Wanna Hear a Story...Based on Octavia E. Butler's Kindred? Janicza Bravo to Direct Upcoming FX TV Show Pilot

Earlier this spring, FX announced it had ordered a new television series pilot based on the late Octavia E. Butler’s iconic novel Kindred.

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Police in California Arrest White Supremacist With Weapons Cache, Racist Manifesto

A white man in California was arrested last week after being found with an arsenal of weapons, ammo, and a manifesto saying he wanted to kill Black, Hispanic and Jewish people.

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Virginia Sheriff's Deputy Indicted in Shooting of Another Unarmed Black Man Whose Cell Phone Was Not a Gun

On April 21, 32-year-old Isiah Brown was shot numerous times by a Spotsylvania County, Va., sheriff’s deputy not long after the same deputy had given him a ride home after his car broke down. The deputy had been called back to the scene to investigate a domestic disturbance, and at the time of the shooting, which the…

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NFL Will Play Black National Anthem Before Every Week 1 Game (Laughs in Colin Kaepernick)

Ain’t it just like the man to shadow ban the player who started the movement and then come back and embrace the movement but not the player?

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Black Women Bear the Brunt of Criminalized Pregnancy and Motherhood. Here’s Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore It

Pregnancy means a time of joy, full of celebrations and preparations for exciting changes. But in the United States, for Black women on a journey to parenthood, it could mean a direct pathway to incarceration.

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