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Baltimore’s Mayor Considering Regional Vax Passport Plan
But Brandon Scott is concerned that it could hurt Black residents
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Thank You for the World, Very Smart Brothas
Cheers to VSB, a site that changed the game, the culture and my life
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Young, Gifted and Black: Popping Queen Angyil Wins Red Bull’s ‘Dance Your Style’ National Finals USA
For two days straight, the three-time world champion freestyler destroyed everyone in her path to win the popular hip-hop dance competition.
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R. Kelly’s Defense Begins With Shaky Start as Witness Claims He Never Saw the Singer With Underage Girls—Then Admits He Actually Did
This testimony comes during the fifth week of the singer’s federal trial in Brooklyn.
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Witness Testifies She Saw R. Kelly Perform a ‘Sexual Act’ on Aaliyah When the Singer Was Just a Teen; Second Male Accuser Takes the Stand
This testimony comes during week four of Kelly’s federal sex trafficking trial.
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Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee.
An ode to the all of the girls from ‘around the way.’
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I'll Be Around
This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the three-year anniversary of the launch of VerySmartBrothas—the blog Panama Jackson, Liz Burr, and I created in 2008—and the release of Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm At Night, a self-published compilation of satirical dating…
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The Cast of Power Talks Season 5, Redemption and Forgiveness
Starz’s top-rated show Power is set to come back this Sunday, July 1, thrusting us right back where we left off: into shock and mourning. But first … season 4 spoiler alert!!! Ready? You were warned! (And you had a whole year to get caught up.) Most of us are still shook from Raina’s tragic…
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Meet ‘Angela,’ One of the 1st Slaves to Arrive in America
What if we could put names and faces to the Africans who were brought over to America as slaves in 1619? Would it humanize slavery instead of making it a category in American history that people love to conveniently forget or urge black folks to “just get over it”? The first Africans arrived at Point…