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Lena Waithe Covers Vanity Fair

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

Writer Jacqueline Woodson on Waithe: “You’re clear-eyed and queer from the womb, born as part of a larger narrative—that of the Great Migration. Already, there is resistance running through your veins.”

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After Nearly 45 Years of Incarceration, Herman Bell Wins Parole

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

Herman Bell, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was granted parole after serving nearly 45 years and having been previously denied seven times. 

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Twitter Users Clapback at Police, Media Characterization of Austin Bomber

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

Interim police chief ­Brian Manley called the terrorist a “very challenged young man.”

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ICYMI: Junot Díaz Says Debut Children's Book Celebrates Afro-Latinx Experience

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

“We’re just coming to terms with our complexity.”

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Sacramento Officers Shoot Stephon Clark 20 Times in His Backyard

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

They said they thought he had a gun before they killed him. It was his cell phone. Newly released body camera footage shows what happened.

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Q-Tip to Play Miles Davis in Nelson George's New Stage Production

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

“My Funny Valentine” depicts the jazz pioneer in the early 1980s.

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WATCH: Dvsn Mixes Prince and Aaliyah, Creates Your New Favorite Mash-Up

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

You didn’t ask for vibes. But now you have them. 

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La Borinqueña Fights for 'Ricanstruction' in New Comic Anthology

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

“Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico” partners La Borinqueña with Wonder Woman, Batman and other DC Comics superheroes to save the island.

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Library of Congress Adds Music From Gloria Estefan, Run-DMC To National Recording Registry

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden: “This annual celebration of recorded sound reminds us of our varied and remarkable American experience.”

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FEMA Ignored Puerto Rico Supermarkets' Requests for Generator Fuel After Hurricane Maria

racewireblog - 2 hours 42 min ago

The result was the loss of tens of thousands of dollars of food, while people stood in lines outside, hungry.

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Proposed Spending Bill Limits Border Wall Funding, Rejects Additional ICE Agents

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

But it doesn’t do anything for the “Dreamers.”

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Cozy Up With This Lively Podcast on Gerrymandering

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

No, really, it’s actually interesting.

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Advocacy Groups Push FBI, DHS to Release Full Info on Its Surveillance of Black Activists

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

“Black communities know all too well how poisonous this kind of surveillance and intimidation is for social justice movements.”

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Roc Nation Invests in Company's 'Promise' to Reform Criminal Justice System

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

Jay-Z: “It’s time for an innovative and progressive technology that offers sustainable solutions to tough problems.”

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Michael B. Jordan to Produce Film on All-Black World War II Regiment

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

“The Liberators” will dramatize the story of the 761st Tank Batallion, which served with the segregated United States Army in Europe.

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Mississippi Governor Signs into Law the Country's Most Restrictive Abortion Ban

racewireblog - 22 March, 2018 - 16:05

The Center for Reproductive Rights immediately filed a lawsuit challenging the 15-week abortion ban, calling it “unconstitutional.”

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The Female HBCU Grads Who Left Outsized Athletic Legacies

racewireblog - 21 March, 2018 - 15:14

The Undefeated pored through the history of historically Black college and university sports programs to identify their top graduates.

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Congressional Black Caucus Members Want Austin Bombings Investigated as Domestic Terrorism

racewireblog - 21 March, 2018 - 15:14

“For too long we have focused only on certain sources of terrorism and violence while ignoring others.”

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Dreams Deferred (Again): Democrats, White House Fail to Craft DACA Deal

racewireblog - 21 March, 2018 - 15:14

The policy impasse means there are still no legislative protections for immigrants brought to the United States as children.

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5 Key Takeaways From That New Report on the Wealth of Black Men

racewireblog - 21 March, 2018 - 15:14

“Black boys fare worse than White boys in 99 percent of America.”

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