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A Historic Museum Featuring #APeoplesJourney Opens on the National Mall
Saturday morning marked a monumental day for America, a day that many believed would never come: the opening day of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the 19th museum of the Smithsonian Institution. NMAAHC was established by an act of Congress in 2003 under the authorization of President George W. Bush. But that, of course, was not…
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10 Breakups That Would Totally Absolutely Devastate Black America More Than Brangelina's
My cousin, the unsinkable sarah huny young, and I regularly frequent the same coffee shop. But we rarely see each other there because she’s usually there early (9am to 1:30-ishpm) and I usually don’t get there until after 2pm. Today, however, I had a meeting there at noon and was able to chop it up…
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Dallas Cop Accuses Black Lives Matter, Obama of Inciting Race War, Files Lawsuit
A Dallas police sergeant has filed a federal lawsuit against Black Lives Matters and its supporters, claiming that the movement is inciting a race war and blaming them for violence against police officers, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the Morning News, Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran and the president of the Dallas…
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Obama to CBC: ‘Personal Insult’ to Me if Black Voters Don’t Support Clinton
Fiyah. Lit. Sixteen bars. There are all sorts of African-American colloquialisms and aphorisms that will be used to describe President Barack Obama’s last speech as president to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday night. While all of those descriptions are true enough, there was something even more daring and more compelling about the president’s speech that…
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Oh, Now Mainstream Media Should Draw Lines in the Sand? That's Interesting
In his latest New York Times op-ed, “When a Crackpot Runs for President,” Nicholas Kristof laments the state of journalism and wonders if media has done enough to show that, according to him, any comparisons between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are false equivalencies. Kristof writes: I’m not sure that journalism bears…
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Leaked Emails Reveal That Colin Powell, A 79-Year-Old Black Man, Acts Exactly Like Every 79-Year-Old Black Man
Colin Powell is not here for your bullshit. He, in fact, is so not here for your bullshit that if “your bullshit” was a high school homeroom teacher taking attendance, Colin Powell would be in the bathroom brushing his waves, silently humming “I aint here for this shit” while bouncing in the mirror. He is…
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#NoDAPL: Arrest Warrants Issued for Green Party’s Stein, Baraka for Standing With Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Green Party vice presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka have both been charged with misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief for protesting with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline, CBS News reports. Arrest warrants for Stein and Baraka have been issued. Stein and Baraka…
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#NoDAPL: DOJ Temporarily Halts Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline in Wake of Standing Rock Protests
Updated Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, 5:30 p.m. EDT: In the wake of the brave and unrelenting actions of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and water protectors, joined by other First Nations and nonnative allies, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior released a joint statement announcing the halt…
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Obama Cancels Meeting With Philippine President After Being Called 'Son of a Bitch'
President Barack Obama canceled a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after Duterte called him a “son of a bitch,” Reuters reports. According to CNN, the White House had said that Obama planned to ask Duterte about his country’s handling of drug dealers, which has included a wave of extrajudicial killings. Duterte slammed Obama on…
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‘I Wanted to Be a Part of History’: What It Means to Work for the 1st Black President
When he was a teenager, Gregory Lorjuste didn’t dream of working in the White House someday. “Politics wasn’t discussed at our kitchen table when I was growing up,” he said in a recent interview. “We talked about work and putting food on the table.” Until the latter years of high school, he didn’t have college…
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