After Three Open-Heart Surgeries, This Black Father Discovered an Unusual Cure
New AI TikTok Trend Has Gorillas Posing as Black Women, and Folks are Pissed
‘Hey Google’ and Other Voice Assistants Are Terrifying Children and Confusing Bemused Parents
Take a Peek Inside Diddy’s $50 Million Miami Mansion He Offered Up As Collateral
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Seeing Myself: Learning to Celebrate Blackness With Photography
Editor’s Note: This story was produced by Consumer Reports, an independent, nonprofit member organization that works to create a fair and just marketplace. Sign up for CR’s free newsletters. In a recent conversation on Facebook, a friend of mine, who is white, noted that he did not see his racial identity as part of himself…
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Bradley Beal, Trae Young Among Notable Snubs for All-NBA Teams: 'What's the Requirements?'
Nobody likes to get snubbed. If you bust your ass working on something, you want acknowledgment for your efforts just like everyone else. Jordan Peele became the first African-American to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2017 with Get Out, white people have won white supremacy for a few centuries in a row…
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Big Ten Bows to Trump's Temper Tantrums, Will Resume Play This Fall After All
In case you haven’t noticed, Donald Trump whines a lot. He throws himself on the floor, kicking and screaming until America can’t take it anymore and his administration shuts him the fuck up by doing something reprehensible. Wash, rinse, repeat. This is the story of America since January 20, 2017. Because of this, Trump has…
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Medical Algorithms Have a Race Problem
Editor’s Note: This story was produced by Consumer Reports, an independent, nonprofit member organization that works to create a fair and just marketplace. Sign up for CR’s free newsletters. When Vanessa Grubbs first met Eli about a decade ago, he was a muscular man in his 50s. Grubbs, a doctor at Zuckerberg San Francisco General…
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Speak on It! Fannie Lou Hamer's Legacy Takes the Chicago Stage With a 9-Venue Outdoor Run—and a Voting Drive
To vote or not to vote this November seems a fairly absurd question to many of us facing what is likely the most crucial election of our lifetimes. But if you’re still on the fence about participating in our (admittedly problematic) electoral process at this point, may I, in all irony, quote the Oompa Loompa-in-Chief…
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You May Have the Chance to Sit on Your Throne in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Mansion, Thanks to Airbnb
This year, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is celebrating its 30-year anniversary and mannnn, is it doing it big! We’re all still collecting ourselves from the hugely surprising news that Janet “Dark-Skinned Aunt Viv” Hubert will be joining the upcoming reunion special broadcast, but it looks like this show isn’t done with its over-the-top promotion!…
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The Temecula Clippers Are a Disgrace
From the day the 2019-20 NBA season began, the Temecula Clippers were on borrowed time. In order to lure superstar Kawhi Leonard and perennial disappointment Paul George to Lakersville, the Ontario Clippers had to forfeit a treasure trove of picks and assets—including flamethrower Danilo Gallinari and promising lottery pick Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—and relinquish control of their…
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American Express Launches 'Coalition to Back Black Businesses,' Applications for First Round of $5,000 Grants Now Open
The coronavirus pandemic has placed an extraordinary toll on the Black community. The virus has become the third-leading cause of death for Black people and the economic fallout has had a disproportionate effect on Black people, as well. A program launched by American Express intends to alleviate some of the economic stress. Fast Company reports…
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Simone Biles Stands in Solidarity With Olympic Runner Semenya Caster After Controversial Ruling: ‘This Is Wrong on So Many Levels’
Real recognizes real, and greatness knows who it holds company with. It’s no surprise, then, that champion gymnast Simone Biles was among those offering full-throated support to South African track star Caster Semenya, who lost an appeal last week to be able to compete as she was born. A Swiss high court ruled last Tuesday…
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Roy Jones Jr. Is Having Second Thoughts About Getting His Ass Whooped by Mike Tyson
Look, man. I get it. We’ve all been pressed for cash. So when a promoter interrupted Roy Jones Jr.’s Zumba class at the senior center and waved a check in his face in exchange for getting punched in that same face by Mike Tyson, Roy probably weighed his options, updated his will and did the…