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Superhero media is everywhere. Four of the Top Five movies of 2018 are superhero films, with Black Panther, Infinity War, and The Incredibles 2 taking the top three slots. There are literally dozens of live action superhero shows on TV, cable, and streaming. The number goes up exponentially when you factor in animation. Despite this […]

The MacArthur Foundation announced the winners of its prestigious fellowship on Thursday, and this year’s class is once again a diverse mix of scholars, artists, and activists. Two Black women — playwright Dominique Morisseau and choreographer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili — are among the list of this year’s 25 awardees. Like the rest of the fellows, […]

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LaShonda Childs posted about the domestic violence she had experienced at the hands of her boyfriend and two weeks later, he killed her.

After pleading no contest to a 2015 hit-and-run case that left a man dead and another seriously injured, Death Row records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Faced with the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars if convicted of killing Terry Carter, Knight decided to accept […]

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