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A brick sign reading "Welcome to Mason, A Good Place to Live"

A white state comptroller wanted to take control of majority-Black Mason, Tenn. America has a history of taking over Black towns

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Sometimes, people get smacked

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94th Annual Academy Awards - Show

This is not how you protect Black women

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Actor Will Smith with his Oscar

No, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock doesn’t set Black people back. But anti-Blackness will

Sunday night’s Academy Awards took an interesting turn when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for making a "G.I. Jane" joke…
/ March 28, 2022
U.S. Border Patrol Agent on horseback tries to stop Haitian migrant from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com

Biden administration must extend Temporary Protected Status to Black migrants just as it has for 100,000 Ukrainians 

A recent letter from more than 280 leading national groups implored Homeland Security to prioritize TPS for Black-majority countries. 
/ March 28, 2022

Will ‘the slap’ change how we see Will Smith?

I’m still processing what happened at the Oscars. Could Will Smith have been protecting his wife and embarrassing himself at…
/ March 28, 2022

I saved my kid from impending doom, but am I a hero? A discussion

Nap time isn’t exactly my favorite time of day, but it is a time of day I look forward to.…
/ March 27, 2022
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Kyrie Irving is neither a victim nor a hero

I root for the hometown New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys in football, which is crazy because they’re division…
/ March 26, 2022

I get why Doja Cat called it quits

In a world where social media lets anyone say anything, fans can tell Doja Cat in real time that she…
/ March 25, 2022
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) shakes hands with Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Thank You, Mitch McConnell

Although I’ve wasted gallons of ink writing about racism, I have largely been unsuccessful explaining racism.
/ March 25, 2022
10 trailblazing Black women working in national security and foreign affairs

Meet 10 trailblazing Black women working in national security and foreign affairs

We often think of history as something that happens in the distant past, but history is constantly being made every…
/ March 25, 2022
Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in

A Supreme Court justice who looks like me

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s nominee to be the 116th associate justice of the Supreme Court, just concluded confirmation hearings.
/ March 25, 2022

You should always tip 20 percent. Don’t @ me

There’s a debate that's been raging on my Twitter timeline, and I need to get some thoughts out that aren’t…
/ March 25, 2022
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‘Atlanta’: New season, new location and as bizarre and brilliant as ever

The best show on television is back for season 3 with an episode that’s bizarre even by "Atlanta" standards.
/ March 24, 2022

Life lessons for younger Black women in the wake of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ugly confirmation hearing

It is not OK to beat up on an accomplished Black woman during an important, historic and very public job…
/ March 24, 2022

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