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Furor Over Pittsburgh Paper’s ‘Cover’ for Trump on Race

‘Everyone in Pittsburgh Is Equally Revolted’ HuffPost Ends Its Write-for-Free Contributor Pages Get ‘Out,’ Trump Tells CNN’s Acosta ‘Un-Presidential,’ ‘Un-American,’ Reporters Say Trump Falsely Claims Gains Among Blacks Figures Manipulated Against Muslims, Report Says El Salvador’s Mass Graves: S—holes Made-in-U.S.A. No Discipline for Suburban Chicago Cops Who Shoot Story of Serena’s Delivery Becomes Wake-Up Call…

By

Richard Prince

Published

January 19, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

Serena Williams’ Doctors (Finally) Listened to Her and Saved Her Life. My Mom Wasn’t As Lucky

Even when removing race from the equation—you can’t and you shouldn’t, but let’s try for a moment anyway—Serena Williams’ story about having to convince her doctors that something life-threatening was potentially happening to her is absurd. You’d think that, if medical professionals would trust any opinion on something not feeling quite right, it would be…

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Damon Young

Published

January 11, 2018
Beauty + Style

It’s All Love! We’re in Love With Serena Williams’ Slamming February Vogue Cover (With Beautiful Baby Alexis Olympia!)

Power. For me, that word defines Serena Williams. I love her body—it’s invincible. I also love that none of her seemingly superhuman attributes were given to her or easily attained. Everything she has, she earned, one drop of sweat at a time. She and big sister Venus were their own mini-civil-rights movement as they fought…

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Veronica Webb

Published

January 10, 2018
The Biggest Winners of 2017

With everything—and everyone—we lost in this past year, there were some big wins. Black women showed up and showed out in various ways. Black men put their careers and livelihoods on the line to speak out against racial injustice, police violence, and sexual assault and harassment. Creative artists experienced amazing glow ups, and black teenagers…

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Monique Judge

Published

December 31, 2017
Serena Williams Set to Return to Tennis for 1st Time Since Birth of Her Daughter

The GOAT, aka Serena Williams, is set to play next Saturday at the Mubadala exhibition tennis event in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It will be her first time playing tennis since giving birth and winning the Australian Open 11 months ago. As CNN reports, Williams’ last tournament win was even more legendary…

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Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

December 25, 2017
Entertainment

Serena Williams to Have Nike Campus’s Biggest Building Named for Her

Serena Williams is finally getting her just due. She is not only a great female athlete; she’s a great athlete, period. With 23 grand-slam titles—she’s the only tennis player in history (man or woman) to have won singles titles at least six times in three of the four grand-slam tournaments, and the only player ever…

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Angela Helm

Published

December 7, 2017
If You Don’t Cry While Watching This Serena Williams Commercial, Then You Probably Voted for Trump

I just had a baby. Well, I didn’t, but my wife did. So I must admit that I’ve been emotional lately. I can’t watch any commercials that involve the abuse of animals and donating to their cause. I can’t listen to any Sade. It’s safe to say that my life is different now. I never…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

November 20, 2017
Culture

Watch: LaVar Ball and the Influence of Black Sports Dads

Whether you like LaVar Ball or hate him, at the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding: His son Lonzo Ball can play. It’s refreshing to see a black man speak so fearlessly and confidently about his son’s abilities, but now it’s time to let his son shine. We predict that Lonzo…

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Peter J. Rickards

Published

September 30, 2017
Entertainment

Serena Williams, Emotional About Motherhood and in Love With Her Baby Girl, Pens a Heartfelt Open Letter to Her Mother

Tennis great Serena Williams is just 18 days into her new status as a mother, and she’s loving it. It must be amazing to look at someone so beautiful and know that you had a hand in her creation. Serena looked at baby Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. and saw herself reflected in everything about her…

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Monique Judge

Published

September 19, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

Serena Williams Debuts Photo of Daughter Who Will Beat Maria Sharapova in 16 Years Too

It hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Darth Maria. Her memoir—the hilariously titled Unstoppable—has been roundly panned for Sharapova’s cluelessness and willingness to employ racially tinged language when reflecting on her one-sided rivalry with Serena Williams. Also, as many have articulated, naming her book Unstoppable when she’s best known for being stopped 18…

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Damon Young

Published

September 13, 2017