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The Wiz Live! premieres tonight, featuring an impressive star-studded cast of greats like Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West (pictured above), Queen Latifah as the Wiz (!!!), Uzo Aduba as Glinda — the list goes on and on! (And in case you were wondering — yes, Uzo Aduba can sing.) Although previous musicals in the NBC…
If you’re a black Airbnb user that’s had a sneaking suspicion hosts are giving you the run-around when you try to book a rental, you might be on to something. A working paper (pdf) from three Harvard Business School researchers suggests that users with black names have more trouble booking rentals. While the company doesn’t…
View this image › Daniel Holtzclaw in court on Dec. 10, while the verdict was being read. Sue Ogrocki / Via AP ID: 7521383 Former Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been found guilty of multiple counts of rape — first and second degree — as well as sexual battery, procuring lewd exhibition, and…
After four days of deliberation, a jury found former Oklahoma City Police Department Officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault on Thursday December 10. Holtzclaw, who has been on trial since November 2, was accused of sexually assaulting 13 black women in the community he patrolled. All 13 women testified…
If you’re keeping score at home about whether or not a “War on Christmas” is going on in this country, it looks like you can add another tally to the “Yes” side: Historically black churches in the South keep getting burned down. Yep, this one’s pretty much an open-and-shut case. Sure, it’s easy to write…
Yesterday, the Los Angeles County DA’s office announced that it would not be pressing charges against highway patrol officer officer Daniel Andrew, who was filmed punching 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock in July 2014. It may go without saying but needs to be noted regardless: Pinnock is black. Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey’s statement, via the Los Angeles…
This is what I wore to work today. On my way to get a burrito before work, I was detained by the police. I noticed the police car in the public lot behind Centre Street. As I was walking away from my car, the cruiser followed me. I walked down Centre Street and was about…
You may have heard about the staggering wealth inequality that exists in America. A new report gives us some new figures that show just how bad the situation is. Among the findings from “Billionaire Bonanza: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us” by the Institute for Policy Studies: At $2.34 trillion, the Forbes 400…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link These People Complaining About “The Wiz” Seem To Have Forgotten That “The Wizard Of Oz” Exists http://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/thes… Let’s learn some Broadway history, shall we? These People Complaining About “The Wiz” Seem To Have Forgotten That “The Wizard Of Oz” Exists.
The word for debt in German also means guilt. A friend who used to live in Munich mentioned this to me recently. I took note because I’m newly in debt, quite a lot of it, from buying a house. So far, my debt is surprisingly comfortable, and that’s one quality of debt that I’ve been…