Safety has always warmed the suburban soul. The American dream is sometimes equated with property ownership and the nuclear families such properties house—but really, they are just hulls for a more fundamental suburban aspiration: individualism, which the suburban home demarcates and then protects. “The American dream was Every man gets …
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Investigators with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said Saturday (Jun. 20) that they have issued an arrest warrant for a 29-year-old woman named Natalie White in connection with the fire that destroyed the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by an APD officer. “An arrest warrant has been …
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One week after he delivered a powerful eulogy during George Floyd’s funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton is furthering his message of action and is demanding Donald Trump to no longer dodge the issue of systemic racial inequality in America. The civil rights leader and founder and President of the National Action …
Read More »Photo: Eric Baradat (Getty Images) Protestors in the nation’s capital ended Juneteenth on an appropriate note yesterday by toppling the statue of a Confederate general. A statue of Albert Pike—a senior officer in the Confederate army—erected near Judiciary Square in Washington D.C. in 1901 was the only outdoor memorial to …
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In the Father’s Day episode of Red Table Talk, Will Smith is getting up close and personal about his divorce from his first wife, Sheree Fletcher. The actor sat down for a candid one-on-one conversation with his wife and host of RTT, Jada Pinkett-Smith as they talked through raising his …
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We don’t know yet exactly what Trump scandal is sought to be concealed by the dismissal of Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. In his memoir, John Bolton claims that Trump promised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he would halt a Berman investigation of …
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In an emotional first person essay, This Is Us actor, 12-year-old Lonnie Chavis, has detailed his experiences of the racism, intimidation and stress he has faced while in Hollywood. The anti-bullying advocate shared what started out as a letter to his mom about what it is like to grow in …
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A demonstrator raises his fist at the Lincoln Memorial during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The sight of George Floyd’s life force leaving his body has convulsed the world for four …
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The #SayHerName movement spotlighting forgotten women killed by police is also emblematic of being a Black woman in America. (In)visible Portraits, Oge Egbuonu‘s feature directorial debut, reinforces that awareness and explores generations of otherizing Black women. “This documentary is a timeless piece,” Egbuonu tells BET.com “It’s also a think piece. …
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Don Cheadle is an powerhouse of an actor but he has also been outspoken about social injustices. And the Marvel hero recently spoke to Jimmy Fallon about racism and his interactions with police. On The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the 55-year-old revealed his life changed when, as a kid, …
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