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How Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Tristan Walker Turned a Close Shave Into a Booming Business
Tristan Walker grew up on the hardscrabble streets of the Queens, N.Y., neighborhoods of Jamaica and Flushing, but he’s found a home in Palo Alto, Calif. He loves his native Gotham, but he’s now a Palo Alto man for one very compelling reason. “No one here underestimates you,” he said during a late-afternoon phone conversation…
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Stupid S–t Stacey Dash Has Said
Why, Stacey Dash, why? The media are buzzing about Stacey Dash’s super-awkward, shift-in-your-chair appearance on the Oscars Sunday. She posed as the new director of the academy’s “minority-outreach program,” which I suppose in theory is laughable. This is the same Dash who said that there was no need for Black History Month, among other ill-founded…
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Women, Stop Listening to Sexist Relationship ‘Experts’
I’ve spent several days thinking about Rev. Run, Tyrese, Amber Rose and their conversation about sexual consent on OWN’s It’s Not You, It’s Men. In short: Amber Rose had to explain that “no means no,” Tyrese talked about women’s sexual energy practically forcing men to “grope” them and Rev. Run threw in a heavy dose…
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Oscar Ratings Were the Lowest in 8 Years
The Academy Awards Sunday night had the lowest ratings in the show’s past eight years, Deadline reports. It’s both shocking and expected. On one end, a boatload of people vowed to boycott the Oscars because of the lack of racial diversity in its best-acting categories. On the other, everyone was anticipating host Chris Rock’s opening…
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Jay Z and Tidal Sued for $5,000,000 by Artist Who Says Tidal Isn’t Paying Proper Royalties
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from TIDAL’s public relations representative. An independent artist is claiming that Jay Z reneged on his promise about what Tidal would be and mean for musicians: an online music-streaming service that gave artists their full due by paying them fairly and adequately for the rights…
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Memo to Bill Maher: Black Activists Aren’t ‘Idiots’ for Forcing Hillary Clinton to Sweat for the Black Vote
Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher does not think it’s a good idea for Black Lives Matter activists to target Hillary Clinton’s record on helping (or not helping) black Americans, given that there are other candidates running for president who are a hell of a lot worse—e.g., Donald Trump. During a segment of his HBO…
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Proud and Free in Spanish Fla.: Juan Bautista Whitten Led a Black Militia
On a summer’s day in 1798, María Rafaela Whitten stood in the doorway of a house in St. Augustine, Fla., owned by Don José Sánchez, one of the wealthiest Spanish planters in the community. Whitten, a free black woman in her early 40s, was waiting there for a young female slave apprenticed to her. Don…
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Their Own Worst Enemies? The GOP’s Black Conservative Problem
After receiving less than 7 percent of the black vote in the last two presidential elections, the Republican Party had a quandary. It could win in midterms. It could win locally. But nationally, there was a problem: The GOP couldn’t win the presidency without more votes from people of color. And it couldn’t win with…
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Oscars Red Carpet: Black Stars Represent With Classy, Elegant Styles
Jada and Will weren’t there; neither was Spike Lee. And directors Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler were working on serious issues like #JusticeForFlint. But black stars did show up to represent at Sunday’s 88th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif. Take a look.
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Steph Curry’s Shot Is All the NBA Could Talk About Last Night
Take that, Charles Barkley. You know, Sir Charles who said that the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry “is just a great shooter, nothing more.” Well, he got one part right. Said shooting couldn’t have gotten greater than the def defying 3-point shot Curry sank from 32 feet out with seconds left in overtime last night,…
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