Entertainment, Politics and Sports
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Count me in as one of the fans of Issa Rae’s hit show Insecure. I missed the first season, but then I binged watched it and so far I have
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BTN STAFF Chicago is joining other cities like Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Milwaukee in using computer algorithm technology to try and predict where crime will occur in the city. One of those methods is called
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BTN STAFF In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Oprah Winfrey revealed she is still very conscious about watching her weight. “I can’t accept myself if I’m over 200 pounds, because it’s too
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By Brent Staples Article Submission I started first grade at an all-black elementary school in Chester, Pa., a deeply segregated factory town near Philadelphia, in 1957 – three years after the Supreme Court ruled in
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer 20-year-old Chicago artist Cupcakke had a talk with Rolling Stone about her career and what inspired her to turn from a church poet into a rapper who makes sexual songs.
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By David Love Article Submission Educational segregation is not a thing of the past but rather is alive and well more than six decades since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Back
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Students who can’t afford uniforms in New Orleans all-charter-system are routinely barred from attending school. And their parents can end up in jail. By Ashana Bigard Article Submission When a New Orleans charter school made headlines recently for
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Master P dropped an EP a couple of months ago titled Intelligent Hoodlum. The joint has nine tracks, and for the most part, most of them are dope. Yes, I
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