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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Moves to Counter Georgia's Racist Voting Laws
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms doesn’t have authority to reverse Georgia’s racist voter suppression laws for her city, but she can at least educate her constituents on how to abide by them as best they can. Bottoms announced an executive order that instructs Atlantic’s chief equity officer to carry out “a series of actions to…
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Oscars 2021 Nominations: Judas and the Black Messiah Could Make Best Picture History
On the last month of 2020 (which seemingly lasted longer than a typical year, according to everyone), the Academy shook the awards season table when they announced that the 93rd Academy Awards would be taking place in April instead of the typical February/March schedule. It hasn’t been held that late in the year since it…
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BAFTAs 2021: Radha Blank, Alfre Woodard, Dominique Fishback Among the Nominees
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced its nominees for the 2021 season and in a complete 180 from last year, the nominees are diverse as hell! Whether BAFTA has finally become ready to fully acknowledge the vast array of superb talent that exists or it has just grown weary of the…