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Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) André 3000 has become an enigmatic figure in hip-hop, rarely giving interviews or discussing what’s next for his music career. (But if you ask me, he’s earned a break away from the game.) However, he has been a bit more vocal than usual given the …
Read More »<em>Da 5 Bloods</em> Is the Most Ambitious Film Spike Lee Has Ever Made
Read: With ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee sounds the alarm about America’s past and present Da 5 Bloods is a story about a buried past: It follows Vietnam War veterans Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) as they travel back to their old battleground …
Read More »NFL Commits $250 Million To Battle Systemic Racism
Last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which many believed was empty considering the league’s history with peaceful protesting against police brutality. Now, the NFL is reportedly putting some pretty big money forward to combat systemic racism. According to Judy …
Read More »Entrepreneur and Investor Monique Idlett-Mosley Shares How She Is Using Her Voice and Her Funds to Create Change
A key element to Monique Idlett-Mosley’s decades-long success as an entrepreneur, investor, and entertainment pioneer is knowing when to pivot. The Miami-based philanthropist started her career as an advertising executive when she was 22 years old after convincing a VP at USA Today to hire her for a senior-level sales …
Read More »Coronavirus Expected to Wipe Out 40 Percent of Black-Owned Businesses
Photo: Elijah Nouvelag (Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted American life in an unprecedented way. While a vaccine and antiviral treatment will eventually help mitigate the health effects, the economic cost of the pandemic is shaping up to be severe and long lasting. CBS News reports that 40 percent of …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily: </em>'It’s a Bad Week to Be a Racist Statue'
Our staff writer Graeme Wood suggests taking a cue from Germany, where the Nazi Party Rally Grounds have been left to become overgrown and fall into disrepair. Further reading: Illustration: Shawn Theodore; Chronicle; Marka / Alamy; Mansell / APIC; Life Picture Collection / Getty This isn’t just a domestic …
Read More »Louisville Police Release Breonna Taylor Incident Report
The Louisville Police Department released its “incident report” with details about the night Breonna Taylor was killed by three police officers while sleeping in her bed, and the report is missing one key thing: details. According to the Courier Journal, the incident report is almost completely blank, and doesn’t even …
Read More »Confederate, Columbus Statues Are Being Torn Down Across The Country
Share0 A Christopher Columbus statue is beheaded in Boston Several statues of Confederate figures and explorer Christopher Columbus have been torn down or beheaded in the last few weeks as the protests for racial equality continue. Statues of Columbus in Boston, Miami, and Virginia have been vandalized. According to The …
Read More »After New Video Emerges in Manuel Ellis' Death, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Orders Independent Investigation
Photo: Jason Redmond (AFP via Getty Images ) On March 3, 33-year-old Manuel Ellis died while being restrained by Tacoma police. After new video was released providing a clear look at the circumstances surrounding Ellis’ death, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has called for an independent investigation. “I have become convinced …
Read More »The Curious Comforts of a YouTube Show About Group Therapy
Inspired by the psychiatrist Irvin Yalom’s 2005 novel, The Schopenhauer Cure, Group scratches the particular itch caused by months of social distancing: The mere sight of nine humans, sans masks, in proximity to one another was, for me at least, a balm for the psyche. Then, I began to care …
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