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Philly ski mask ban, Diddy's newest lawsuit, Toxic beauty care products
Friday, December 8, 2023.
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The highly toxic beauty care products that are slowly killing Black women
“We were doing these perm relaxers with no idea that we were giving ourselves cancer all these many years,” one woman said. “I’m never using it again.”
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YSL trial begins, Derek Chauvin stabbed, RIP Jean Knight
Friday, November 29, 2023.
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The Montgomery melee shows that Black Twitter isn’t going anywhere
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Bobby Caldwell’s wife issues heartfelt thank you to Black listeners: ‘He’d be honored’
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This land has been in her family since the Civil War. Now, she's fighting to keep it.
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How Tubi is opening doors for independent Black filmmakers
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The self-destructive gospel of the Passport Bros
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Underdiagnosed and undertreated, young Black males with ADHD get left behind
A recent study found that young Black males are substantially more likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated for the neurological condition than…
Adult survivors act, Keith Lee's next stops, Another Mississippi man buried
Friday, November 24, 2023
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New book examines how pirates tried to sabotage the growth of the slave trade
The 18th-century pirates sowed havoc among human traffickers from Europe, burning and exploding their ships and ports.
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Tim Scott drops out, Ballot shortages in Mississippi, Diddy faces major lawsuit
Friday, November 17, 2023. Can we hit 20,000 subscribers before the end of the year?
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Kentucky rejects Cameron, Central Park Karen returns, Actors strike to end
Friday, November 10, 2023.
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My Indy Fresh Market story, Flint cases closed, Keith Lee shakes Atlanta
Friday, November 3, 2023.
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RIP Richard Roundtree, Tyler Perry dishes on BET, Scholastic backtracks
Friday, October 27, 2023.
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