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Blavity Media Group shutting down 21Ninety, Home & Texture brands
21Ninety and Home & Texture brand logos. Blavity Media Group.
Blavity Media Group (BMG) is shutting down its 21Ninety and Home & Texture brands as the digital media company struggles to drive traffic to its media sites, according to an int...
GOP redistricting rampage, new Obama profile, 20 years of 'B'Day'
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Protests inside the Tennessee State Capitol. Photo: FOX 17 News
60 years after the Voting Rights Act, this 88-year-old Black man sees history repeating itself, The Root
Press Robinson, the first member of his famil...
Attack on Voting Rights Act, Saint Aug's bankruptcy, Allyson Felix comeback
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The Supreme Court. Photo via ABC News Live.
Supreme Court paves the way for largest ever drop in Black representation in Congress, NPR
A steep drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be coming after...
Supreme Court puts a 'bullet' in the Voting Rights Act
Photo of oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. Via C-SPAN.
The Supreme Court took a blowtorch to the landmark Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, in a ruling Al Sharpton called a “bullet in the heart of the voting rights movement.”
The ruli...
Harvard's slavery research debacle, my WHCD event, Behind Kanye's comeback
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Photo: Harvard University
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?, The Guardian
Harvard University launched a $100 million project to examine the school’s long ties to slavery. However, key r...
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