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Friday, October 1, 2021

Police Killings Undercounted by More Than Half, Study Says

A new study found that not only are police killings undercounted by more than half, but Black men’s killings are mislabeled at higher rates than any other race. From 1980 to 2019, more than 55 percent of the 31,000 killings by cops were assigned other causes in federal death data.

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Donnie Simpson Announces Return of Video Soul; Big Tigger Teases Rap City '21

Given all the turbulence and turmoil of the last two years, I, like many of you, have been yearning for the days of yore, when things weren’t so *gestures wildly* .

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Xavier Prather Makes Television History as the 1st Black Winner of CBS' Big Brother

I know, I know!

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Dr. Dre Will Be Joined by Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar for Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

In the post-Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl Halftime Show era, the NFL has gone to great lengths to produce family-friendly entertainment (while we refill our drinks and nachos) with varied results. But thanks in part to Blue Ivy’s daddy, the first-ever Super Bowl in Los Angeles this century will not only…

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California Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to Descendants

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that returns beachfront property, known as Bruce’s Beach, to descendants of a Black couple who had the land taken away from them after they were forced out of Manhattan Beach nearly one hundred years ago.

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