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President Trump Has Waged War on Obama’s Legacy

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By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about a rise in crime in the nation, that lacked […]

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Think Before You Ink: Are Tattoos Safe?

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Tattoos are more popular than ever. According to a 2015 Harris Poll, about 3 in 10 (or 29%) people surveyed have at least one tattoo. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is also seeing […]

New Orleans Removes Confederate Statues To Mixed Reaction

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by Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two […]

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Independent Documentary “Black White & Blue” Critically Examines Race, Police Brutality and America’s 2016 Presidential Election

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Film poster Nationwide — Set for release in early 2018, independent documentary BLACK WHITE & BLUEis a critical examination of the role race and police violence played in the 2016 presidential campaign. Some of the […]

Former NFL Wide Receiver Michael D. Jackson Killed in Motorcycle Accident

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Sad news for the NFL community. Former wide receiver Michael D. Jackson, who played for the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens from 1991-98, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Louisiana as reported by TMZ Sports. He was 48. The site reports […]

Speculation Persists About Kamala Harris Preparing for a Presidential Run In 2020

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A first-term U.S. Senator from California could be the rising star Democrats are hoping can lead the party in the 2020 presidential race. She is Kamala Harris who, according to her Senate bio, “was the […]

This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

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by Dani McClain Shonta Montgomery hugs her son Levell Jones at California Institute for Women in Chino, California. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson) (THE NATION) This week, black women in more than a dozen jails across […]

BET Networks Shutting Down DC Headquarters, Moving To NYC

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BET is shutting its Washington DC headquarters, the city where the network got its start in 1980 before it was acquired by Viacom in 2000. The office will close July 7, with operations to move to […]

Our Own Vines: Black Women Cultivate New Ground in the Wine Industry

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by BIANCA HOLMAN (NBC) African American women are cultivating success and living the “grapelife” in the U.S. wine industry — a field that traditionally has lacked a diverse landscape. Entrepreneurs such as Nichelle and Nicole […]

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Does Eating Fruit Prevent or Worsen Diabetes?

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Many of the more than 29 million people in the U.S. living with diabetes may avoid eating fresh fruit because of the relatively high amounts of sugar in things like bananas, apples, cherries and mangos. […]