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A Sweet Way to Take Your Cocktails to the Next Level
When life gave Forrest Butler lemons, he made lemon syrup. Butler, a former designer and architect, lost his job in 2008, and so he returned to bartending. An avid mixologist, he noticed that all of the syrups necessary for his increasingly popular cocktails were laden with preservatives. So one day he began making his own. …
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Where Are the Democrats as the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is Under Attack?
As the Democratic presidential candidates debate this Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, everything King and the civil rights movement fought for is at risk. An angry, xenophobic, race-based backlash to the inclusion and empowerment of people of color is ripping through the fabric of American society, but the candidates fail to rise to the occasion.…
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Black Twitter Scolded Whole Foods for Telling People to Cook Collard Greens Like This
There have been reports and rumors that collard greens would be the next item to be gentrified and Columbused by the mainstream—that is, folks would be told that it’s a green that people aren’t using as much and ought to start using, completely ignoring its legacy in African-American Southern soul food, and how it’s a…
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Mos Def Was Arrested in South Africa for Overstaying His Visitor’s Permit
Brooklyn, N.Y., rapper and actor Yasiin Bey, commonly known as Mos Def, was arrested at the Cape Town International Airport in South Africa for producing an “unrecognized world passport” as he was trying to leave the country, ABC News reports. A South African official said that Bey came to South Africa in 2013 with a…
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Tichina Arnold Reportedly Sent a Mass Text to Friends and Family Blasting Her Husband for Cheating
Actress Tichina Arnold reportedly sent a mass text message to friends and family announcing that her husband, Rico Hines, had been having unprotected sex with several women, TMZ reports. TMZ reports Arnold even sent along a sex tape to prove as much. “I can’t for the life of me understand why Rico would video himself…
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Black Lives Matter in Germany, but Not the Way You Might Think
Black lives matter in Germany. Last month, by request of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), I keynoted the Network Inclusion Leaders, or NILE, conference, in Berlin, which focused on “building sustainable collaboration among young leaders of color who are committed to a just and inclusive society.” There, I learned…
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Were My Black Texan Ancestors Free and Half-Blackfeet?
My family oral history is adamant about my great-great-great-grandfather Joe Wheaton (also spelled Weeden, Whedon, Wheedon and Wheadon) being one-half Blackfeet Indian and never enslaved. Joe Wheaton (born circa 1833) and his brothers, Monday, John and Henry, arrived in Midway, Madison County, Texas, in 1848, per the 1867 voter-registration list for Madison County. It may…
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Report: Rihanna Is the Most Marketable Celebrity for Brand Endorsements
“That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.” It seems truer words were never spoken when it comes to the influence that pop icon Rihanna has over the mainstream. According to a report released by the NPD Group—a company that tracks consumer spending worldwide—Rihanna is the most marketable celebrity, beating out other high-profile A-list influencers like…
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DJ Khaled Is Taking Over Snapchat One ‘Major Key’ Alert at a Time
If black Twitter is its own monolith by driving traffic on Twitter, being a force behind what trends and what doesn’t, and churning out hilarious and thought-provoking memes about the news of the day, then its counterpart in Snapchat is arguably one man and one man only: hip-hop’s very own DJ Khaled. Posting more than…
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Watch: Adele Raps Nicki Minaj’s ‘Monster’ Verse Word for Word
It seems that Adele is not this ballad-singing, refined, goody-two-shoes Brit that her accent or music catalog might have you think she is. The “Hello” singer recited the verse during a segment of The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday. Corden rode around with Adele in a car (as Corden typically does with his…
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