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When I call Harrison in late May, both of us have found the quietest rooms in our respective homes to chat. He is in his basement, next to his son’s Lego City set. He has plastered Jaime Harrison for U.S. Senate signs on the TV behind him to create a …

Michelle Obama has been doing a lot of reflecting as of late and says she’s “exhausted” over the mounting death toll of Black men and women in America .  Taking to her social media, Mrs. Obama posted an illustration of George Floyd and relayed the sadness she and millions more …

Dr. Anika Goodwin, a board-certified ophthalmologist with 15 years and 10,000 eye surgeries under her belt,  has married her dual passions of looking good and seeing well to create OpulenceMD Beauty, an eye specific beauty brand that specializes in magnetic lashes. Goodwin knew from an early age that she wanted to …

Photo: Getty Images The family of George Floyd has asked a former New York City chief medical examiner to conduct an independent autopsy on the deceased man, after a report from from local officials said there were “no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation” in …

Former Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta star Tommie Lee has reason to celebrate … she’s going to be a grandma! Tommie’s oldest daughter, Samaria, just announced via social media that she is pregnant and proudly showed off her baby bump. The 16-year-old says the pregnancy was definitely unplanned but she’s …

Read: The perfect quarantine joke isn’t about quarantine In the first episode, Mark Naird (Carell) is a starchy general receiving his fourth star and hoping to be promoted to the head of the Air Force, when he’s tasked instead to lead the new Space Force by an erratic, unnamed POTUS …

Steve Harvey and his wife Marjorie just got the keys to a sweet new crib! The legendary comedian reportedly just closed on Tyler Perry’s former Buckhead mansion in Atlanta that was on the market for a jaw-dropping $15 million, according to TMZ. Sitting on 17 acres, the gated estate is …

CNN reports that a preliminary autopsy has revealed that George Floyd didn’t die due to strangulation, despite former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin being seen on video with his knee on the man’s neck as he begged for his life and said: “I can’t breathe.” Citing a preliminary autopsy …

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Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us educated many people on the story of the Exonerated Five, the young men wrongly convicted in the attack on a Central Park jogger in 1989. Now, the award-winning director and writer is using the groundbreaking miniseries for a new online education initiative. Via ARRAY, …