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Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Learned The Legend Of Biggie's Belt
In the winter of 1999, I was promoted at The Source from Staff Writer to Associate Music Editor. Honestly, I was less then excited about the new gig. All I wanted to do was write. Not edit. But after changes at the top, I had no choice. There was no longer a budget for a…
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Ask Agatha: "Help! I'm Dating A One Minute Man!" And Why You Should Never Date A DJ
Laila from Pittsburgh, PA asks: I love him but the sex is trash. Since we stopped using condoms, he’s done before I even settle on the bed properly. And he’s usually rearing to go again pretty quickly but he doesn’t last much longer the second time either. This can’t be life. Miss Agatha, help me…
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I Just Can't Stop Eating Food That's Bad For Me (Because It's So Damn Good!)
On any given Sunday — or really, any day that ends with “y”— I have the consumption habits of a 13-year old boy. I’m talking gigantic, carb-heavy meals that prominently feature either rice, cassava, or potatoes, and a a big ole chunk of meat that I can do away with with aplomb. I’m the queen…
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The Movement for Black Lives Has Literally Forged a New Media Landscape
The advent of social media has meant that the Black Lives Matter movement and other protesters have generally been “able to circulate their own narratives without relying on mainstream news outlets,” making more critical the need for mainstream media to staff their newsrooms with journalists whom protesters can trust if the news outlets want the…
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When Will I Realize ‘2-Piece and a Biscuit’ Is Not My Friend?
On any given Sunday (or, really, any day that ends with “y”), I have the consumption habits of a 13-year-old boy. I’m talking gigantic, carb-heavy meals that prominently feature either rice, cassava or potatoes, and a big ole chunk of meat that I can consume with aplomb. I’m the queen of the Popeyes two-piece and…
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Oakland Tribune, Once a Model of Newsroom Diversity, Is Folding
“No longer will a daily newspaper bear the name of Oakland or San Jose due to a mass consolidation by Bay Area News Group, which on Tuesday also announced plans to cut roughly 20 percent of the company’s newsroom staff,” Marissa Lang reported Tuesday for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Half a dozen Bay Area newspapers…
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MSNBC Confirms That It Is Cutting Ties With Melissa Harris-Perry
MSNBC is cutting ties with host Melissa Harris-Perry, an MSNBC spokesman confirmed on Sunday, after she refused to appear on her program Saturday morning, complaining that her show had effectively been taken away from her. Spokesman Mark Kornblau replied with a simple “yes” when asked whether the network was severing ties. Harris-Perry tweeted Sunday morning,…
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‘The Academy Is Biased’: Flawed Voting, Stiff Rules Cause Blacks to Miss Out on Nominations
The outcry surrounding the lack of diversity at the Oscars is almost as old as the Oscars itself. Before the most recent videos of Jada Pinkett Smith and the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, there was Sacheen Littlefeather. She spoke out about the mistreatment of Native Americans when she appeared on the Academy Awards stage, standing in for…
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Why Is My White Ancestor Listed as Black in the Census?
Growing up, I saw a picture of my great-great-grandparents, and it has fascinated me. My great-great-grandfather John Dow was a white man born in Arkansas. He left Arkansas around age 11 in search of his father, Samuel Ward, in Mississippi. He eventually married Eddie Smith, a black woman, and had 10 children. I can’t find…
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NC Preemie, Born 14 Weeks Early, Finally Goes Home After 5 Months in Hospital
One North Carolina couple is celebrating their daughter’s homecoming five months after the child was born 14 weeks early, making her one of the smallest babies to survive, CBS News reports. Little E’layah was born back in Sept. 23, 2015, weighing a mere 10 ounces and measuring all of 10 inches long from head to…