Culture

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — When I pull up at The Loftin House, a nonprofit shelter that provides assistance to the most vulnerable women in this picturesque college town of nearly 50,000, I’m met by Aialiyah McGee, a soft-faced 19-year-old…
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After rolling up the the airport without a ticket for their child, an unidentified couple wound up leaving the infant at the check-in desk. The Parents Were Late For A…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies that was released on Wednesday downplays some components that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov.…
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Sunday, January 29, marked Oprah Winfrey’s 69th birthday, and the media mogul was honored during a dinner put on by Anastasia Beverly Hills (aka ABH). Anastasia Beverly…
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WASHINGTON — As Grant Hill stepped to the podium in the main concert hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he thought about all the great moments he experienced in the facility where his mother, Janet Hill, had…
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On publication day for Moonrise Over New Jessup, first-time novelist Jamila Minnicks felt guided by history. She felt the need to name things — like praying aunties, ancestral connections, and Black communities where making a way out…
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There’s a bright spot out West amid the dim landscape of diversity in college sports leadership. The West Coast Conference has an initiative called the Russell Rule, which requires schools to interview candidates from…
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This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences looked at an impressive crop of cinematic contributions by Black women and largely said, “No thanks.” The academy’s celebration of high-flying, big-budget maximalism (See:…
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In December 2022, New York "ambient country" band SUSS released a self-titled double LP. Not unlike their previous efforts, SUSS has already enjoyed its share of critical superlatives and placements on prominent…
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Twitter is having a field day with Kim Kardashian on the heels of her recent auction score, and some fashion throwbacks were thrown into the conversation! Kim Kardashian…
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