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Netflix to spend $100M to help Black business

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Jemele Hill apologizes after backlash over transphobic tweet

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Charlottesville neo-Nazis unable to secure legal defense in lawsuit

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NBA star Ja Morant apologizes for anti-police tweet

NBA point guard Ja Morant says he wanted to clarify his position after posting and then deleting and anti-police post…
/ June 30, 2020

Washington Post editor says white women are ‘lucky’ they are just being called Karen

A Black Washington Post editor tweeted that white women are "lucky" Black people are only calling them Karen and not…
/ June 30, 2020
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Lawmakers press FBI to release report on white supremacists inside police departments

The FBI did a report on white supremacy in the nation's police departments, but it has yet to be widely…
/ June 29, 2020
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Cam Newton signs 1-year deal with the Patriots

NFL quarterback Cam Newton will have a chance to prove he's recovered from season-ending injuries after signing with the Patriots
/ June 29, 2020
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9 things to make Black Lives Matter in our public schools 

OPINION: If we acknowledge the truth about racism in America, we must also acknowledge its impact on our children and…
/ June 29, 2020

Entire women’s pro softball team quits after GM’s Trump tweet

An professional softball team quit in the middle of a series after a tweet that suggested they supported Donald Trump's…
/ June 29, 2020

First ‘Respect’ trailer drops for Aretha Franklin biopic

Before Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 78 two years ago, she had approved singer/actress Jennifer
/ June 29, 2020

Essence Magazine’s staffers anonymously call out toxic workplace culture

Essence Magazine is facing internal backlash from its predominantly Black female staff, that claim pay inequity, sexual harassment, and corporate…
/ June 28, 2020
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Mike Pence believes Black Lives Matter has a ‘radical-left agenda’

In an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence thinks Black Lives Matter is a "radical-left…
/ June 28, 2020

Thomas Blanton, 1963 KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham, dies

Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed…
/ June 28, 2020
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Video of Shane Dawson objectifying a young Willow Smith resurfaces

YouTuber Shane Dawson's reaction of then-11-year-old Willow Smith has gotten him in big trouble, again, drawing outrage from Smith's mother and…
/ June 27, 2020
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Educators march on Georgia’s state capitol to say, ‘Kids’ Lives Matter’

Teachers gathered to march on the golden dome of Georgia State's capitol to ask the legislature to focus more resources…
/ June 27, 2020