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The 50 Best Black Twitter Accounts Under 50K Followers
You don’t need a massive audience to be massively influential. Get familiar.
Breonna Taylor Is Not A Meme
It’s good to spread awareness — but let’s actually do something instead of relying on punchlines.
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The Gap is looking for that billion-dollar Adidas come-up — but why should Yeezy stop there?
Chuck D Wants a Black Woman in the White House
The revolution is being televised and it’s still scary for Black folks. PE’s fearless leader believes it’s time for men to step aside.
8 Terms From 2020 That Need to Disappear, Ranked
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented neologisms, but it’s time to cut these off
The Man Whose Surveillance Camera Sparked a National Uprising
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It’s All Fun and Games Till A White Person Asks to Fondle Your Fro
When workplace morale-boosting activities go from innocent fun to inclusion fail
Our 7 Favorite Types of Angry Comments on LEVEL Articles, Ranked
Oooh, someone’s big mad
Are You Down To Incorporate Pain Into Your Sex Life?
Are you ready for some bondage?!
The 5 Most Acceptable Toppings for Grits, Ranked
Time to start the region wars over Al Green’s least favorite food
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What June’s Never-Ending Fireworks Say About This Country
I’m sleep-deprived. You’re selfish. Whoever’s behind this is playing us both.
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Don’t be salty
The 5 Most Convincing Theories Behind Rampant Fireworks, Ranked
Cease fire, for Chrissakes!
My Ex-Bosses Are Scrambling to Not Get Canceled
Amid a widespread workplace reckoning, their apologies seem disingenuous and borne of White guilt
The 7 Greatest Black Summertime Traditions, Ranked
Here it is, a list slightly transformed — just a bit of a break from the norm
A Frank Conversation About Co-Parenting in a Pandemic
Divorced parents. A 13-year-old-daughter. Quarantine. Could it be any more uncertain?
How to Step Your Sex Game Up With Dirty Talk
Ghostface knew: Sometimes verbal intercourse makes all the difference
The 6 Best Blackety-Black-Black Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth, Ranked
Everyone might be getting the day off, but sometimes you gotta cling to what’s yours
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The only gift guide that matters
Why Black People ‘Resist Arrest’
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The 5 Men on ’90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Who Are Trash, Ranked
Protect Usman at all costs!
Why Do Black Men Keep Failing Black Women?
White folks aren’t the only ones who need to be atoning…
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Once and for all: it’s really (totally) fine!