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The Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Is ‘Rewriting History’ While Carrying The ‘Cool Runnings’ Torch

Following in the footsteps of those who came before them, the Jamaican bobsleigh team is causing quite a chatter at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. If you’re a millennial who had an affinity for Disney classics throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the phrase “feel the rhythm, feel the ride,” uttered in the film […]

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Jesse Jackson Dies: Civil Rights Icon And Former Presidential Candidate Was 84

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 84. Jackson’s long career leaves behind an unmatched legacy of civic and political activism, including the creation of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and two presidential runs. Fighting segregation, working with MLK Jackson’s death was announced Tuesday by

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MEAC regular season basketball races are becoming too close to call

First place in the MEAC has not been a safe place for anyone this college basketball season, especially on the men’s side. With just about two weeks left in the regular season, we take a look at both the men’s and women’s races in the MEAC, with tournament position becoming more important each game. Men

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Netflix Scores Exclusive Deal with Japanese Creator MEGUMI, Unscripted Series Incoming

Netflix announced that it has signed a deal with Japanese creator MEGUMI to produce several unscripted projects for the streaming service exclusively. Badly in Love is MEGUMI’s first unscripted project. In it, she explores Japan’s yankii, a youth culture characterized by rebellion and edginess and marked by strong loyalties. In her show, she combines this

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Jesse Jackson Dies: Civil Rights Icon’s HBCU Legacy Lives On

The news that Jesse Jackson dies marks the passing of a defining figure in American civil rights, electoral politics, and Black institutional advocacy. Rev. Jesse Jackson spent more than five decades shaping national conversations around race, economics, and access to opportunity. As the country reflects on his impact, the HBCU community is mourning not just

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84

By Char Adams The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a

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Real-Life Legends: Love & Basketball’s 25-Year Impact Celebrated in Beverly Hills

*Culture, legacy, and representation took center stage as Hollywood gathered for 25 Years of Love & Basketball: A Cultural Tribute + Conversation at the elegant The Maybourne Beverly Hills. The afternoon celebration marked the 25th anniversary of Love & Basketball and simultaneously launched the 2026 season of the HBCU First LOOK Film Festival during NBA All-Star Week. The event honored

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Black activists fought for slavery exhibits 24 years ago. The fight returned under Trump.

By Claretta Bellamy A federal judge Monday ruled that the Trump administration wrongly removed slavery memorial panels that were placed at a historical Philadelphia site in 2002. The decision came after the Black activists who pushed the city to place the panels again organized in support of their presence last month. The National Park Service removed

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More than 70,000 voters will stay on North Carolina voter rolls after settlement

By Jane C. Timm More than 73,000 North Carolinians will be given more time to show identifying documentation to election officials to remain on the state’s voter rolls following a settlement between the national parties and the state’s election board. The settlement, which lays out the ways in which the state will collect the required proof

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