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Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) A small, Illinois suburb has finally done the thing that America has kept hand-wringing about since the end of slavery: reparations. The Washington Post reports that on Monday night the Evanston City Council voted 8-1 in favor of a resolution to launch the first phase …

Bobby Brown Jr. was found dead on November 18 at only 28 years old. The cause of death has been revealed and now a criminal investigation is reportedly underway. According to NBC News, an autopsy report released by the Los Angeles County Coroner said Brown died due to combined effects …

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Cynthia Erivo’s portrayal as Aretha Franklin is simply heart-stopping. PEOPLE is presenting a first look at an upcoming episode of Genius: Aretha titled “Amazing Grace.” It’s the sixth in the anthology series and takes viewers through Franklin’s process of recording her best-selling live gospel album Amazing Grace during the early …

Four months after the untimely passing of Bobby Brown Jr., toxicology reports confirmed his drug-related cause of death. The 28-year-old son of singer Bobby Brown was found dead in his Los Angeles home on November 18, 2020. At the time, not much was known about his cause of death other …

Photo: Jirapong Manustrong (Shutterstock) I feel like the reason Facebook was so resistant to implementing restrictions on white supremacists and conspiracy theorists is because that’s largely who its consumer base is now. While the social media company began implementing restrictions on pages that advocate violence and hate, a recent report …

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Issa Rae’s train just keeps picking up steam! ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Group have announced that they have signed a multiyear partnership with Issa Rae’s Raedio. Through this partnership, which will be led by Raedio’s president Benoni Tagoe, will be allowing the audio-everywhere company to provide the global entertainment and …

Photo: M-Foto (Shutterstock) Given both the speed with which COVID-19 vaccines were made and the overwhelming need for them, it should come as no surprise that there’s been increased scrutiny about their effectiveness and potential side-effects. In recent weeks, AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been on the receiving end of that scrutiny, …

Deich is waiting to see how much celebrities actually send before Carbon180 makes plans for the future. But a sudden surge of money pumping into institutions that are far more meager than realized … well, it feels kind of familiar, he said. “Honestly, it’s not a terrible metaphor for addressing …