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    Sep 25

    This year’s list of honorees is a reminder of the beauty and brilliance of blackness! Honoring the best and brightest of black America continues to be a revolutionary act and we salute this year’s honorees:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Black Pastor Encourages Those in Need to Take From the Collection Baskets Because the ‘Lord Told Him To’

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Why they kneel: ‘What’s free?’ The money bail revolution in Philadelphia and D.C.:

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  4. 4 hours ago

    .’s TrevorLIVE was filled with love and support of LGBTQ+ youth, featured cast of ‘Pose’:

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  5. 4 hours ago

    Secret Santa Spends $29,000 to Pay Off Every Single Layaway Account at a Pennsylvania Walmart

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  6. 5 hours ago

    North Philadelphia residents protested against a store that sold realistic toy guns to children in their neighborhood—and won.

    Philly Residents Protest Fake Guns Being Sold In Their Neighborhood
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  7. 6 hours ago

    This idiot put 'President Trump' in quotations because not even he can believe this shit is real:

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  8. 6 hours ago

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claps back at some unemployed windbag named Mike Huckabee:

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  9. 6 hours ago

    Tumblr announced they are banning adult content as of Dec. 17th. So..... do we still need Tumblr?

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  10. 7 hours ago

    Good samaritan fatally stabbed through car door window after giving money to homeless person:

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  11. 7 hours ago

    Milo Yiannopoulos pledges Broke Phi Broke because karma has finally decided to come and collect:

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  12. 7 hours ago

    After cops refuse to release video, report reveals E.J. Bradford was shot 3 times from the back:

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  13. 8 hours ago

    Cardi B must show up to court for strip club fight or she's getting arrested, the Judge has spoken:

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  14. 8 hours ago

    ‘Real White Housewives’ recap: Trump wants former fixer Michael Cohen in all the prisons:

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  15. 8 hours ago

    Movie director will soon be celebrating the 20 year anniversary of his first major film - The Best Man. Lee has been in this game for a minute, but does he get the respect he truly deserves?

    Breaking the Limits of "Urban" Cinema | Color Creatives
    Movie director Malcolm D. Lee has been in this game for a minute and has been bringing us hits since day one.
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  16. 9 hours ago

    Kamala Harris on potential presidential bid in 2020: "It's going to be ugly":

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  17. 9 hours ago

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claps back at some unemployed windbag named Mike Huckabee:

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  18. 9 hours ago

    Sandy still speaks: New Sandra Bland documentary uses her voice to uncover the still-untold tale of the fatal police stop in Texas:

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  19. 9 hours ago

    . is putting his boxing gloves down and heading to his directorial debut with a Bacardi collaboration:

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  20. 10 hours ago

    . must love playing with our emotions, teases new ‘Asterisk Collective’ project:

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  21. 11 hours ago

    Michelle Obama doesn't want to be president but that doesn't mean we should stop trying, right?

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