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On April 20, news broke of a police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Kiah Bryant in Columbus, Ohio who called the police for help after getting into a physical altercation with someone that lived in her foster home. Bryant had a knife, but her aunt Hazel Bryant claims she dropped it before being shot multiple times …

As colleges across the country face pressure to atone for their ties to slavery, students from Rhode Island’s Brown University recently voted for the school to identify the descendants of slaves that worked on the campus and pay them reparations. Results from the referendum show 88.61% of Brown University students …

A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate flag during the insurrection of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. – Photo: SAUL LOEB (Getty Images) Kevin Seefried, the giant asshole with the even larger Confederate flag who was captured walking the halls of the Capitol …

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The defense lawyers representing Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their friend and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery, are spinning the narrative to make the defendants look like the good guys. On Feb. 23, 2020, the McMichael duo and company filmed themselves making …

Image: Audible Most of us only know six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin because of his exploits on the court. But if you pay a little more attention, you’ll see that he’s a burgeoning stand-up comedian—who’s actually funny—who also dabbles in several other forms of self-expression, creativity, and entertainment. One of …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after  time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, the …

Cassie’s house-hunting takes a toll on Reggie’s finances, and Cam is offered the endorsement deal of a lifetime on the next Survivor’s Remorse, Wednesday at 10:30/9:30c. Source link

MassMutual Great Lakes (MMGL) a financial services firm has announced a strategic alliance with First Independence Bank (FIB), the only Black-owned in Michigan. The alliance will boost FIB’s efforts to provide service to its retail and commercial clients in Detroit and nationwide, many of which have been ignored when seeking …

Wendy Raquel Robinson attends ‘BET Her Fights Breast Cancer’ special event on September 25, 2019; Hosea Chanchez attends the Nylon + BCBGeneration May Young Hollywood Party on May 8, 2014.Photo: Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for BET (Getty Images), Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Nylon (Getty Images) As The Game’s very own Tasha …