Beyonce and Jay-Z are getting recognized for achievements outside of music: The power couple will be honored at the GLAAD Media Awards for accelerating LGBTQ acceptance. GLAAD announced Monday that the Carters will receive its Vanguard Award at its 30th annual awards on March 28 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The award, […]
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Trae Young gets first triple-double, John Collins notches first 30 & 20 game
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie didn’t care that the Brooklyn Nets gave an ugly performance. They still escaped Atlanta with a victory. “Honestly, we just got enough stops, just barely enough stops,” Dinwiddie said. “We gave up a lot and we missed a lot of free throws that made it harder on ourselves than it […]
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Positivity app iShallBe provides alternative to social media
While Shelby Tinsley says that she loves social media, she admits that she’s not so happy about the effects that it has on a lot of people’s self-esteem. After seeing the negative emotions people can gain from social media, Tinsley decided that she wanted to provide positivity through technology with her app iShallBe. It’s her […]
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Emoji gods approve skin-tone options for couples of color
In 1664, Maryland passed the first British colonial law banning marriage between whites and slaves. An 1883 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state prohibitions on interracial marriage don’t violate the Fourteenth Amendment held for more than 80 years. While such impediments to marriage were dismantled over time, there are still hurdles, however small, to overcome. […]
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NCAA can claim victory after losing federal antitrust case
The NCAA was able to claim victory Friday night after a judge ruled against the governing body for college sports in a federal antitrust lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California, said college football and men’s and women’s basketball players competing at the NCAA’s highest level should be permitted to receive compensation from […]
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Fired Florida officer guilty of slaying black motorist
A fired Florida police officer was found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder Thursday for fatally shooting a stranded black motorist, becoming the first officer in the state to be convicted of an on-duty shooting in 30 years. Nouman Raja, 41, faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years at sentencing April 26, and could spend […]
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Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats line up behind marijuana legalization
A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders wants the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift as more Americans look favorably on cannabis. Making marijuana legal at the federal level is the “smart thing to do,” says California Sen. Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor whose home state is the nation’s largest legal pot […]
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Airport General Manager John Selden, others oppose proposed Senate bill that recommends state takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
On Thursday afternoon, cutting it close to the Legislature’s Crossover Day deadline, sponsors of a Senate bill that could see a state takeover of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport appeared to hopeful, despite an only 17 percent chance that the measure would pass, according to predictions made by analysts at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. As of press […]
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R. Kelly interview becomes a spotlight moment for Gayle King
Gayle King’s composure during an interview with an emotional R. Kelly about the sex abuse charges against the singer likely helped her more than any answers helped him. King proved unflappable as a crying Kelly leaped up in anger. In the excerpt aired on “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday, she didn’t flinch from challenging the […]
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NABJ challenges CNN’s commitment to diversity in their corporate offices
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced on Monday that it has placed CNN on a “special media monitoring list” due to the news platform lack of diversity, inclusion and equity practices. According to NABJ’s website, the association released a statement surrounding its “concerned about the lack of Black representation within the ranks of CNN’s executive […]
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation becoming a bastion of Civil Rights
Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z that already seems to have its hand in every aspect of the culture, has become a major player in civil rights activism. Its latest victory involved helping to clear 11-year-old Jabari Talbot, who was arrested last month after he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in his 6th-grade […]
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Concerned Black Clergy’s first female president
Monday evening, the Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. installed Reverend Bettye Holland Williams as their ninth president. Williams becomes the first female president in the organization’s history. “I used to make a statement that James Brown used to say: ‘It’s a man’s world. But it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman in the […]
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Medical marijuana bill passes Georgia House, on to Senate
The production and sale of low-potency medical marijuana oil could soon be allowed in Georgia under a bill passed Tuesday by the House. Lawmakers voted 123-40 to clear the measure, two days ahead of a legislative deadline that generally requires bills to pass at least one House by Thursday to survive. It now heads to […]
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Georgia House panel approves anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill
Amid tears, gasps and handshakes, a Georgia House committee approved legislation Wednesday to outlaw abortion after a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. Women in Georgia can currently seek an abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. A heartbeat is generally detectable by medical professionals at around […]
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Douglass wins State Title in Women’s Hoops
“Trust the process” is what Douglass Astros head coach Alana Allen told her players when she began coaching at Douglass and senior point guard Nekiyah Thompson remembered that as Doug defeated the Early County Bobcats 57-51 Thursday evening at the Macon Centreplex. This the schools first state title and much of the credit goes to […]