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Will and Jada Smith Want the Youth to Know Opportunities Are Out There for Them in Entertainment
When children reach the age of 18, they are expected to know exactly what they want to do for the rest of their lives. The field they choose guides the decisions they make as to what college they should attend and what field they should major in once they get there. While there are a…
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Paul Manafort Drops His Lawsuit Against Robert Mueller Just as His Own Criminal Trial Begins
The criminal trial for Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort began Tuesday morning in a federal court in Alexandria, Va. It is the first trial to come out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Things moved very quickly on the first day of court. The…
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An Open Letter to the Avocado Haters on #NationalAvocadoDay
Dear People Who Hate Avocados: Who raised you? How can you find yourself at odds with the world’s most perfect fruit? Yes, avocado is a fruit. It has a seed. It is actually considered a large berry with a single seed. You know what else avocado is? Delicious. I could eat avocado every single day…
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Betsy DeVos Doesn't Give a Damn About Students, Education or the Cost Thereof
Can we stop telling the lie that Betsy DeVos has the best interest of this nation’s students at heart? The U.S. Department of Education has devolved into yet another classist system of oppression set up to hold down people of color and low-income families. This latest move by DeVos is proof of that. According to…
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Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal Show Off Their MC Skills on ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’
I’m going to start this off by urging you to go to the movie theater and see Blindspotting if you haven’t already. It is an excellent film, and Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs are masterful storytellers both as writers and actors. Go see it now! I already knew that both Casal and Diggs were talented…
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Kid Fury Is Making Big Moves With Lena Waithe and HBO
Unless you have been living under a social media rock for the better part of the last ten years, you’ve probably heard of Kid Fury. He is the co-host of the popular podcast The Read, but before that, he was a successful vlogger on YouTube with his “Furious Thoughts” videos. The internet sensation can now…
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Mississippi Cop Caught on Video Using Stun Gun on Handcuffed Shoplifting Suspect
A dashboard camera video released to the public by a Mississippi police department shows one of its officers using his stun gun on a shoplifting suspect who was already handcuffed and complying with officers’ commands. According to ABC News affiliate WTOK, officers from Meridian Police were chasing a suspected shoplifter as he drove around a…
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Florida Cop Says His Chief Instructed Him to Frame 2 Black Men for Crimes They Didn’t Commit
Florida, man. Anytime you see the state of Florida mentioned in a headline or a story, you know there is going to be something crazy involved, and this is no exception. There is an ongoing federal investigation into the police department in Biscayne Park, Fla. Their former chief—52-year-old Raimundo Atesiano—and two other former police officers,…
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Bobby Brown Will Honor His Daughter Bobbi Kristina by Building a Domestic Violence Shelter in Her Name
The loss of a child is something no parent should have to experience. The king of R&B, Bobby Brown, has found a way to channel his grief into something positive. In 2015, Brown founded the Bobbi Kristina Serenity House—a nonprofit organization that provides resources and information about domestic violence. The organization did not have a…
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Cardi B Announces She Is Choosing Motherhood Over the Bruno Mars Tour
When we first learned Cardi B was pregnant, we were told her plan was to have her baby, take six weeks off to rest and bond with her newborn, and then join Bruno Mars on his fall tour. As of Thursday, that plan has changed. Cardi took to Instagram Thursday night to inform her fans…
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