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Netflix brings real Black cowboys out of history's shadows

Netflix's recent release of The Harder They Fall, a Western starring Black cowboys, has been met with both criticism and praise. Some aren't allowing one flaw to distract from the bigger picture.

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Got water?: Flint still has lead in its water. Nestlé should have done more to help.

Water is the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain; forms streams, lakes, and seas; and is a major constituent of all living matter. It is a basic need but also a public resource that has been misused, mistreated, and exploited for money.

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Cocoa: A taste of slavery

While it may be difficult to envision someone who willingly goes each day to fulfill a task as a slave, in places like Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, it's a tragic reality.

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Ahmaud Arbery's murder: A travesty in the making?

Our country has acquired a nasty taste for criminalizing Black victims and using irrelevant information from their pasts to influence trials meant to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Lorena Gonzalez: Seattle's stronger choice for the LGBTQ community

Debbie Carlsen, LGBTQ+ advocate and co-founder and former executive director of LGBTQ Allyship gives her take on who is the better candidate for Seattle Mayor.

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The "doll test" shows why society desperately needs Target's newest collaboration with multicultural doll company Orijin Bees

Cultural representation in the toy industry has historically been disproportionate; this applies to dolls especially. Target's collaboration with Orijin Bees is a groundbreaking development.

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Dave Chappelle swears off jokes about LGBTQ people amid competing complaints of "punching down"

Is Chappelle saying that the LGBTQ community doesn't deserve what they've gained? No. Not at all. But what he is asking is: where is the mutual empathy?

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Poetry = life: The love that dares not speak its name whispers in verse

Poetry, for centuries, has been an essential tool for expressing both love and desire, especially for "the love that dared not speak its name."

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Twelve Black creatives honored with MacArthur Fellowship grants

The MacArthur Foundation has honored 12 amazing Black creatives with its generous and prestigious Fellowship grants, out of 25 awardees overall — a record number of simultaneous Black winners for the MacArthur Fellowship since its inception since 1981.

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"I shouldn't have to beg": Petito search finds missing white woman syndrome at forefront of conversation

Although BIPOC people make up the majority of missing persons, they rarely get aggressive media attention due to racism in classification of the reports.

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