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Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—and It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid

Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African–born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.

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'Young black lives are being cut short as apologists are too scared to police'

Confronted by someone you believe could be carrying a knife, gun or enough drugs to kill a group of addicts, as a police officer what would you think...

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The Theatrical Release of “Compensation” Is Cause for Celebration

Zeinabu irene Davis’s 1999 feature, a century-spanning vision of two deaf Black women in Chicago, is among the greatest independent films but has...

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Noname's Book Club, Radical Hood Library Seeks Donations

Singer launched her Radical Hood Library in Oct. 2021, where she hosts film screenings and packages books to send to incarcerated people

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Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?

As the Eaton fire swept through Altadena, California, Mai-Lin Graves came to a brutal realization: The victims were people she grew up with....

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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The year style DIDN'T go into lockdown

Nobody could say 2021 was the easiest year in any way. And that includes getting dressed up. But as these pictures show, style did not go into...

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Debenhams shoppers rush to buy 'timeless' leather jacket with 60% off

Debenhams customers have been racing to snap up a "timeless" jacket that has been drastically reduced in price. Shoppers have hailed it as "simply...

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For 144 years, Black Americans were banned from joining the Marines. But when the US needed support, 20,000 Black recruits stepped up to serve.

In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reluctantly banned racial discrimination in the United States Marine Corps. Montford Point became the...

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Kia Sportage - does it deserve to be the UK’s best-selling SUV?

Everyone wants an SUV, or so it seems; sales of sports utility vehicles last year accounted for 33 per cent of new car purchases in the UK, up 10 per...

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Slave codes used to dictate what enslaved people could or couldn't wear. Newly freed Black Americans shed their old clothes as a symbol of freedom.

Until the 19th century, slave codes in certain states dictated what enslaved people could or couldn't wear. Newly freed Black Americans shed their...

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