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On June 26, 2015, history was made after the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that same sex marriage was a constitutional right. The decision was made after years…

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Ladies on Bended Knee: Proposal Role Reversals on the Rise

Picture this: being down on one knee, looking lovingly up into the eyes of the one you love. You take a small velvet box from behind your back and open…

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Time For A Wake-Up Call – Do Black Lives Really Matter to the Black Community?

What will it finally take for the Black people in the United States to wake up? How many more of these unarmed shootings of Black men will it take for…

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Kendrick Lamar Feeds the People, Inspires Authors with New LP

As a weary traveler writing this article in one of Taiwan’s Taipei Airports, I’m reminded of the many highlights of my trip to Indonesia, but as the saying goes, “There’s…

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No Matter What Dame Dash Says, Being “Normal” & Having A Job is Okay

Former Rap Mogul Dame Dash said in a recent interview with Power 105’s Breakfast Club, “If a man isn’t a boss, then he isn’t a real man.” 15 years ago…

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Geraldo Rivera Thinks Hip-Hop Culture is Limiting Our Success. Is He Right?

Journalist and TV personality Geraldo Rivera recently appeared on HuffPost Live for a discussion on his political views. What started out as a conversation with host Josh Zepps about Rivera’s…

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Kendrick Lamar’s Blacker The Berry & How The Black-On-Black Crime Argument Hurts the Progress Against Police Brutality

Imagine if you were a guest speaker on “The O’ Reilly Factor” and you argued that police brutality is an unacceptable problem in Black communities that the government has to…

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Kristinia DeBarge Paves Her Own Lane While Contributing To Family Legacy

Kristinia DeBarge is a beautiful, intelligent and captivating songstress out of Pasadena, California, who knew she wanted to sing at the tender age of three. Makes sense coming from the…