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Venus Williams Strips Down for ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue
Venus Williams leaves very little to the imagination in ESPN the Magazine’s sixth annual Body Issue, hitting newsstands July 11. Williams didn’t quite know what she was getting into when she agreed to pose for the issue. “It didn’t dawn on me until right when I walked on set that I would have to be…
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The Obamas: We Want Our Daughters to Experience Minimum Wage
Malia Obama may have interned as a production assistant, but her parents want her and younger sister Sasha to experience minimum wage work in the future. In an interview with Parade magazine, Michelle Obama told the magazine, “I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it’s like to do that real hard…
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Nigeria Concludes Kidnap Investigation; More Than 200 Schoolgirls Still Missing
Nigeria closed its investigation of the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls on Friday, with little progress made in recovering the girls, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from their secondary school in northeast Borno state during exams April 14, according to Reuters. Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Sabo submitted the final report, which noted that the…
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Think Like a Man Too Blows Past Competition at Opening-Weekend Box Office
It was a summer box office weekend of sequels, and Think Like a Man Too led the pack with a solid $30 million, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The top three films were all follow-ups that moved into the big box office summer arena after the surprise-hit originals were released during the spring, according to New…
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Foundations Must Be ‘Freedom Funders’ Once Again
July marks the 50th anniversary of perhaps the most far-reaching emancipatory reform in American history—passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the coming months, many in our nation will rightly honor the heroes of the civil rights movement whose courage and leadership helped secure passage of this seminal piece of legislation. And as we…
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What Was Freedom Summer?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 85: Why was the summer…
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Black Men and Emotional Eating: If No One Else Will Talk About This, I Will
After my father died, I no longer recognized myself. From 2006 to 2012 I lived with an anxiety disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some nights I would lie in bed awake, thinking, until the sun came up. Panic attacks gripped my body like bear hugs, and I couldn’t control them. I didn’t discuss it…
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5 Examples of Wrongful Convictions in the US
The wrongful convictions of five black and Latino men who have become known as the Central Park Five represent a pattern of racial inequity in the nation’s criminal justice system that is almost as old as the country itself. So great is the problem that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced plans to tackle the…
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Watch: Kanye West Surprises at Dave Chappelle’s Radio City Show
Nearly a week after Dave Chappelle sang the praises of Kanye West, the multiplatinum rapper made an unscheduled appearance Friday at the comedian’s nine-night stand-up engagement at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, the Huffington Post reports. West’s performance included “New Slaves,” “Gold Digger” and “Jesus Walks,” the site says. During an appearance on…
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South Dakota GOP Wants to Impeach Obama
Claiming that he has repeatedly “violated his oath of office,” Republican South Dakota lawmakers passed a resolution Saturday to impeach President Barack Obama, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Specifically, the site says, the resolution cites the trade of five Taliban detainees for U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, as well as the president’s oft-criticized…
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