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Unbowed and Unbroken: Pro-Democracy Sudanese Resume Massive Protests Against Military Rule
Over the weekend, the people of Sudan showed the world they’re still fighting for the future of their country, defying the generals who currently command the government and who have violently cracked down on protesters’ calls for civilian rule. In Khartoum on Sunday, protesters gathered in the largest mass demonstration since the deadly confrontation with…
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My 3-Year-Old is Potty Training. He Almost Ended Me
In my house, we are currently potty training my three-year-old. It’s the challenge all parents must face and possibly the most unreasonable of them all. Consider this: You must convince a child that his caution-to-the-wind, carefree, diapered lifestyle is actually inconvenient for him AND that he’d have much more fun if he stopped playing, did…
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Observations on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater From a Dancing Non-Dancer
I’ve always been a lover of dance. I am an avid consumer of dance, and an active participant in dance culture—I be dancing, y’all. To know me is to know that at one point or another, you will have to pull me off of a dance floor. In fact, a friend (who is a professional…
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Grind Like That to Shine Like This: Meek Mill Is Now the Co-Owner of Lids Hats
Meek Mill just got that “Bag of Money,” or as they say: When life imitates art. According to his recent interview with Business Insider, the 32-year-old rapper, born Robert Williams, is officially the co-owner of Lids. “You know, this is my boss year,” he told the publication. “A lot of what I’m doing, I’m trying…
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'I'm So Fucking Woke, I'm Ready to Go to Sleep': Lee Daniels Speaks on the Progress of LGBTQ Liberation
Fifty years. It’s been fifty years since the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969. Fifty years worth of struggles, pain, blood, sweat, tears, oppression, erasure, rebellion, progression, and much, much more. Fifty years ago, Lee Daniels was a 10-year-old boy who had just experienced an awakening—he was gay. As LGBTQ Pride Month wraps, I hopped…
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Pose Stars Reflect on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion
“Stonewall reminds us that it’s about the people” – Billy Porter text Despite what various companies try to tell (or sell) you during June, Pride month is about acknowledging and celebrating the legacy of the LGBTQIA+ community. Despite the current commercialization of Pride, all hope is not lost. In fact, in recent years, the black…
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Nothing but the Truth: A Q&A With Bryan Stevenson, Subject of HBO’s True Justice
Montgomery, Alabama, exists as a paradox. It is here that slavers sold other human beings at market, and where a young Rosa Parks set off a campaign that eventually desegregated a nation. In Montgomery, in the shadow of the state capitol building, there is a haggard monument to Robert E. Lee sitting directly across the…
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With $200 Million in Investment, JP Morgan Chase Hopes to Make Black Detroit Flourish
If you google how Detroit is doing, one of the first words you’ll find in the headlines is “comeback.” The city has bounced back from bankruptcy and its downtown area, in particular, is now booming. But the question of economic recovery is also one of equity: Namely, will longtime black Detroit residents, who stayed in…
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No White Saviors: Woman Accused of Letting African Babies Die at Fake Medical Facility in Uganda
A white American missionary has been accused of posing as a doctor and running a fake medical facility in Africa where she cared for hundreds of children, many of whom did not survive her treatment. Renee Bach, a native of Bedford, Va., has been back and forth between the U.S. and Uganda for more than…
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The 2019 NBA Awards Were a Slam Dunk
As a lifelong hoops head, attending the NBA Awards is a bit of a surreal experience. I ran into Nick Anderson, and the 15-year-old Orlando Magic fan buried deep within me had to resist the urge to um … “talk to him” about missing those four free throws in the 1995 NBA Finals. Speaking with…