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Jason Whitlock Needs A Friend (A Clue, A Seat, And Jesus Too, But Mostly Just A Friend)
It feels counter-intuitive to muster much sympathy for a man who has literally made millions of dollars in his professional career by hawking Sbarro-heated-lamp-temperature takes on race and pop culture to the highest possible bidders and lowest possible denominators. And who was given the keys to the greatest resourced Black digital publication ever but was so…
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Ron Crowder and Street Works: Doing Black Harm Reduction and Public Health During a ‘White’ Drug Crisis
When I visit a city, I like to check out people doing interesting stuff. Usually these will be individuals or organizations working in social justice advocacy or activism, or in community-building services such as health promotion, educational equity, re-entry work, etc. Because of my own work, I often talk to people working at the intersection…
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Tracing Your Roots: My ‘Merikin’ Ancestor Escaped Slavery
Researching those who chose to fight for the British and emigrate to Trinidad in order to be free. Dear Professor Gates: I was wondering if you could help identify the parents of my five-times great-grandfather Ezekiel Loney, who was among the “Merikins” (formerly enslaved African-American soldiers who fought for the British) who settled in Trinidad. …
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Confirmed: Former FBI Director James Comey to Testify Publicly That Trump Attempted to Obstruct Russia Probe
Former FBI Director James Comey will testify publicly as early as next week before the Senate to confirm accusations that President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct his agency’s probe into alleged connections between top Trump campaign associates and Russia. No official date has been set for Comey’s testimony, but CNN reports that the final details…
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Tenants Call Trump’s Son-in-Law a Slumlord
Reporter Examines Kushner’s Md. Properties Trump Budget a ‘Crackdown on the Neediest’ . . . Public Broadcasting Funds Would Be Slashed Hannity, Pushing Conspiracy, Loses Advertisers David Louie Still Chases Stories After 45 Years Coates’ ‘Black Panther’ Comic Spinoff Canceled Univision, Telemundo Accused of Defamation Journal-isms Inc. Gains Tax-Exempt Status Chicago Radio Raises Funds for…
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Where Are the Black and Brown Journalists Probing Trump?
‘Not Enough’ Investigative Reporters of Color Wilkins Recalled as Father Confessor, Go-To Guy . . . ‘Tried to Educate’ Washington Post Editor 3 More File Discrimination Complaints Against Fox Trump News Overwhelming Famine Crisis Richmond Paper to Neo-Confederates: Surrender Sinclair Could Reach 7 of 10 Americans Black, Latino Voter Turnout Declined in ’16 Morgan State…
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The Bachelorette Says She’s Found Her Dream Man
Although The Bachelorette is just getting started on television, Rachel Lindsay, the show’s first black Bachelorette, says she’s found her dream man, thanks to the show. “I absolutely fell in love! I definitely did; I’m very, very happy,” Lindsay, 32, said in an interview with People magazine. “I can’t wait for you to see how…
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer’s Gym Membership Terminated After Georgetown Professor Confronts Him, Calls Him a Neo-Nazi
Looks like white nationalist Richard Spencer will be hunting for a new gym after his regular Alexandria, Va., establishment pulled his membership after he was confronted by a Georgetown University professor who called him a neo-Nazi. According to the Washington Post, C. Christine Fair, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, was…
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On Mother's Day, And Remembering My Daughter (Who'd Be 12 Years Old Today)
Sometimes it’s easy to forget it ever happened, to go about life and never have it surface in the forefront of my mind. Even when I am reminded by my naked reflection, the now barely-there line of a scar etched below my pelvis, a slight kiss from a scalpel in yesteryears past. The small Bs that were…
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#Flint: Thousands of Children to Receive Food Aid to Limit Lead Exposure, but Not Those Who Left City
Thousands of children in the city of Flint, Mich., will receive additional money for nutritional foods that can help limit the effects of lead exposure, but those whose families left the city amid the water-contamination crisis are no longer eligible for the subsidy, even though they may still suffer the effects of lead poisoning. Among…