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2 Black-Owned Networks Are Coming to the Comcast Channel Lineup in 2019
Comcast Corporation has an agreement with two African American majority owned independent networks to distribute their channels on Comcast Cable systems beginning in January 2019. Comcast announced in a release on Thursday that after a process of thoroughly evaluating dozens of proposals, it had selected AFRO and CLEO TV to provide quality entertainment that highlights…
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Idris Elba’s Daughter Will Be the 2019 Golden Globe Ambassador
While Idris Elba basks in the glory of being named People’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” his daughter is making a name for herself in an amazing way. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday that Isan Elba—daughter of Idris and makeup artist and businesswoman Kim Elba—will serve as the 2019 Golden Globe Ambassador. In the role,…
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Migos Gave James Corden One of His Best Carpool Karaoke Bits Yet
I was not always a Migos fan. I didn’t dislike them; I was just unfamiliar with much of their music. Two things changed that for me: Cardi B and their collaboration with Gucci Man on “I Get The Bag.” “I Get The Bag” still gets regular, consistent play in my car as I drive through…
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Meet Grace McKinnon: Black Women Are the Superheroines Who Don’t Wear Capes
It seems as though the number of black men killed at the hands of police increases by at least one every day. The stories have become so commonplace as to somewhat desensitize the public to their occurrence. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, at approximately 3:30 p.m., one story that could have ended with that same narrative…
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Jill Scott Pretends to Give Her Mic a Blowjob. People Who Apparently Never Heard Her Music Lose Their Minds
In case you slept through third-shift Twitter, Jill Scott made the trending list after she got on stage and simulated giving her microphone a blowjob. I’ll let that sit with you for a minute. In a 48-second video that has been shared widely on the social network, Scott can be seen wagging her tongue at…
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#BothamJean: Newly Elected Dallas DA Wants to Charge Amber Guyger With Murder
More than two months after an unarmed and innocent 26-year-old, Botham Shem Jean, was shot to death in his apartment by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, newly elected Dallas District Attorney John Creuzot is ready to do the job his predecessor failed to—charge Guyger with murder. Faith Johnson, a black Republican who was appointed…
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How Many 'Black Bitches' Does a Woman Have to Be Called While Being Stabbed for It to Be a Hate Crime?
A black woman was brutally attacked by a white man on a Brooklyn subway platform Friday night, and he reportedly called her a “black bitch” over and over again as he did it. So why is it that both the police and larger legacy media outlets are hesitant to label the crime as what it…
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#NetNeutrality: Supreme Court Hands Over a Major Victory for Open Internet Advocates
Every time I see a picture of Ajit Pai, I want to kick him in his Reese’s cup. In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that favored the 2015 net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration Federal Communications Commission. Several internet providers took…
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Supporters Raise More Than $90,000 for California Teacher Who Fought His Student
In a now infamous video that has gone viral online, a Los Angeles-area teacher was captured fighting one of his students after the teen repeatedly called him the n-word and threw a basketball at him. The incident happened Friday at Maywood Academy High School, and the teacher—64-year-old Marston Riley—was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.…
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#ElectionEve: My Personal Plea For You To Get Out and Vote Tuesday
On the eve of the 2018 midterm election, I wanted to take a moment to urge everyone to get out and take advantage of their right to vote. I am not going to shame you for not voting. I am not going to threaten you or tell you that you are stupid if you don’t.…
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