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Mama Don’t Take No Net: Serena Williams Comes Off Maternity Leave, Shows She’s Still Boss at French Open
Serena Williams came back from maternity leave ready to stunt on her “co-workers” at the French Open. Having her rank knocked down to No. 453 in the world just because she took time off to have, love and care for her baby Olympia meant nothing in the grand scheme of things when Williams came back…
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#FreeMeekMill: The Rapper Is Out of Jail but Still Trapped in a Corrupt Criminal-Justice System
Free Meek Mill. Although Robert Rihmeek Williams is “free” to go to championship basketball games, kick it with friends and stunt on Instagram, he is still not free of the case that put him in the position he’s in in the first place. Larry Krasner, Philly’s new district attorney, is a criminal-justice-reform advocate. On Tuesday his…
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Innocent Man Who Served 20 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit Forced to Take Plea Deal in Exchange for His Freedom
The wheels of justice turn ever so slowly when you are a black man caught up in a system designed to hold you down. It’s even worse when those who work within that system intentionally do their best to keep you there. Such is the story of Corey Williams of Shreveport, La. Williams is impaired…
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#NetNeutrality: California Senate Approves Strict Open-Internet Protections for the State
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its plan to repeal the net neutrality protections put in place by the Obama administration in 2015. That has not stopped lawmakers in California from taking action to protect the open internet in their state. On Wednesday, the California State Senate approved a bill that would impose…
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For White People Who Pretend Not to Understand What Racism Is or How It Works: Here’s a Refresher Course
When Roseanne Barr was called out and subsequently fired for the racist tweet she made about Valerie Jarrett on Tuesday, two things happened at the same time. First, white people feigned ignorance as to why saying a black woman was the love child of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes was racist. They…
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Jamie Foxx to Star in Spawn Reboot Directed by Creator Todd McFarlane
Jamie Foxx will have his turn at playing a comic book character when he plays Spawn in a reboot of the movie of the same name, which will be directed by Todd McFarlane, the creator of the comic and character. Deadline reports that McFarlane’s directorial debut will be R rated with an expected budget of…
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What’s New and Black on Netflix for the Month of June?
With just two more days left in May, it’s time to get our calendars out and plot our binge-watching schedule for June. Exactly how many Netflix-and-chill sessions can we manage to squeeze in as summer officially begins? The answer is as many as it takes to watch all the good shows, films, documentaries and original…
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#ListeningToBiggieWhileBlack: Neighbors Call Cops on Black Doctor for Listening to Loud Rap Music
I am a writer who lives in the middle of a very white part of West Hollywood. I work from home most of the day, and when I’m working, I’m usually listening to music. While my playlists vary from day to day, trap music makes a regular appearance, and I like to listen to my…
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Valerie Jarrett Is Better Than Me—Just Look at the Way She Handled Roseanne’s Racist Tweet
By now you have probably already heard that ABC canceled Roseanne after its star, actress-comedian Roseanne Barr, made a horrifyingly racist tweet at the expense of Valerie Jarrett—a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama. In case you missed it, early Tuesday morning, Barr tweeted that the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had…
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Federal Prisons Director Was Caught in Pissing Match Between Jared Kushner and Jeff Sessions, so He Quit
Last week while we were all debating whether it was Laurel or Yanny, watching white people calling the police on black people just because they can, and continuing to marvel at the comedy of errors that is the current presidential administration, the federal prisons director quietly resigned from his position because he couldn’t take another…
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