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First Lady Michelle Obama launches a challenge on the White House South Lawn to help break the Guinness World Records title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period during a “Let’s Move!” event in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2011.Photo: Jim Watson (Getty Images) For those who …

Oprah Winfrey says Russell Simmons attempted to stop her from producing a documentary about the sexual assault allegations against him. Via a statement given to Fox News, the television entrepreneur claims the music mogul went beyond his Instagram message to her from last year. “He did reach out multiple times …

Photo: Drexel University Man, I hate it when black people disappoint me. Especially black educators. I wouldn’t say I get embarrassed when they end up in headlines behind stupid shit; I don’t give credence to the idea that individual black people can represent all that we are as a whole …

The photograph above shows Andrew Lisdahl and his fiancée, Theresa, at their home, along with Andrew’s daughter with his ex-wife (left) and one of Theresa’s daughters (right). Andrew Lisdahl was mad. His wife, Gretchen, had smoked a cigarette, a habit he detested. They fought, and Gretchen spent the night at …

According to Variety, Beyoncé has reportedly signed an exclusive publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The superstar singer and her husband Jay-Z have a long history of working with Jon Platt, who became the chairman and CEO of Sony Music in 2019. Platt had brought Rihanna over to his company …

BURGER KINGPIN: Donald Trump presents fast food to be served to the Clemson Tigers football team to celebrate their Championship at the White House on January 14, 2019 in Washington, DC.Photo: Chris Kleponis (Getty Images) Donald Trump is most likely the worst person to get a gift from; especially on …

📚 Citizen Reporters: S. S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America, by Stephanie Gorton A great, forgotten black radical “Timothy Thomas Fortune [was] a newspaper editor, orator, and leader who was born into slavery and spent most of his life advocating for the rights of black Americans. …

Royce da 5’9″ tells the story of an “Overcomer” in rap. Source link

SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS: Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz (pictured here in 2012) said he was a “black male” during a meeting at the Miami City Hall in Coconut Grove on January 17, 2020.Photo: Wilfredo Lee (Associated Press) Move over Rachel Dolezal. There’s another white person now publicly identifying as being …

* « IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS » (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty) 1. “Bureaucrats are not viewed by most people as terribly sympathetic victims, but if you shoot these messengers, you end up wounding citizens.” The Government Accountability Office released a decision on whether the Trump administration violated the law …