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Trans Bathroom Panic: HS Girl Expelled for Kicking a Boy in the Groin After He and Others Crash Girls Room in Transgender Protest
A group of high school boys in the town of North Pole, Ala., (yes, you read that correctly), apparently took offense to a transgender student’s use of their bathroom and decided to protest by crashing the girl’s room. That boneheaded oh-so-thoughtful decision got one of the boys kicked in the groin by a girl who…
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Future’s Baby Daddy Just Made the Seattle Seahawks Level Up, Becomes NFL’s Highest Paid Player
Russell Wilson just spiked the ball on Future’s face—not only did he just become the highest paid player in the NFL, signing a $140 million extension to stay with the Seattle Seahawks, which includes a $65 million signing bonus, he flexed on everyone by posting a video to social media of him lying in bed…
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Everyone Knows There's a Racial Wealth Gap. How Do We Fix It?
This country has always had a wealth gap, and America usually fixes this problem…for white people. To cure widespread poverty during the Great Depression, the New Deal guaranteed jobs, reformed banking, built infrastructure, reimagined education and literally built entire towns filled with affordable housing… For white people. Because of segregation, Jim Crow and the newly…
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Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Continues To Walk The Walk—Will Build a New Theater and Implement Grants for Filmmakers of Color
If there’s one thing to take from Ava DuVernay’s career journey, it’s that she has proven she is here to create a true legacy. Having already positioned herself as a huge film juggernaut, the award-winning filmmaker has made history (and bank!) in various ways, but always makes a note to pause and pass the baton…
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The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Brimming With Black Excellence—and a Posthumous Appearance by Aretha Franklin
A Pulitzer Prize is kind of a big deal. As the most prestigious award in American journalism, literature and music, it’s not quite a BET Hip-Hop Award (word to Iggy Azalea), but it sure as hell warrants an update to your Twitter bio—and your annual salary. Since its auspicious arrival in 1917, this distinction—named after…
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I’m Not Black, I’m Tiger
On Sunday, Tiger Woods won the Masters. Big fucking deal. I mean I know it’s historic and a major comeback and he got a green jacket and all that, but let’s be clear about this: Tiger Woods don’t fuck with us. He never has, so me going all ape shit and posting celebratory Tiger photos…
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I’m Gonna Go On Ahead and Count Tiger Woods’ Win as Another One for the Black Community. Cool? Let’s Fight
Tiger Woods made a triumphant return to Augusta National on Sunday, winning his fifth Master’s Tournament (and his first since 2005), becoming one of the oldest golfers to win a major tournament at age 43, and putting him three back from tying the record for most majors titles, currently held by golf-legend Jack Nicklaus. Only…
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Tiger Woods Is Back!
On Sunday Tiger Woods secured his fifth Masters win at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, marking what even casual golf fans have to acknowledge is one of sports’ most inspiring comebacks. The news of Woods’ 15th major title—and his first in 11 years—is a sweet (if not shocking) ending to a rough journey.…
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Playing the Gentrification Game: In Ike Holter's Lottery Day, the Audience Wins
Gentrification continues to redistrict the boundaries of traditionally black and brown neighborhoods in urban cities across America—inevitably, pushing longtime residents and their stories to the fringes in favor of glossier, more palatable facades and narratives. Those stories have been the focus of playwright Ike Holter’s stunning seven-play “Rightlynd Saga,” focusing on the inhabitants of Chicago’s…
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8-Year-Old Florida Boy Donates Bone Marrow and Saves His Brother and Sister From Sickle Cell Disease
And now for some heartwarming news out of Florida, the hashtag that is a state. An 8-year-old boy is being credited with saving his brother and sister from life-threatening sickle cell disease. When 22-year-old Kingsley Aihe and 13-year-old Vanessa Aihe needed a bone marrow transplant to treat their sickle cell, doctors were amazed to learn…