“I can’t speak for anyone else, but prison was the best thing that ever happened to him, it saved my life!”
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Eating As An Act of Worship: It’s Your Season
Some people struggle to lose weight or become free of eating disorders for decades. Such a long period of suffering repeated setbacks and failures can result in the belief that things will never change. Don’t listen to the lies of the enemy. Read today’s article and believe that it’s your season for health and fitness success!
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Look out 2022, Here are the Top 10 Hottest Talents that are Making the Music
Doechii’s sound is mixed with a blend of pop, hip-hop, and dance.
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MMCA announces partnership with RJI to grow Inclusive Media and Economies
The partnership makes MMCA the fiscal host for Inclusive Media and Economies, joining RJI, which founded and has supported the project since May 2020. RJI continues to support Inclusive Media and Economies through funding, guidance, and amplification of the project through its academic and media networks.
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COVID: The Road of A Long Hauler… Part 9
I was determined to make this trip and be okay, so I added a wheelchair to my reservation because I didn’t want to take my walker. I know that maneuvering the Atlanta airport can be a lot for a healthy person so I would definitely get winded if I tried to walk through it.
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Black History Month Feature: A look at the Forgotten Jazz Virtuoso Hazel Scott
It was said that her former husband often passed as white due to his mixed race heritage. They divorced and she had long since remarried.
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Making History: Black Men that will greatly shape the NFL Off-season
Robert F. Smith – Black Billionaire from the Denver Metropolitan area that could be make a bid to buy the Denver Broncos, which would make him the first Black majority owner in the NFL.
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James Webb Space Telescope Reaches Destination around The Sun
The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space telescope, has finally reached its destination. It was launched as a joint mission by NASA, European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. On 24th January 2022, it reached its destination. After one month only, it started its journey. At present, the telescope is in its […]
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SAY WHAT? Congresswoman Cori Bush’s Car Shot Up In St. Louis, Blue Lives Matter Spokesman Has ‘Vile’ Response: ‘We Need the Lawmakers to be Victims’
Now, we all know where this is heading. This just in from Yahoo News? January 29, 2022-Missouri’s first Black congresswoman’s car was littered with bullets last weekend while it was parked in St. Louis. Despite sources believing she was not the intended target of the gunplay, the politician continues to receive a great outpouring of […]
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On Valentine’s Day, Book it with Butterfly, Best Laid Plan and Shorty Gotta Be Grown to ease the lonely celebration.
Well there are so many ways to get back in love again. Go buy some candles and some wine and cuddle up to some great reading.
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Focusing on the factors: St Louis City NAACP hosts Civil Rights Mini-Conference
The St. Louis City NAACP has a long history of “Transforming Communities Through Education, Social Justice and Civic Engagement” and our February 19th, 2022, Civil Rights Mini Conference will focus on “Some of the Historic Systemic Failures Affecting Black Students, Families and Communities.” We will open with “How Democracy is Forged By the Fight for […]
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3 Non-Traditional Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
Since the pandemic began, at-home dates have become a much more popular occurrence. While it can be a bummer that some of the less socially-distant activities are off the table, the added intimacy doesn’t seem so bad for Valentine’s Day. There a plenty of ways to celebrate with your special someone, whether you choose to […]
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Eating As An Act Of Worship: Spiritual Growth
Growing up is hard to do. That’s why many adults have no desire to repeat childhood. The same can be said for spiritual growth. It’s easier to remain spiritually immature instead of working out your own salvation in accordance with God’s Word. Read today’s article for motivation to take the baby steps towards health and fitness maturity through Christ.
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Abusive concerns are being wailed behind the dark walls at Menard Federal Correctional Center
In regards, the system protects abusive officers and ignores the prisoners wanting to be treated as human being. Despite the laws changing, the system is speaking another language to its members in the Department of Corrections.
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What is an NFT?
Meta: Beeple’s collage, “The First 5000 Days” sold as an NFT for $69 million.Source: The Verge If you remain sort of “passively” in the loop about NFTs, you may think they’re just one big meme — and to be fair, in the last several months of 2021, the Reddit community absolutely made them into just […]
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More Than 30 Black CDFI CEOs Team Up to Shrink the Racial Wealth Gap
Most see wealth inequality, especially between Black and white Americans, as too long-standing and intractable to be solved in any meaningful way. Lenwood V. Long, Sr. isn’t one of them.
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Sad to announce that Academy Award winner Regina King is grieving her son Ian, dead by suicide
Like Regina and many other moms who have lost teens and young adults to suicide. The question always remain, what could I have done to prevent my child from carrying out such a final moment of life?
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Soulfull Poet: What Do I See & Shitty Days
I see a sensitive, sensual, sexy, and spiritual person
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Poetry corner: Hush Your Mouth Gal!
YEMAJA YEMAJA say that again.. It took you over 30 years to be told by Angels to claim your real name!
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NBA BANG BANG! Kyrie Irving Fined $25,000 for “Obscene Language” Towards Fan
On Monday, the Brooklyn Nets faced the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA’s slew of Martin Luther King Jr. Day games. Irving is eligible to play in away games and played against his former team in Cleveland. That’s when a fan made a remark, and Irving responded.
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Call to Action to Dismantle Structural Racism and Economic Disparities in Minneapolis-St. Paul
In response, these leaders reached out to seven African American nonprofit executive directors (I was one) and together, we established the Itasca North Minneapolis Partnership. The Partnership’s mission: develop and implement strategies to better leverage private-sector employment and economic development assets against the disparate and deepening racial and economic disparities experienced by African Americans in North Minneapolis.
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4 Black Led TV Shows To Look Forward To In 2022
For two years, the movie and television industries have been stagnant. Filming slowed down because of the pandemic as mandates regarding gatherings prevented production. Now that things are beginning to normalize, the industry is coming back with a vengeance. For the first time in a long time, there are so many shows that we are […]