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Bridgeport, CN board mandates race studies coursework for high school students

R. Kelly’s ex, media personality Kitti Jones, details abusive relationship to Rolling Stone

The other side of #PoorMichelle: Michelle Williams opens up about depression and treatment in ‘The Talk’ interview

Lupita Nyong’o discusses sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein

Staffers on Showtime’s ‘The Chi’ should know discarding food in a food desert is insensitive

Chance the Rapper partners with Lyft to boost arts opportunities for Chicago kids

Netflix’s Marsha P. Johnson film rocked by allegations of uncredited use of Black trans woman’s work

National Book Awards finalists show that black art matters

What Azealia Banks, Cardi B, and Black Cornell students decrying African immigrants reveal about Black scarcity

What I learned about embracing my Blackest self from Baltimore’s IDGAF attitude

Spokesmodel, not silenced model, Munroe Bergdorf spoke her piece

Philadelphia to erect first statue of Black individual on public land

Heather Heyer and the white “allies” who have “done more” than us for our own liberation

“Representation matters,” but not more than everything else

Simone Manuel wins world championship in Hungary

Vic Mensa has some strong feelings on R. Kelly

Comedian Lil Duval called out after making transphobic comments on Breakfast Club

Tiffany Haddish still wants to work with Bill Cosby

O.J. Simpson granted parole by state board

Michael Vick thinks Colin Kaepernick should cut his hair to be more “presentable”

We are in a queer media movement, but is increased visibility the answer to violence?

On ‘4:44’, maleness, and the performance of the public apology

Politics and Promposals—how isms and phobias influence who gets asked to the dance

Black and Latinx queer people need safe spaces, too

Dr. Dre pledges $10 million to Compton performing arts center

Tracy K. Smith Is The New U.S. Poet Laureate

Warriors reportedly won’t be visiting Trump’s White House

It’s even harder to watch ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ when you know Black women’s history

It’s time to stop trying to integrate ‘SNL’

Yara Shahidi is headed to Harvard this fall

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