Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 33rd iteration of the Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) opened on a somber note, as Los Angeles is still recovering from the […]
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Joe Biden exercises executive clemency
Outgoing Presidential Joe Biden continued his release list of pardons as a last act of his administration. The most notable was arguably his son, Hunter Biden in December, for felony […]
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Author Barry Michael Cooper dies at 66 years old
Barry Michael Cooper, who penned the “Harlem Trilogy” of “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above The Rim,” died in his Baltimore home at 66 last Wednesday. No cause of […]
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Joe Biden’s farewell address
“After 50 years at the center of all of this, I know that believing in the idea of America means respecting the institutions that govern a free society — the […]
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The irony of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Martin Luther King’s birthday
In the first quarter of a new millennium, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is specifically poignant for some people, as it falls on inauguration day (47th (and 45th) of President-elect […]
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The irony of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Martin Luther King’s birthday
In the first quarter of a new millennium, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is specifically poignant for some people, as it falls on inauguration day (47th (and 45th) of President-elect […]
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Jimmy Carter dies at 100 years old
39th president James Earl Carter, Jr. died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, 2024. The only chief executive to reach the centenary mark, he was preceded in […]
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The drama continues
Scandals involving high-profile hip-hop performing artists continue to spread, with Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter being the latest figure. An anonymous accuser claimed that the superstar entrepreneur raped her when she was […]
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(Her)story of slavery in the motherland
“I moved to Nigeria in 2018, and I lived there for several years. This includes the COVID years, and I was not mentally prepared for the things that I would […]
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Update on ‘Diddy’ Combs
Since his Sept. 16 arrest, rapper/producer/record executive Sean “Diddy” Combs has been held without bail at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, additional accusations and civil complaints continue to pile up concerning […]
