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JAPANESE BREAKFAST . SHARES “BETTER THE MASK” PERFORMANCE VIDEO

"Starry-eyed and transportive, both primitive-sounding and futuristic. Comparisons to the back half of David Bowie's 1977 masterwork Low wouldn't be unfounded." -Entertainment Weekly

Media Visionary Dave Mays Launches Hip-Hop Podcast Network

Breakbeat to Produce Diverse Array of Compelling Podcast Content Serving the Global Hip-Hop Community

Media visionary Dave Mays, creator of The Source magazine, and business and finance heavyweight Kendrick Ashton have partnered to launch Breakbeat, a multi-media podcast network built to serve the interests and perspectives of the global Hip-Hop community. Breakbeat will deliver authentic, premium, and relevant audio and video content capturing the Hip-Hop community's distinct point-of-view. The platform, which will begin releasing its first shows on Tuesday, September 28th, will produce scripted, non-fiction narrative, news and discussion content, covering a wide range of subjects.

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These high school students are fighting for ethical AI

It's been a busy year for Encode Justice, an international group of grassroots activists pushing for ethical uses of artificial intelligence. There have been legislators to lobby, online seminars to hold, and meetings to attend, all in hopes of educating others about the harms of facial-recognition technology.

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DeSantis announces lawsuit against Biden administration over immigration policy

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a new lawsuit against the Biden administration over its so-called catch and release immigration policy.

Progressive uprising marks an existential moment for Democrats

Progressives in Congress are finally armed with the leverage they have craved for years and sense an existential moment for their movement.

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YouTube is cracking down on anti-vaccine misinformation

YouTube will remove videos spreading misinformation about any approved vaccine, not only those aimed at preventing Covid-19, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday.

Tennessee parents say some books make students 'feel discomfort' because they're White. They say a new law backs them up

A Tibetan-style cafe set up in Edinburgh, Scotland after its owner's chance encounter with the Dalai Lama has been saved from closure by a successful crowdfunding campaign.

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Attorney for Gabby Petito's family skeptical that fiancé Brian Laundrie's family will help FBI search

An attorney for Gabby Petito's family expressed skepticism Tuesday that the parents of her fiancé Brian Laundrie would help in the FBI's ongoing search for him.

Trump's former press secretary details his mysterious 2019 hospital visit in behind-the-scenes look at his White House

Former President Donald Trump's secret visit to Walter Reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy, according to Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former press secretary and first lady Melania Trump's chief of staff.

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Milley says he personally informed senior Trump officials of call with Chinese counterpart

Top US General Mark Milley offered a full-throated defense of his behavior during the last days of the Trump administration, including a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart, as he and other senior military officials appeared before lawmakers on Tuesday for a hearing about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Governor Abbott, TDEM Launch State-Sponsored COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In Waco

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will launch a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Waco. The infusion center will begin accepting patients tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 who have a referral from a doctor.

Bill Barr was right about this

In the spring of 2020, when there was still time for President Donald Trump to shift the focus of his re-election campaign, his attorney general, William Barr, reportedly offered the candidate sound (if expletive-laden) advice on the power and predilections of moderate suburban voters.

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Panthers Use Strong Defensive Effort To Extend State Fair Classic Winning Streak

DALLAS -- Prairie View A&M University (3-1) football team extended their State Fair Classic winning streak to four as they beat Grambling State 24-10 (1-3) at the Cotton Bowl Stadium. “It was a feeling of we have been here before,” said defensive lineman Jason Dumas who remained undefeated against Grambling in his time at PV. “We know it was a major accomplishment.”

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Digital records from 19th Century give Black families a glimpse of their ancestry

Millions of Freedmen’s Bureau records have become newly available, helping to break down a barrier to history that many Black families couldn't access.

After more than 20 years researching her family’s origin in America, Nicka Sewell-Smith found the name of an uncle who had filed a complaint about having his horse stolen. Another notation said he had shopped for bacon, a broom and tobacco in “Short’s Place” in Louisiana about seven months before the 13th Amendment was passed in 1865.

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Stacey Abrams: 'Callous' Leadership in These States Has Left Millions of Americans Without Health Coverage

Throughout the course of the pandemic, we have witnessed inequities ripple across our society, particularly along racial and socioeconomic lines. Most tellingly, this imbalance affects frontline workers — many of whom are people of color — who put their lives and health on the line to keep our communities functioning while risking their families' well-being.

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Black Iowa police chief faces backlash after bringing change

Last year, Joel Fitzgerald took over a department that has long experienced tension with the city’s Black community.

The first Black police chief in Waterloo, Iowa, is facing intense opposition from some current and former officers as he works with city leaders to reform the department, including the removal of its longtime insignia that resembles a Ku Klux Klan dragon.

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Black Iowa police chief faces backlash after bringing change

Last year, Joel Fitzgerald took over a department that has long experienced tension with the city’s Black community.

The first Black police chief in Waterloo, Iowa, is facing intense opposition from some current and former officers as he works with city leaders to reform the department, including the removal of its longtime insignia that resembles a Ku Klux Klan dragon.

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Art For the People 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Exhibition the Deluxe Theatre in Fifth Ward

Art For the People is a heartfelt 50th-anniversary tribute to the 1971 show organized by Dominique Deminelle and the late Congressman Mickey Leland In 1971 at the Deluxe Theatre, a present exhibition curated by Danielle Burns and organized by Harrison Guy.

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Jesse Jackson: Immigration rules should be clear and the playing field even

In one of the largest, fastest, most abrupt mass expulsions of refugees in modern U.S. history, the United States has begun flying some 12,000 Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to Haiti. Invoking executive authority asserted by Donald Trump, the Biden administration is enforcing the Donald Trump immigration policy when it comes to Haitians.

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Kamala Harris Raises 'Grave Concerns' Over Treatment of Haitian Migrants In Call with DHS Chief

Vice President Kamala Harris told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday that she had serious worries about the treatment of Haitian migrants by Border Patrol agents.