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Black Farmers Won a $1.25 Billion Settlement, But Racism Ensured That Wasn’t Enough

We check in with the lawyer — Greg Francis — who won the 2010 settlement.

5 min readJun 18, 2021

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Black Farmers Won a $1.25 Billion Settlement, But Racism Ensured That Wasn’t Enough

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Black Artists Are Fed Up With Grammy Snubs, But Don’t Always Respect the Alternatives

Black awards shows exist, yet artists never seem to hold them in the same regard

8 min readMar 12, 2021

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Black Artists Are Fed Up With Grammy Snubs, But Don’t Always Respect the Alternatives

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Black Users Made Clubhouse a Phenomenon — How Will the App Treat Them in Return?

The voice-chat social platform skyrocketed in popularity last fall, largely due to an influx of Black users

16 min readMar 10, 2021

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Black Users Made Clubhouse a Phenomenon — How Will the App Treat Them in Return?

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This Museum Is Fighting the Erasure of Black Music History

The National Museum of African American Music sets the music record straight when it comes to U.S. history

7 min readFeb 23, 2021

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This Museum Is Fighting the Erasure of Black Music History

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Divide and Dissolve are Toppling White Supremacy Song by Song

With Black and Indigenous heritage, this experimental doom music duo pushes us to consider a world without supremacy

5 min readDec 16, 2020

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Divide and Dissolve are Toppling White Supremacy Song by Song

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Gaming’s Racism Problem Doesn’t Go Away When You’re an Esports Star

‘Call of Duty’ gamer Kris ‘Swagg’ Lamberson breaks down how he battles the hate

4 min readDec 10, 2020

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Gaming’s Racism Problem Doesn’t Go Away When You’re an Esports Star

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Malcolm X’s Daughter on BLM, Sports Activism, and the ‘Right’ Way to Protest

Ilyasah Shabazz suggests we take her father’s advice and keep pushing for justice

5 min readSep 14, 2020

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Malcolm X’s Daughter on BLM, Sports Activism, and the ‘Right’ Way to Protest

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Police Departments Hate to See This Lawyer Coming

George Floyd family attorney on fear, police brutality, and pushing for policy change

7 min readAug 25, 2020

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How Covid-19 Killed Live Shows and Rappers’ Incomes

With touring accounting for more than half an artist’s income, people have been forced to get creative.

7 min readJul 16, 2020

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A Brooklyn Barbershop Re-Opens, and the Ghost of Covid-19 Remains

Crown Heights mainstay X-Clusive is back handing out fresh cuts — masked, gloved, and by appointment only.

6 min readJul 2, 2020

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Keith Nelson Jr

Keith Nelson Jr

Writer by fate, journalist by passion. Bylines at: REVOLT, Grammys.com, Discogs, Vibe Magazine, Okayplayer, REVERB, LEVEL Mag https://linktr.ee/KeithNelsonJr

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