Category: feature stories
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Rupert Murdoch and ‘Empire’s’ Hold on Black America
Just this Wednesday, 2015’s biggest smash hit Empire, had its season finale drawing in 17 million viewers to ever growing viewership. Empire is probably my favorite show of 2015 so far beating out Archer and How to Get Away with Murder. The show has everything a good drama should have and every week its packs…
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Black Voice Actors
Regina King King has had many iconic acting roles in shows like Southland (2009-13) and 227 (1985-90) and in 1990s films like Poetic Justice, Boyz n the Hood, Friday and Jerry Maguire. However, she has also voiced the iconic Huey and Riley Freeman from The Boondocks (2005-14). See more at: http://blerds.atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/12/10-black-voice-actors-you-didnt-know-were-behind-some-of-tvs-most-popular-animated-characters/2/#sthash.4djWn5wF.dpuf
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The Money of Gender Inequality: Capitalism reinforces the gender binary and it can also destroy it
I started working at the age of 16 in an attempt to make enough money to buy fast food and go to the movies. Ever since that young age I have had 10 female superiors in every job that I worked. Just twenty years ago, the field of journalism and media was dominated by white…
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#BlackLivesMatter: Riots And Rally Cries
http://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/blacklivesmatter-riots-rally-cries/1355/
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Underrated TV Shows of 2014: ‘The Knick,’ ‘Utopia’ and more | TheCelebrityCafe.com
Underrated TV Shows of 2014: ‘The Knick,’ ‘Utopia’ and more | TheCelebrityCafe.com.
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Summer 2013 and the Creativity Process
People are not stupid. Even though Grown Ups 2 and Despicable Me 2 out-grossed Pacific Rim, doesn’t mean that people are stupid. It just means that people don’t like to try things that are different. The problem is that if people had to choose between trying something new and something that they know works, they…
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Xenophobia in the USA
I really don’t know how to start this blog entry off but I will try my best. I think that this week brings up some interesting issues we have in this country about minorities and fear. After major events in the USA, the powers that be made life harder for people who were not White…
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Adoption hurdles for LGBT families: LGBT couples discuss some of the challenges of adopting a child
By Ricky Riley | epicarthouse.net Less than half of the states in the U.S recognize same-sex adoption outright The Child Welfare Information Gateway reports that there were an estimated 400,540 children in the foster care system. Most of these children won’t have homes that they can call their own. In fact, they may stay in…
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