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'The Bleaching Syndrome': Afro-Arab woman explores trauma of skin bleaching and anti-Blackness

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Mothers of the Movement and Black female celebrities, including Beyoncé, urge Senate to act on voting rights

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Rapper G Herbo opens up about PTSD to address ‘mental illness war zone’ in Chicago

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'Spread love not fear': Art movement uplifts as DC businesses struggle amid coronavirus shutdown

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Nipsey Hussle's legacy ignites change year after his death

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#OscarsSoWhite: The bleak truth about diversity and the Oscars

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In his fight for prison reform, Pusha T spotlights the 'domino effect' of mass incarceration

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Rapsody's album 'Eve' weaves past and present in a tribute to 'unwavering' black women who broke barriers

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Missy Elliott to receive MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

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Tyler Mitchell's historic Beyoncé portrait for Vogue heads to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery