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My Friend Married the Maintenance Man
I vividly remember the day my homegirl announced that she was marrying a maintenance worker. We were all enjoying a nice dinner, and then it was as if a hush had fallen over the crowd. She has a master’s degree and had purchased a house, while he was not bringing the same to the table.…
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Gun Control and the Disarming of the Black Community
I hate to say it, but Ronald Reagan was the father of the modern gun-control movement in America. Of course, that was at a different time in this country, when Reagan was governor of California and black radicals had taken over the Statehouse toting machine guns and chanting “Black power.” At that time, the solution to…
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Watch: Obamas Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Usher
President Barack Obama is known for his singing mic drops. Remember “Amazing Grace“? And Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together“? But who knew that first lady Michelle Obama had singing skills, too? Never mind that it was just the “Happy Birthday” song—they performed an awesome duet. The two recently surprised R&B crooner Usher with a birthday…
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Lost Malcolm X Letter Found in Storage Locker on Sale for $1,250,000
Lending more credence to the adage that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” a letter written by civil rights activist Malcolm X in 1964 has been discovered in a California storage locker among items that were headed for the trash. It is now on sale for $1.25 million, reports the New York Post. The…
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Review: Oprah’s Belief Is Transformative Television
“Belief is a heart project” —Oprah Winfrey Very few of us can connect people the way Oprah can. She has a gift for helping the rest of us look deep within and challenge ourselves. She has the ability to push us to go higher. To dig deep within. And to want to live more authentic…
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Lamar Odom ‘Talking and Texting’ After Emerging From Coma
Lamar Odom’s condition continued to improve Saturday, days after he was discovered unconscious in a legal Nevada brothel with cocaine and other substances reportedly in his system. The former NBA athlete was making steady improvement, a person close to Odom, but not authorized to speak publicly about his condition, told the Los Angeles Times. Odom,…
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Watch: Tracy Morgan Returns to SNL: ‘I’m Back and Better Than Ever’
Nearly a year after a vehicle crash left him with a critical brain injury, Tracy Morgan returned to host Saturday Night Live to cheers and a reunion with his 30 Rock cast members. “I’m back and better than ever,” the former SNL cast member proclaimed during his monologue, which featured appearances from 30 Rock co-stars…
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Alex La Guma: The Greatest Novelist Whose Name You’ve Never Heard Before
Editor’s note: The spelling of the ethnic term “Coloured,” used within the context of South African history and culture, reflects the writer’s preference. October 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s great novelists, arguably the greatest Africa—let alone South Africa—has ever produced, a man who was not only a prodigiously…
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Chicago Mayor Blames Rising Murder Numbers on Viral Videos of Cop Violence
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is blaming his city’s murder rate on what he calls “the chilling effects of high-profile protests against police brutality and officers’ fear of cell phone videos of their actions going viral,” according to CNN. “We have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence,” Emanuel said…
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Conservative Website Posts Photo of Malia Obama at Brown University Near Beer Pong Game
First daughter Malia Obama whipped social media into a frenzy last weekend when she visited Brown University in Providence, R.I., for a tour of its campus, according to BuzzFeed. While the visit was worthy of social media posts, it was a Snapchat photo that sent fingers flying across keyboards about the high school senior, who…
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