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VIDEO: Howard University President Offers Rx for Treating Covid-19

Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, who is also a physician, has a preliminary diagnosis for America’s condition while fighting the coronavirus. “I would say the patient is critically ill, but it is a […]

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Police, Protesters Clash in Chicago as Violence and Looting Plague City

Chicago’s summer of unrest because of strained relations between the police and minorities continued unabated this past weekend, with protesters clashing with authorities and police releasing videos of those who looted high-end stores in the […]

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Minneapolis burning as race relations flare

Black Lives Matter, they say. His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it didn’t. They say. Minneapolis is the latest U.S. city whose threads are fraying and burning over race relations. Protesters […]

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Man Dies after Violent New ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Arrest

Echoing what’s become a slogan for Black Lives Matter protesters, a stocky security guard yelled “I can’t breathe” as he was tasered seven times during his arrest earlier this summer, resulting in his death. George […]

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Kamala Chameleon: VP Hopeful Harris is a ‘Phony,’ Trump Says

Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked [Kamala Harris] — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s […]

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The Truths We Hold

  The Truths We Hold An American Journey by Kamala Harris Penguin Press Hardcover, $30. 336 pages ISBN: 978-0-525-56071-5   “We’ve seen… [the Trump] administration align itself with white supremacists at home and cozy up […]

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Film Review by Kam Williams   Barry Jenkins Directs Faithful Adaptation of Beloved James Baldwin Classic In 1974, James Baldwin published “If Beale Street Could Talk,” a love story, set in Harlem, about a beleaguered […]

Entertainment

Blacktrospective 2018

by Kam Williams Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Best Big Budget Black Films 1. If Beale Street Could Talk 2. Black Panther 3. Green Book 4. The Hate U Give 5. […]

Entertainment

The 10 Best, No, the 100 Best Films of 2018

by Kam Williams Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Cream of the Cinematic Crop 10 Best Big Budget Films 1. Crazy Rich Asians 2. Widows 3. Bohemian Rhapsody 4. Green Book 5. Vice 6. Black Panther […]