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Jerry Krause is the Anti-Christ, and Other Takeaways From the First Night of ESPN's Docuseries The Last Dance
If you’re black and among the living, there were two events that demanded your attention this past weekend: the much-anticipated Teddy Riley vs. Babyface battle and the network premiere of ESPN’s The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary that explores Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls. While one of these had a striking resemblance…
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Medical Workers Reflect on COVID-19
Black Healthcare Workers explain how the coronavirus will forever change bedside care.
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‘Coronavirus Will Forever Change Bedside Care’: Black Healthcare Workers Reveal Their Own Struggles to Survive a Global Pandemic
As the world faces an unprecedented global pandemic, those fighting to keep us alive reveal their own battles.
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Boosie Says He Rejected Jay-Z's Suggestion to Apologize for Offensive Zaya Wade Comments and It's Clear Someone Still Needs to Take His Phone
T-R-A-N-S-P-H-O-B-I-C, do you know what that means, mayne? Boosie Badazz (formerly known as Lil Boosie) doesn’t quite grasp the concept, but it’s an accurate term to describe his highly offensive comments when Dwyane Wade introduced his 12-year-old child Zaya to the world. Throw in a dash of homophobia as well for an extra bitter taste.…
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Video Appears to Show Police Using Excessive Force While Detaining an 8-Year-Old on a Subway Platform
In a video posted to social media Saturday, police officers at the 145th Street subway station in Harlem appear to be aggressively dragging a visibly distraught child away from a woman later identified as his mother as people witnessing the spectacle expressed anger and concern for the child’s wellbeing. The boy’s crime? Selling snacks to…
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T.C. Carlson Reveals He Was Fired From Living Single, Says He Served as Spokesperson When Cast Felt Disrespected
This year will mark 27 years since the first episode of Living Single aired in August 1993. The popular comedy series starring Queen Latifah, Kim Fields, Erika Alexander and Kim Coles has ranked among the most revered television shows universally embraced by the black community. As we reminisce about the beloved series, the concept of…
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This Equal Pay Day, the Crisis May Be Widening the Chasm
In the midst of a global pandemic, discussions about gender wage equality have largely taken a backseat to broader concerns about widespread economic insecurity in the wake of this crisis. Nevertheless, March 31 marks Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes how long it would take American women to “catch up” to the average earnings…
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The DOJ Appears to Be Using Coronavirus to Get Around Our Constitutional Right to Due Process (Among Other Things)
As the coronavirus crisis continues to dominate mainstream media and the general public continues to be in frenzy mode, the Department of Justice has quietly asked something of Congress that would lend feelings of vindication to every amateur conspiracy theorist clogging our newsfeeds with their hot-takes on how the government created the virus in order…