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Sometimes, I give gentrifiers the wrong directions when they get lost
Editor’s Note: This essay contains descriptions of anti-Black and anti-queer violence. Sometimes, I give white people the wrong directions when they get lost. For awhile, this was on accident. I am horrible with directions, and so I wouldn’t even know I was pointing them the wrong way. But mostly when I do this today, it […]
‘Seeking for the Lost’ and the project of finding each other as a misplaced people
by Donnie Moreland “We hummed a celebration for living. For fighting. For refusing to die. For enduring when giving up would be easier. For believing, against all odds, that we’d get home someday.” —The Coming; Daniel Black “It’s nothing like losing one’s keys. It’s not as if he has been misplaced. It’s not as simple […]
31 years after her son was kidnapped by his father, a mother is reunited with her long lost son
In 1987, then 21-month-old Jermaine Mann was kidnapped by his father and manipulated into believing that his mother was dead following a court-ordered visit in Toronto. Allan Mann, Jermaine’s father, had given him a phony name that he had been living under all this time in the United States. Now, Lyneth Mann-Lewis has been reunited […]
Base To Dems: Get With It Or Get Lost
What do you call a party that refuses to represent the interests of its base in an increasingly critical time in U.S. politics? Soon to be over. Since the beginning of this decade, the Democratic Party has continuously grown more and more out of touch with their base. We saw it in the 2014 midterms, […]
For Those Who Would Rather Mourn Property Damage Over People Lost by Police Brutality
By Victoria Massie How could you forget? Has it been that long? I, too, was once a convenience you purchased at the corner. Was I not on your grocery list yesterday? “Slave F 26” written right below the milk and corn? The auction block still rests next to the market downtown. Was I not the […]
Dr. Huxtable no more, Bill Cosby lost persona after 13 rape accusations
The following piece is from The Grio. It was written by Luvvie Ajayi. By: Luvvie Ajayi athcliff Huxtable was America’s dad as the 1980s came to a halt and the 1990s rolled in. Who didn’t love the Coogi sweater-wearingdoctor who was the perfect family man? I haven’t found that person yet, and it’s because Bill Cosby played him […]
Mother who lost 11-year-old due to stray bullet speaks out
A Chicago mother who lost her 11-year-old daughter when a stray bullet pierced her skull while she was at a sleepover is speaking out. Shamiya Adams was killed when the bullet came through the bedroom window of a friend’s house on the city’s West Side.
Update: lost Malaysia Airlines flight path altered by computer
A missing Malaysia Airlines flight may have been diverted from its original path via computer. Flight 370 has been missing since March 8.
One year ago today, the world lost Hadiya Pendleton
It was exactly one year ago today that the world lost another precious soul to gun violence. Hadiya Pendleton’s life was tragically cut short when she was struck by a stray bullet while standing with friends inside Vivian Gordon Harsh Park just moments after taking final exams. An honor student at King College Prep High School, […]
Drake, The Game Donate $20,000 to Woman Who Lost Family
Anna Angel has been coping with incredible devastation.The mother of five lost her children and her boyfriend when her mobile home caught fire while she was at work. Although nothing can replace the lives lost, rappers The Game and Drake have donated money to help with the financial stress of the situation.
After 17 Years, Long Lost Sisters Reunited at Track Meet
17 year-old student athletes Jordan and Robin met at a track meet, and noticed that they looked exactly alike. They began to talk. And when Jordan learned Robin’s last name, Jeter, she came to a realization and began to cry. Robin was her long-lost sister.
VIDEO: HBCU Grad Undertakes Hollywood and VH-1 Takes a LOST!
Interviewed by Rashad J. Smith VH-1’s Master of the Mixes judges believed that by letting go an irreplaceable component to the show, they are that much closer to choosing their Master of the Mix. I believe that they have clearly made a mistake! Previously referred to as the “Diddy of DJ’s” … HOLLYWOOD’S CHAMPION OF NEW […]