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Exclusive: ACLU Animator Dishes on New Series That Educates Kids on Their Constitutional Rights

Exclusive: ACLU Animator Dishes on New Series That Educates Kids on Their Constitutional Rights

After launching “Know Your Rights University” with the ACLU, Black animator Brandon Lake spoke with us about what it took to get to this point.
Deed Theft in New York: People Are Stealing Black Families' Homes They’ve Owned for Generations

Deed Theft in New York: People Are Stealing Black Families’ Homes They’ve Owned for Generations

Long-standing Black homeowners in Brooklyn are being targeted by deed theft scams that have led
This 82-Year-Old Black Fitness Influencer's Workout Routine Will Shock You

This 82-Year-Old Black Fitness Influencer’s Workout Routine Will Shock You

82-year-old fitness influencer Annie Judis is motivating folks to stay healthy with her impressive workout
Black Woman Changes Her Race on Hinge and the Results Reveal a Startling Truth

Black Woman Changes Her Race on Hinge and the Results Reveal a Startling Truth

If you’re a Black woman failing to get matches on dating apps, it might be
  • Watch: Young Chicago Authors Is a Safe Space for Black Youths

    If you want to meet the next breakout music artist or poet, look no further than the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Every Tuesday, raw artistry is brewing between the brick walls at Young Chicago Authors, a literacy organization that provides free poetry, hip-hop and journalism workshops for…

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    Lessons From the Fall of Bill O’Reilly

    Woman Called ‘Hot Chocolate’ Identifies Herself Cecilia Alvear, Former NAHJ President, Dies at 77 White Men ‘Overwhelming’ on Cable Morning Shows TV One Expanding ‘NewsOne Now’ to Two Hours FCC Vote Leads to More Media Consolidation NPR Reports Scant Progress on Diversity Figures 6 ‘Rhoden Fellows’ Named at the Undefeated Census Tests More Hispanic-Friendly Questions…

  • Watch: Morris Day Remembers the Day He Met His Friend Prince

    Imagine it: It’s 1970s Minneapolis. A 15-year-old Morris Day is skipping school to go hang out with this band his friend André Cymone formed called Grand Central. (When retelling this story, Day peeped his eyes over his dark sunglasses and said, “Kids, don’t follow my lead on that!”) His friend Cymone invited Day to come…

  • Watch: Your Favorite Celebs Sing Their Favorite Prince Songs

    April 21, 2017, marks the one-year anniversary of Prince’s death. Yeah, I can’t believe it, either. It’s been an entire 365 (and counting) days since we lost one of the most prolific artists of all time. To say Prince impacted the music industry is an understatement. He shifted an entire culture, creating a lane for…

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    Bill O’Reilly Out, Tucker Carlson in at Fox News

    Latest Allegations Came From Black Women. . . Resentful Fans Enjoyed Skewering Mainstream Social Media Inflated Threat From ‘Facebook Killer’ Black Press Meet With Trump? Why Bother? N.Y. Daily News Didn’t Get the Memo About ‘Negro’ ‘Next to Die’ Inmates Reflect Before Execution LGBTQ Media Help Readers Adjust to Trump Faulty I.D. on N.Y. Times…

  • Watch: Hashtag Revolution: #BlackTravel Takes the World by Storm

    Hashtags have defined pop culture. You spot them all over social media, and now many of them have become popular phrases, especially when they highlight blackness: #BlackBoyJoy, #BlackLivesMatter, #GrowingUpBlack and the list goes on. #BlackTravel has become more than a hashtag; it’s a lifestyle, offering up various imagery of beautiful black people all over the…

  • Watch: Damaris Lewis, Prince’s ‘Black Muse’

    Once a Prince muse, always a Prince muse. Model Damaris Lewis met Prince in 2010 after receiving a strange call from his manager: An unnamed artist wanted to meet her. The end. Lewis agreed, and weeks later, Prince invited her on his Welcome 2 Australia tour (after she said no to an earlier invitation to…

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    Facebook Chastened After Broadcasting a Killing

    Cleveland Reports on Another Horror Obama Indicated He Understood the Hatin’ ‘Not an Emmy Big Enough’ for Oprah in Docudrama Stories of How Racial, Environmental Justice Cross 2013 Destruction in Calif. Presaged Standing Rock Reality Check: Police Still Kill People of Color ‘Weeks and Months Without a . . . Latino Expert’ Undefeated Wins Praise…

  • Watch: Are You #TeamTheRock or #TeamVinDiesel?

    The 559th installment in the Fast and the Furious movie series is upon us, and it’s called The Fate of the Furious. Yes, this is the franchise that cannot be stopped! With all the usual players—Tyrese, Chris Bridges, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, the Rock, returning star Jason Statham—and newcomer Charlize Theron, The Fate of the…

  • Watch: Chicago’s Love Letter to Chance the Rapper

    Chance the Rapper is just days shy of his 24th birthday, and he’s already regarded as one of the most important figures to ever come out of Chicago. “He’s a true role model,” says Emily Jones, a Chicago native. “It’s kind of like what Barack was for us in 2008.” The love is reciprocal. Chancelor…