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STD Awareness Month: I’m a Black Nerd Who Went on PrEP and I Encourage Others to Do the Same
As a black queer man, I understood at an extremely young age that I didn’t have the ability to be as sexually free and liberated as my heterosexual male counterparts. Whether it was because black gay men are merely looked at as a health statistic or because our freedom comes at a deadly cost, it…
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An Ode To Spelman College From a Morehouse Brother
Yesterday, April 11th, was Spelman College’s Founder’s Day. On April 11th, 1881, the beginnings of what has become a shining star of Black America saw its inception. And I, for one, am thankful that the founders saw fit to create this institution of higher learning that has honestly done almost as much for me as…
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LeBron James to Open School for at-Risk Youths
LeBron James has put Akron, Ohio, on his back. On Tuesday the Cleveland Cavaliers megastar announced that he will be partnering with Akron Public Schools to open a school to help at-risk children. The I Promise School will cater to third- and fourth-graders during 2018 and will expand to teach first through eighth grade by…
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Zoe Saldana Says Sci-Fi Roles Have Made Her Colorblind
Zoe Saldana says that she’s colorblind, thanks to her starring roles in sci-fi movies. No, we’re not talking about stunts that may have affected her vision. We’re talking the “I don’t see color” type of colorblind. When asked in an interview about why she enjoys sci-fi movies, Saldana, who has starred in Avatar, Star Trek…
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More Companies Pull Ads From Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor
Sexual Harassment Allegations Are ‘Disturbing’ Angelo Henderson Family Sues Doctors Over Death Over 15 Years, 1,687 Fewer Newspaper Companies Last Black Female Newspaper Sports Editor Laid Off Signed: April Ryan by CNN, Ed O’Keefe by CBS L.A. Times 4-Part Series: ‘The Problem With Trump’ Jenni Monet Honored for Standing Rock Coverage Wagner Is Rare Spanish-Speaking…
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Ohio Quadruplets All Earn Entry to Yale, Harvard
On Tuesday we celebrated #BlackGirlMagic after high school senior Ifeoma White-Thrope from New Jersey made a clean sweep in her college applications and was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford, for good measure. Well, today, I’m bringing you some #BlackBoyJoy, after a set of Ohio quadruplets were all accepted into Yale and…
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Brilliant Legal Pioneer and Influential Black Republican William T. Coleman Dies at 96
Though many may not know his name, William T. Coleman Jr. was a champion of civil rights, an influential African American and a pioneering Cabinet secretary during the 1970s. He died in his home in Virginia on Friday. He was 96. The New York Times reports that Coleman’s death was confirmed by a spokeswoman for…
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Just a Reminder: The NCAA Is a Plantation, and the Players Are the Sharecroppers
One of the biggest bait and switches ever pulled on American citizens was the ruse of collectively shared farming. It was a simple but effective long con. Farmers and plantation owners convinced newly freed slaves and poor people to work a portion of their land in exchange for a share of the harvest. In theory,…
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Clearly, NY Post’s Naomi Schaefer Riley Doesn’t Understand My Work Educating Students of Color
In what was intended to be a critique of my recent keynote address at the 2017 SXSWedu conference, an uninformed, aspiring education columnist with no experience in research, theory or practice in the field does a wonderful job of showcasing her ignorance about teaching and learning, and exemplifying a major issue in the education of…
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Babies Aren’t Birth Control. Kids' Birthday Parties Are Birth Control.
In November 2015, I wrote a piece called “Babies Aren’t Birth Control, Day Care Is Birth Control,” where I expressed the myriad frustrations, both financial and psychological, that arise when you lose the battle with prophylactics or fate and are required to find a safe, secure, and healthy place for your child to be when…