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  A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center shows the importance of social media activism. The hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, is still shared 17,000 times daily throughout social media according to the story. The study also reveals that while a majority of Americans believe that social media are important in accomplishing a range of political […]

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If found guilty, Officer Gwendolyn Bishop could lose up to 30 vacation days and also faces a year of probation.   Gwendolyn Bishop, a Black cop with the New York Police Department, faces disciplinary action after she tweeted “#Blacklivesmatter,” in response to a gun alert from her precinct. https://twitter.com/NYCEMSwatch/status/847099035982991361 “Sad day for the 76th Pct. […]

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https://twitter.com/isitjustus2/status/847134436302848000 In this day and age when racial tension and issues with the police are at an all time high, often times people are forced to choose sides.  One Brooklyn cop learned that the hard way after she replied to a department Twitter post with the hash tag “Blacklivesmatter.” The New York Daily News reports […]

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Like Emmett Till was to the Civil Rights Movement, Martin is to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Five years ago, a hoodie was just a hoodie. But on February 26, 2012 that all changed. That was the day that Trayvon Martin was tragically killed for doing nothing more than walking down the street, wearing a hoodie […]

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Former President Barack Obama is getting his report card from an array of panelists for “Barack Obama Day” at Morehouse College. Playing off of President’s Day, a robust selection of speakers, panelists, and activists discuss Barack Obama and what his term means for Black people. Speakers include Vice President of news and men’s programming at Interactive One […]

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It looks like Nick Cannon is making some major changes after his announced leave from America’s Got Talent. According to Page Six, Cannon has fired members of his long-time team, including his ID-PR publicist Alla Plotkin and his ICM Partners agent Chris Smith. Sources continue that Cannon has recently “got really into religion” and refers to himself […]

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It’s part of the protest movement’s ‘week of action’ leading up to Donald Trump’s inauguration.   Black Lives Matter now offers a social media tool to help protest racism during its Week of Action, from Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Inauguration Day. Mic.com reports that BLM launched MarkYourselfUnsafe.com Tuesday. It allows Black Facebook users […]

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As Americans are still trying to come to terms with the outcome of the 2016 presidential election tensions are still at an all-time high, especially when not only the President-elect himself continues to fan the flames, but also his batch of extremist conservative supporters. One of the most vocal Trump supporters is Tomi Lahren, who […]

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POTUS shared that after his term comes to an end, he and his wife will be involved in politics at a grassroots level.

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Throughout the 2016 election coverage and campaigning, we saw just how dangerous things could turn when Donald Trump supporters and Hillary Clinton supporters were all in the same place. While casting their ballot at a Michigan poll site, things got crazy between a few voters. A video making it’s rounds on the internet shows a […]

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Weezy finally took to social media to comment on the backlash he's been receiving.