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  • Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd

    The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…

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  • 28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever

    I have been smoking weed since I was 14 years old. My best friend and I found my mom’s stash under her bed. Said best friend had already previously indulged, but I had never done it, and I was scared—curious, but scared. My best friend, with all her experience, haphazardly rolled us a joint. We…

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  • Auntie Unfiltered Sits Down With Vanessa Bell Calloway

    Vanessa Bell Calloway has been in the business for a long time. From her turn as Yvonne Caldwell on All My Children where she famously (or is it infamously?) broke up Black power couple Angie and Jessie Hubbard to her turn as Princess Imani in the original Coming to America—when Prince Akeem asked her to…

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  • Please Stop Attacking 'Gorilla Glue Girl' Tessica Brown

    Black women are not often afforded a lot of grace. We are the subject of scorn in our everyday lives as we go about being everyday people. Given a platform, we are subjected to abuse, ridicule, and harassment when people know our names and our faces. Fame is infamously overrated. So what happens when you…

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  • Black Joy Is in the Way We Create the Culture

    Have you done the #BussitChallenge? Are you enjoying all the #SilhouetteChallenge videos? Do you follow Jay Nedaj on Twitter and get your laugh on? Are you familiar with #DontRush, #Savage and #CaptainHook challenge? If you answered yes to any of these questions, thank the next Black person you see. I have long held the theory…

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  • Auntie Unfiltered Pictures the Possibilities With Danielle Young

    Losing your job is not the end of the world, nor should it be. As devastating as it can be at times, especially during a pandemic, it can also be the push we need to finally get that personal project off the ground. It can be the sign that we need to finally work on…

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  • Auntie Unfiltered: Worry About Yourself

    Hey nieces and nephews! Can you believe we are already one month into 2021? The time is flying by, but not much has changed from last year. There are still people in this world who believe that everyone has to think the same way that they do, behave the same way that they do and…

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  • Auntie Unfiltered: Put Your Best Face Forward in 2021

    Hey nieces and nephews, I have a confession: I am still feeling a little apprehensive about our prospects for getting out of the house this year. 2020 ended on a low note as far as our country and the pandemic are concerned. None of us could have imagined that 10 months into quarantine, the U.S.…

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  • Auntie Unfiltered Explores the Power of Music

    Ever since I can remember, from a very young age, I have known all the lyrics to every single song on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On album in the order that they appear on the LP. Both sides. That album came out the year I was born, and my mother says she played it during…

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  • White Man Convicted of Killing Black Army Lt. Richard Collins III Sentenced to Life in Prison

    White Man Convicted of Killing Black Army Lt. Richard Collins III Sentenced to Life in Prison

    The white man who stabbed and killed a Black U.S. Army lieutenant at a bus stop in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison. Sean Urbanski stabbed Richard Collins III as Collins stood at a bus stop on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park with friends around 3 a.m. on…

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