And if the commercials during the show are any indication, it most definitely won’t be the last. If BET had produced that Aaliyah biopic, maybe it would’ve made it back in one piece because the fire playing out on screen during last night’s airing of The New Edition Story, part one was everything. From the […]
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(And Snapped and ‘grammed and tweeted…) And it’s more important than ever that you get involved. The first 100 days of the Trump presidency have begun and to describe it as unsettling only begins to scratch the surface. Not even a full 72 hours in, and Trump has already signed an executive order to kick […]
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In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday morning, Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway was questioned about why the White House claimed “this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” Her response? They “gave alternative facts.” But just like a white woman can’t become a Black woman (here’s lookin’ at you […]
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It’s goin’ down in eight days. The day after inauguration, Saturday, Jan. 21, hundreds of thousands of people will converge on our nation’s capital to protest Trump’s racist agenda, and stand up for women’s rights and overall human rights. Beginning at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Independence Avenue and Third Street — right in […]
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By Andréa Butler Amandla Stenberg is no stranger to activism, especially when it comes to her art. And she goes hard to make sure her messages are received. For her latest role in the upcoming movie, Where Hands Touch, Amandla didn’t opt for a prosthetic hair piece, choosing instead, to shave off all of her […]
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“Our glorious diversities — our diversities of faith and colors and creeds — that is not a threat to who we are. It makes us who we are.” – Michelle Obama It’s official. First Lady Michelle Obama gave her final speech as FLOTUS at the White House’s 2017 National School Counselor of the Year […]
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(It’s not going to happen.) When we first noticed #BLMKidnapping was trending on Twitter a couple days ago, we legit thought we were about to read that a Black Lives Matter member had been abducted. What we discovered, instead, was yet another tired ploy by white supremacists/racists to claim that BLM is a hate […]
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Let’s keep things all the way 100. What went down on the hill today (Jan. 5) was a straight up attack on women’s health and reproductive rights. House Speaker Paul Ryan stated that Republicans will completely defund Planned Parenthood as a part of their plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”), leaving a […]
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Every Movement needs a soundtrack. As you do what you can to resist the normalization and corruption of a Trump “presidency” and all that comes with it, let these #FreedomSongs from across the decades inspire you, motivate you, and urge you to get involved and make a change. Compiled by Princess Gabbara and Andréa Butler […]
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