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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: The Infamous Bronco Chase
The second installment of FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson covers familiar terrain to most viewers: the infamous Bronco chase. Or, as one character in Tuesday night’s episode describes it, “the world’s longest Ford Bronco commercial.” On one surreal Friday night in 1994, Simpson and his high school bestie, A.C. Cowlings, kept police in an…
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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders Projected Winners in NH Primary
In a pair of campaigns that have gone from improbable to formidable, bellicose business tycoon Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders both won their first state primary—New Hampshire—in their pursuit to become their respective party’s nominee. Both were expected to win with big leads over their opponents. “The government of our great country belongs…
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7 Stages of Buying Beyoncé ‘Formation’ Tour Tickets
Twenty-four hours after black America got our entire lives when we saw Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ video on Saturday, the Queen Bey slayed the nation with her “unapologetically black” anthem by singing about Negro hair and Michael Jackson nostrils. At. The. Super Bowl. Which is by far the largest viewed event in this entire nation. Beyoncé had…
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Watch: Slack Was Voted Fastest-Rising Startup at Tech Award Show—and 4 of Its Black Female Engineers Accepted the Award
When presenters at the Crunchies, an annual technology award show, announced Monday night in San Francisco that the software company Slack—an internal-messaging program used by companies—had won the Fastest Rising Startup Award, most people expected two, maybe three white dudes to walk onstage to accept the award. But when Slack’s name was called, four black women walked…
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Beyoncé on ‘Formation’: ‘I Wanted People to Feel Proud and Have Love for Themselves’
Beyoncé is a woman of few words, so the three sentences she said to the press after her haltime performance at Super Bowl 50 mean everything to the Beyhive. Without further ado, here they are: “It makes me proud. It’s what I wanted,” she said to an Entertainment Tonight reporter when she was told how…
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Watch: Will Smith Says Janet Hubert Is Brilliant and He Loves What She Brought to Aunt Viv
Will Smith has finally spoken about Janet Hubert, the actress who says Smith ruined her career and reputation when he got her fired from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Hubert rehashed the issue recently when she argued that the Smiths were being disingenous and self-serving for boycotting the Academy Awards and encouraging other black entertainers…
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When States Run Welfare, Black Children Are the Ones Who Get Hurt
Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton signed legislation dismantling the federal Aid to Families With Dependent Children welfare program. The law transformed welfare into Temporary Assistance to Needy Families—essentially block grants to states to use for job training and child care subsidies to enable recipients to attain financial independence and take “personal responsibility,” as its advocates…
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The Knicks Give Derek Fisher His Walking Papers
Derek Fisher is no longer the coach of the New York Knicks, ESPN reports. He got fired Monday. The team’s record thus far this season is 23-21; it went 17-65 last season under Fisher’s coaching, which was his first time. Fisher’s nemesis, Matt Barnes, wasted no time responding, albeit indirectly, to the news. Remember, Barnes…
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5 Videos Pre-‘Formation’ That Big Up the Black Social-Justice Movement
When an A-list black celebrity—I’m talking upper-echelon A-list—does or says something pertaining to race specifically advocating for the black social-justice movement, it dominates news headlines, because there’s the idea that once you’ve “transcended race”—that is, crossed over—and are wholeheartedly embraced and accepted by the mainstream, it is in your best interest not to remind folk…
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