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Melissa Harris-Perry Calls ‘The Takeaway’ Being Canceled An Act Of Abuse
The host held nothing back on social media about the shocking news.
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Wu-Tang Clan, Alicia Keys Added to the National Recording Registry
A Tribe Called Quest, The Four Tops, WNYC 9/11 broadcast among other recordings added to the National Registry.
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Melissa Harris-Perry Makes It Official as Host of Public Radio Weekday News Show The Takeaway
The journalist, academic and political pundit has accepted a permanent role as host and managing editor of the nationally-syndicated weekday news program.
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Black HerStory, Black History and All the Feels Are in Store for This Week’s Virtual Events
Now that the second week of March has come to a close, I’m not sure what to be more excited about: the fact that we get to spring forward this weekend or the fact that the end of this seemingly never-ending quarantine may be closer than originally thought? While each option is enough to make…
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The Realness Podcast Tells the Story of Mobb Deep's Prodigy Through His Struggle With Sickle Cell Anemia and 'Keeps It Thoro'
If there’s a podcast out there with a hip-hop lean to it, there’s a better than 98 percent chance that I will give it a listen. Whether it’s an interview-centric show like Drink Champs or Questlove Supreme or a show that takes a look at the life of a person of interest in the hip-hop…
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Nigga Neurosis, Explained
A month or so ago, the homie Rebecca Carroll reached out to me about contributing to a podcast essay series she created for WNYC. Titled Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race, the series also features Robert Jones (Son of Baldwin), Kirsten West Savali (TheRoot.com), Theo Shaw (Jena 6) and Samaria Rice (Mother of…