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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 …

📚 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. …

Molly, which is another name for the drug MDMA, typically stays in a person’s system for several days. The exact length of time depends on several factors, including the person’s metabolism and the amount of the drug they have taken. Different drug tests have different detection periods. Some tests can …

Episode 11 of Tyler Perry’s The Oval begins with Agent Yuma driving Denise, the president’s jump off, back to her store. Denise flirts hard with Yuma, and even tries to get her number, but Yuma does a good job of blocking her advances. Good for her. She saw through the …

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

New research in pigs finds that sugar intake alters the reward-processing circuitry of the brain in a similar way to addictive drugs. Whenever we learn something new or experience something pleasurable, our brain’s reward system becomes activated. With the help of natural brain chemicals, several brain areas communicate with each …

Oscar winner Jordan Peele is returning to television for the HBO horror series Lovecraft Country. Peele, along with J.J. Abrams, will serve as executive producers on the highly anticipated series, which is set in the Jim Crow South. HBO describes the one-hour drama as a “series based on the 2016 …

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 …

The main factor that influences a person’s height is their genetic makeup. However, many other factors can influence height during development, including nutrition, hormones, activity levels, and medical conditions. Scientists believe that genetic makeup, or DNA, is responsible for about 80% of a person’s height. This means, for instance, that …

Meghan McCain is having a temper tantrum after The New York Times had an opinion — even though she gets paid to have an opinion about everyone else.  Shamira Ibrahim, culture writer and reporter for the NYT, wrote, “For some viewers, Ms. McCain is the privileged product of conservative nepotism, …