Internet sensation Doja Cat joins 2 other artists tied with 8 Grammys’ nods.
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Cori Bush wants accountability a Year after the Thugs Ram-shackled the White House
She is too busy trying to make sense of the Insurrection that took place last year at the White House. Moreover, Bush has already warned her colleagues that if there is no accountability, then the thugs win.
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GQ Men of the Year: Lil Nas X is turning Heads for 2022
On one photo by Paris Dukovic, he appears as a double, dressed in a printed gold silk dress next to himself in a tuxedo.
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US-Born Black Women At Higher Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy Than Those Who Immigrated
U.S.-born black women have been found to be at higher risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy than black immigrants. A new study considers both place of birth and sociological factors in determining the cause of this disparity. (Mustafa Omar/Unsplash) Black women born in the U.S. have a higher risk of cardiovascular complications during pregnancy than black […]
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The Last two black female comic book illustrators from the Top 10 list Part 4
Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating DC Comics’ Nubia: Real One (written by L.L. McKinney) and Black Josei Press’ Wash Day (written by Jamila Rowser).
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Looking at the Top 10 black Female comic book Illustrators Part 3
She has helped bring a lot of beloved Marvel comic book characters to life, from Miles Morales to the Runaways, but she best known for her contribution to the super smart superhero Moongirl series.
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A Look at More black Female comic book Illustrators who are on the Top 10 list
But Steenz left as a junior and worked as a comic book store manager at the Eisner-winning Star Clipper Comics in St. Louis until its closing in 2015.
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Stand Up for Equity in Cannabis and Stop Corporate Monopolies: Sign the Petition
And the double standard continues because while I was creating wealth. My dark-skinned friend who also happens to live in Hyde Park now.
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A look back on some of the Top 20 most engaged stories on The Narrative Matters 2021
Just last month, The Narrative Matters calculated over 500,000 views as we headed into the holidays. And since we are almost at the end of the year, the numbers will and indeed have dropped off.
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Headline: Over 200 Rappers Have Been Killed over the Past Two Years
Last year alone 200 rappers died. Yes, that’s correct, that is not a typo, you heard me right 200 rappers.
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Get to know Alitha Martinez & Bianca Xunise as two of the Top 10 black-female comic illustrators
Alitha Martinez, a comic book artist, who was born in New York, New York.
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Getting in touch with Mike Green and his initiatives to move the races forward
Their educational service offers safe transformative conversations on racial equity and American history. Moreover, with actionable steps toward societal change.
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Why are the Housing prices increasing Heading into 2022?
According to S&P Global Rating “United States is experiencing increase in house prices suddenly”. This has come in a time that many of the renters had planned to buy houses in the beginning of the new year. Majority had postponed buying new houses as they hoped the price would decrease to a reasonable amount. The […]
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Young Lives matter: A look at Chicago’s only teen jewelry designer Jason Rogers
His designs include Sterling Silver, white gold, and diamonds, which you can buy in his store.
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MLK’s Missing Legacy: Woke Warrior Part 6
Over the past two years, CGC clientele has grown from churches, school districts and library systems to national nonprofits, municipal government and police departments.
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TSA Pre-check warns that they will revoke privileges of unruly passengers
It’s a privilege that helps one save time at the airport, which because of all we go through while traveling, time is at a premium.
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Honoring Black Cultural Figures We Lost in 2021
The year is nearly over, and there have been some major ups and downs. We’ve seen a feeble attempt to overthrow the government, a literal plague of locusts, wildfires across several nations, and unfortunately, more resistant strains of COVID-19. The black community has had our fair share of upheaval as well, and we’ve said goodbye […]
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Why Should the Black Community Care About Crypto & NFTs?
Meta: Representative digital currency.Source: Shutterstock If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the last five years, you’ve heard about NFTs and cryptocurrency. These trades have become a highly lucrative way to make money for those who are knowledgeable (and lucky) enough to leverage them, so it’s no surprise that they’ve exploded in popularity. […]
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Life and style of the multi-talented Calel: A holiday look at our Independent talents
Yes, because they set the trap with Boosie, and he fell for it.
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Omicron is now dominant COVID-19 variant in US
Omicron has moved ahead of all the other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, CDC says on Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron’s share of infections in only one week. […]
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Climate change is real and the discussion is here to stay.
When the UN met in Glasgow, Scotland, for the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November, climate change was once again be in the spotlight. Climate change is real according to recent data from the Media and Climate Change Observatory it reached an all-time high in news coverage in November of 2021, In 2020, January was the high-water […]
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Racial biases impact media’s portrayal of Black people in the legal system, new media analysis released by Global Strategy Group
In collaboration with our partners at Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Global Strategy Group (GSG) has developed: Innocent Until Proven Guilty? A look at media coverage of criminal defendants in the U.S. This report takes a deep dive look at the discrepancies in media coverage of Black defendants versus white defendants.
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David Morgan Working hard to increase Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Media Power.
In that role, he managed the government and public affairs portfolios for the American Express OPEN business and the Tax and Human Resources functions and also served as Treasurer for the American Express Company’s political action committee.
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Ohio State College News: Urban Meyer had to go
The troubles for Urban Meyer did not stop there. Once training camp began the controversy continued as Meyer brought in Tim Tebow his college quarterback at Florida in to try out for the team at tight end, which is a position that Tebow never played.