“To try to understand this most incomprehensible state, we need varied and probing narratives, ones that change as Florida changes and are told by people who love the state too deeply to refrain from blistering criticism.” 📚 In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida, …
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A Chicago teen was killed over Father’s Day weekend by a stray bullet while teaching her mom a TikTok dance in their home. Amaria Jones, 13, was fatally shot when a bullet from outside her apartment pierced through her television and hit her in the neck, according to CBS Chicago. …
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Share0 (Image: Facebook) LeBron James is known as one of the greatest NBA players of his time but he is also interested in expanding his empire and legacy beyond the world of basketball. His most recent projects center around producing content in television and film. Now, it has been announced …
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Althea Bernstein, a Black woman in Madison, Wisconsin, has sustained second- and third-degree burns after she was allegedly set on fire early Wednesday morning by white men yelling racial slurs. The 18-year-old EMT, who is studying to be a paramedic and firefighter, says she was on her way to her …
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Share1 Image via @abcnews/Instagram The movie Hidden Figures showed the world the black women in NASA behind some of its most important findings and research. This week, NASA announced that it has named its headquarters in Washington D.C. after one of the women who inspired the film, Mary W. Jackson, …
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 on March 09, 2020, in London, England.Photo: Chris Jackson (Getty Images) For you royal watchers wondering how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will maintain their standard of living since stepping down as senior …
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