start this off by reminding folks that Arizona was one of the last states in the nation to recognize the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday (and lest we forget, Republican Sen. John McCain voted against its recognition, too). Living up to that lovely legacy, Republican lawmakers in the state are now advocating legislation…

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  • Harlem’s Schomburg Center Designated a National Historic Landmark

    The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was designated a national historic landmark this week. The site in central Harlem was among 24 places the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the honor to on Wednesday. The 91-year-old research library is named after black Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg, a leading voice of the Harlem…

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  • Donald Trump to Mark MLK Day With Martin Luther King III Meeting

    President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by meeting with the namesake son of America’s most brilliant civil rights icon. As per usual, the meeting is to take place at New York City’s Trump Tower on Monday afternoon, where the incoming POTUS can control the narrative. A Trump spokesperson confirmed…

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  • Prince Harry Brings Meghan Markle Home to Meet the Fam 

    If you’ve been obsessed with Netflix’s The Crown like the rest of us, you know how far the British royal family has come in the last few decades. Nothing says this more than the fact that Prince Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth, has brought his biracial girlfriend home to meet the family. No, Meghan Markle…

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  • Kamiyah Mobley Reunites With Birth Parents, Says She Still Loves the Woman Who Kidnapped Her

    A young woman kidnapped in 1998 from a Florida hospital was reunited with her biological parents Saturday in South Carolina. Kamiyah Mobley, 18, spent 45 minutes with her birth parents, Craig Aiken and Shanara Mobley, at the Walterboro Police Department, where the woman who kidnapped her is being held. “I told her I was glad…

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Ms. Bronner Helm is the Senior Editorial Director at Colorlines. Mouthy Black Girl. Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow. Shea Butter Feminist. Virgo Sun, Aries Moon.


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