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Black Community in Fla. Gets a New Swimming Pool 40 Years Later
It’s summer. It’s hot, and one quick, easy way to cool off is to take a dip in a pool. But members of a black community in Hallandale Beach, Fla., have been waiting 40 years to do just that. A new pool is slated to open July 12 in B.F. James Park, named after a…
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Favela Chic: Gentrifying the Slums of Brazil
A walk through Rio de Janeiro’s Vidigal favela is a full sensory experience on any given day. The smell of grilled meat mixes with that of exhaust from motorcycle taxis traversing the slum’s corridors as well as the scent of excrement from the legion of stray dogs that roam the streets. Add in the engulfing…
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Ford to Donate $1M to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture received a major show of support from the Ford Motor Co. on July 4. Smithsonian and Ford mutually announced the $1 million endowment at the 20th anniversary of the Essence Festival in New Orleans, with the Twitter hashtag #fordgivesback. Once the museum—spanning a 5-acre plot on…
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LeBron James Is Going Back to Cleveland
After what seems like an eternity of having fans, haters and even the entire National Basketball Association at the edge of their seats, LeBron James has finally made a decision. The 29-year-old has announced that he will be returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was drafted straight out of high school in 2003 and…
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LGBT Center’s 26-Year-Old 1st Black Chair Faces Racial Hostility
According to North Carolina’s Charlotte Post, the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte has elected Ranzeno Frazier as its youngest and first African-American chair of its board of trustees. But not everyone is happy about his groundbreaking role. Frazier’s selection was met with both positive and negative responses, with naysayers taking issue with his age and experience, the…
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Were My Ancestors on America’s Last Slave Ship?
I believe that my great-grandparents were brought to America from Africa on the last known slave ship, the Clotilde. I would like your help confirming that they came here on that ship, and anything else you can find out about their origins. The schooner Clotilde (or Clotilda) was the last known U.S. slave ship to…
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Should I Snitch on a Friend Who Slept With Another Friend’s Husband?
I have a friend who recently confessed to me that she slept with a mutual friend’s husband. The same mutual friend invited everyone over to her house, and my friend came, acting like everything was OK. I thought it was inappropriate for her to be there and didn’t speak to her other than to say…
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A Guide to Marriage, Courtesy of Robin Thicke
Pay attention to what Robin Thicke has been saying, not singing. Forget about the lyrics, the new album and his recent antics. Instead, listen to what he’s been saying about his marriage, and what you’ll hear is a man putting on a master class in what not to do if you want to hold on…
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The Children Crossing Our Border Just Want a Better Life—Let’s Treat Them as Our Own
I’m not sure if people of color in a country like ours can afford to be in the position of looking down on children—undocumented or otherwise—for trying to flee violence in their home countries. And although I can appreciate a different point of view, I see the issue of children from Central America making a…
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Is Sherri Shepherd Giving Up Rights to Surrogate Baby?
Sherri Shepherd, the soon-to-be-departed co-host of The View, has decided to waive parental rights to, and accompanying responsibilities for, her unborn child, TMZ reports. According to the gossip site, Shepherd claims her estranged husband, Lamar Sally, convinced her to have another child so that he could extort financial support from her after he filed for…
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