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In speaking to that girl, Trethewey rewrites the years she spent distancing herself from the knowledge that her stepfather abused her mother. Unlike the second-person invocations in “Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath,” a poem from Monument that’s scaffolded with examples of the cruel dismissals that domestic-violence victims face, …

Gov. Deval Patrick, the first African-American governor of Massachusetts, was born on July 31, 1956, on the South Side of Chicago. Raised by a single mother, a young Patrick earned a scholarship in eighth grade from the Boston-based organization A Better Chance, enabling him to attend the prestigious Milton Academy …

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter. The social media giant announced Thursday that the hatemonger’s account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct,” reports The Associated Press. Twitter did not specify which of Duke’s tweets triggered the …

During the 2020 GLAAD Awards, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade presented the award for Outstanding Drama Series and took a moment to praise 13-year-old daughter Zaya along the way.  “We stand as allies with the LGBTQ+ community as proud parents of a transgender child,” Wade said on Thursday (July 30). …

Photo: FOTOKITA (Shutterstock) Alabama’s prison system has come under scrutiny in recent months following a federal report that details widespread, systemic issues of abuse and a lack of proper oversight. As a result of the findings, four guards have been charged with using excessive force against an inmate. The New …

For the release of Beyoncé’s Black Is King visual album for Disney+, Blue Ivy made more than one cameo appearance and looks amazing in each effort.  The eight-year-old does more than just quietly sit in the background but putting on performances that immediately had Black Twitter cheering for her. RELATED: …

Earlier this week I mentioned the surprisingly important role that craft brewing had played in downtown renewal across the country over the past decade. And I talked with one of the pioneers of that movement, Jim Koch of the Boston Beer Company, about how this part of America’s startup economy …

Last summer, Disney revealed that they had finally found their Ariel for the upcoming live action reboot of their classic animated film, The Little Mermaid. The Disney princess will be played by actress Halle Bailey, who is one half of the popular R&B singing duo Chloe x Halle. While many …

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Google introduced a new badge that allows businesses to identify themselves as Black-owned through the company’s Maps and Search listings. The new feature, which was announced Thursday, comes as more consumers are searching for black businesses in recent months. U.S.-based companies with a verified Business Profile on Google can now …