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Why NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Tried To Play The Black Card…Literally
Mamdani appears to have an interesting past when it comes to how he identifies racially, but what’s it really all about?
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Tim Scott, the Lone Black Republican Senator, Tasked With Coming Up With GOP's Police Reform Plan, and I’m Not Mad
The only thing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) could tell me about is how he lives in the sewer with his three turtle friends from high school and why he listens to a rat. Other than that, Mitch McConnell and his saggy neck skin can take a long walk off a short pier into a…
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Momma, What Happens When You Make It? Yvonne Orji on Her Comedy Special and Friendships After Success
Yvonne Orji is not Molly, y’all. She just plays her on TV (on HBO’s Insecure, in fact). But, there’s a part of her that can relate to Molly and Issa Dee’s devolving friendship. Writer’s Note: There are spoilers from Insecure Ep. 409 included in this article. With the super success of Insecure, her podcast (with…
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NDAs Aren't Just a Bloomberg Thing: Bernie Sanders Campaign Group Handled Racial Discrimination Allegations With Nondisclosure Agreement
It’s been just about a week and a half since Sen. Elizabeth Warren went all the way in on former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg over his use of nondisclosure agreements in dealing with sexual harassment/assault allegations during the last Democratic primary debate. Well, it appears that Bloomberg’s isn’t the only campaign that uses NDA’s to…
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New Black History: Louisiana’s Largest HBCU Launches Own CBD Line, Becoming First to Ever Do So
The Southern University and A&M College has launched its own hemp-derived CBD product line named Alafia. Considered the largest historically black university in Louisiana, the Baton Rouge-based school’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center—along with partner Ilera Holistic Healthcare—unveiled the lab tested and pesticide-free products during a press conference and ribbon-cutting at H&W Drug Store Dispensary…
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Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller to be Honored by Navy With Aircraft Carrier in His Name
Black History Month is kicking off early this year as one of our lesser mentioned black American heroes gets honored by the U.S. Navy. World War II hero and Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller will have a new aircraft carrier named for him according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The announcement is expected to be…
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Meet Danielle Outlaw, Philadelphia’s First Black Female Commissioner
The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has finally appointed a sister to run the show—and she plans to bring some real law and order to the police department. Danielle Outlaw is Philadelphia’s first African-American female police commissioner. The 45-year-old Oakland, Calif. native is a Pepperdine University alum and law enforcement veteran with more…
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Orlando Jones Says He Was Fired from American Gods Because Mr. Nancy Character Wasn’t Right ‘For Black America’
Is something rotten in the cotton at FremantleMedia? The European-owned television production company is embroiled in more racially-tinged drama with another African American actor they let go from a plum gig. Following Gabrielle Union’s much-publicized ouster from NBC’s America’s Got Talent, comes news that Orlando Jones was 86-ed from American Gods — the fierce Starz…
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George Taliaferro, First Black Man Drafted by the NFL, Dies at 91
Trailblazer and trendsetter George Taliaferro, the first African-American player to be drafted by the NFL, died Monday. He was 91 years old. According to Bleacher Report: Taliaferro was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1949, though he never played for the team as a week earlier he had signed with the Los Angeles Dons of…
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Wait, NBC Sports Announcer Mike Tirico Isn’t Black?
Wait … hol’ up. Normally when we wade into these blackness waters, it’s because some fair-skinned pop star is refusing to accept that the back of her hair—you know, the area above the neck; the area that old folks call the “kitchen”; the area that used to make my sisters cry when my mom really…