BTN STAFF This week Under Armour released a new Steph Curry sneaker and it didn’t go well with folks on the internet. To be fair to the sneaker bashers, they are some ugly shoes that
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And it was all yellow: Why yellow is the newest trend in book covers
By: Tracy Mumford Article Reprint Every week, The Thread tackles your book questions, big and small. Ask a question now. Have you noticed your bookshelf getting a little bit sunnier? A little more eye-popping? A
Read more10 Words That Some Jamaican Either add or drop the “h”s
by Denise Clarke Article Reprint The Jamaican language is an intriguing part of our culture. The nuances and accents change from one end of the island to the other sometimes baffling foreigners and even our
Read moreJamaican Jokes: Rasta man vs Yale Graduate
jamaicans.com Article Reprint The National Poetry Contest was now down to the last two contestants; A Yale graduate and a Jamaican Rasta man. They were given a word and were allowed two minutes to study
Read more‘Hey Black Child’ –Poem by Useni Eugene Perkins
Article Submission Hey Black Child, Do you know who you are? Who you really are? Do you know you can be What you want to be? If you try to be what you can be.
Read moreDenver student withdraws her art after police criticism
By DONNA BRYSON Article Reprint DENVER — It’s a provocative image, for sure, and Denver’s police unions complained when they saw the student’s artwork honored in the school system’s annual best-of-city show: It depicts an
Read moreMy Story: “HIV Is My Roommate”
By Marvelyn Brown Article Reprint People LOVE to say, “Oh she is living with HIV.” Correction: HIV is living with me. If I were living with HIV, I would live my life by HIV’s terms
Read moreRussian Boy Gamer Who “Won” a Month With a Porn Star Is a Child Actor
By: Marina Galperina Article Reprint A viral story too viral to be a story hit the internet two days ago when a 16-year-old “gamer” in Moscow “won” a month-long hotel cohabitation experience with a porn
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