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Metro BoominThursday Notes: The State of the Black Press
In 1933, NFL owners secretly banned Black players; thirteen years later, Black journalists helped force reintegration — a history explored alongside the current state of the Black press.
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Meshell NdegeocelloWednesday Notes: Off-White, RIP Willis Reed and more
Off-White's Spring/Summer 2023 campaign, conceived by Ibrahim Kamara, drops as Wednesday Notes also marks the passing of Willis Reed — two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer.
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Tuesday Notes: Colson Whitehead, Mindy Kaling
The BLAAC PD study — which tracks Parkinson's Disease in Black and African American communities — is expanding to new clinical sites, a breakthrough in health equity research.
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Air Jordan 4Nike SB x Air Jordan 4 Pine Green
The Nike SB x Air Jordan 4 "Pine Green" pays tribute to Sandy Boedecker — the godfather of Nike SB — and designer Tinker Hatfield, releasing March 21 at 10 AM on SNKRS.
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Jaylen BrownUristocrat Sports Round-Up: Jaylen Brown, HBCU NIL, NFL Free Agency
Jaylen Brown opens up to the New York Times about his career year, educational inequality, and his complicated association with Kanye West — alongside HBCU NIL developments and NFL free agency.
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Donna SummerMonday Notes: Donna Summer, A New cold war in Africa, and more
A new Donna Summer documentary reveals the darkness behind her disco persona — "You're looking at me, but what you see is not what I am" — opening Monday Notes alongside US-Africa geopolitics.
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World Baseball ClassicUristocrat Sports Round-Up
Four top-10 seeds fell in opening weekend of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, as FiveThirtyEight breaks down the big winners from a wild first week — including Caitlin Clark's national spotlight moment.
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Karen BassSunday Notes: Karen Bass, Education, Real Estate Appraisals & the Air Movie
New Yorker writer Emily Witt profiles Karen Bass on fighting homelessness and reforming the LAPD as Sunday Notes also digs into discriminatory real estate appraisals and the upcoming Air movie.
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AmaaraeSaturday Notes: KAWS, Amaarae, Gov. Wes Moore
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pledges "the most full assault on child poverty" in the state's history, while Saturday Notes also spotlights artist KAWS and Ghanaian pop star Amaarae.
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Tiwa SavageFriday Notes: Tiwa Savage, NASA, The Roots...
Friday Notes argues it's long overdue to give Tiwa Savage her flowers — a force who has consistently pushed the scales toward equity in the male-dominated Afrobeats landscape.
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T-PainRelease Day: T-Pain, Glorilla, EST Gee
T-Pain interprets Sam Cooke and Frank Sinatra on a covers album, while EST Gee's raw Louisville mixtape and Glorilla's deluxe edition round out a stacked Friday release day.
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SarkodieThursday Notes: Hip-Hop at Fifty, Defining race...
Hip-hop turns fifty this year — and Thursday Notes explores the genre's origins alongside the sobering math that a $100,000 salary in New York City is worth less than $36,000 after taxes and cost of living.