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Lerone Bennett, Ebony Editor and Historian, Dies
One of 20th Century’s Most Influential Journalists N.Y. Times’ Conservative Hire Out in Half a Day Ethiopian Journalist Freed After 7 Years in Prison Sensitivity Training to Follow Advertiser Backlash Trump’s Losing Effort to ‘Keep America White’ NAHJ to Meet With Editor Over Cartoon Monica Richardson Gets Expanded Duties at AJC Critics Weigh In on…
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Barack Obama Tried to Warn Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on How to Handle Donald Trump
Barack Obama knew about being an exceptional president. He also knew what type of asshole was succeeding him, so he tried to give then-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus Repeat a heads-up on what his job would require. You have to tell Donald Trump things that will “piss him off,” Obama reportedly told Priebus,…
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Michelle and Barack Obama Are So Damn Cute and My Bitter, Cold Heart Can’t Take It
A list of real couples who are actual #RelationshipGoals: Michelle and Barack Obama. Dassit. There are no others who can compare. These two are just cute as all shit in their open and affectionate display of love for each other even after all these years, and it’s a miracle to my old, bitter, cynical heart…
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10 Thoughts on Anna Holmes’ New York Times Op-Ed ‘Black With (Some) White Privilege’
Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and editorial director at Topic.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times titled, “Black With (Some) White Privilege.” Full disclosure: I’m part of a currently running, very interesting and insightful documentary series she executive-produced called The Loving Generation, which explores the lives and identities of kids born…
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait Unveiling Was a Shining Moment of Black History
It may not have been completely intentional, but the unveiling of the official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during Black History Month was certainly something to behold. It was the first black president and the first black first lady, painted and portrayed by black artists in a way that told…
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Melania Trump Is Trolling Donald on Twitter and It’s Awesome
I am not one of those people who feel sorry for Melania Trump. She knew who she was dealing with when she decided to marry the walking embodiment of a clogged artery. But I am one of those people who take delight in watching this marriage crumble. She clearly hates this man, and watching them…
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‘Un-American’ and ‘Treasonous’: Trump Is Really in His Feelings About Democrats Not Clapping During SOTU
Welp, the president sure is in his feelings today. During a visit to a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati on Monday afternoon, NBC News reports, Trump called Democrats’ ice-cold reaction to his State of the Union address “un-American” and “treasonous.” Of course, if Trump had ever tuned in to one of these before, he’d know that…
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Making Black History: Meet Michael Thomas, the New Editor of the Harvard Law Review
What do they call it? Ah yes. Black excellence. As such, 27-year-old Michael Thomas of New York City’s Brooklyn borough has been named the editor of the Harvard Law Review, Vol. 132, the second black person in as many years. On Sunday, Thomas took the reins from ImeIme Umana, who last year became the first…
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After He Trolled Obama for Wasting Money, Trump’s Air Force One Refrigerators Being Upgraded for a Cool $24,000,000
President Donald Trump has no problem whatsoever when it comes to exorbitant expenditures paid for by the American people—even if he used to troll then-President Barack Obama for the very same thing. The president seems to have no issue with a $24 million upgrade to Air Force One, the jet Trump uses to go to…
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Masekela ‘Placed Me on the Front Row of African History and Culture’
U.S. Photojournalist Was South African’s Biographer Obama-Farrakhan Photo Published for First Time Blacks, Latinos Cite CNN for Objectivity on Cable A ‘Best Actor’ Surprised by Lack of Black Reporters 2 Win $100,000 Each for Freelance Reporting ESPN The Magazine Focuses on the Black Athlete Black Journalist Accuses Progressive Outlet Short Takes It is unlikely that…
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