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Author: Kintsugi

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  • January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

The Talented Tessa Thompson

She’s been an action hero and a fashion rebel, but Tessa Thompson’s most important role is as Hollywood’s rising agent of change. BY ROXANE GAY  JAN 15, 2021 Thompson is aware

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  • January 20, 2021

7 Creative Ways to Use Up Leftover Coffee (is there such a thing?)

By Kirsten Nunez  January 13, 2021 If you’re a coffee fan, you probably know this situation all too well: You make a pot of coffee and drink your fill, only to realize th

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  • January 20, 2021

15 Things to Bake When It’s Too Cold to Go Outside

By Hayley Sugg  December 30, 2020 For my friends in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Alaska, and Utah. Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce Chocolate Lava Cake Banana Bread Pear Cobbler Ba

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  • January 20, 2021

Suze Orman Says These Are The Biggest Money No-Nos

 By Esther Trattner April. 07, 2020 Here are 34 major money don’ts — straight from the expert. Don’t be too quick to buy a home Don’t lease a car Don’t cosign a loan Don’t put

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  • January 20, 2021

Apple Launches New Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects Nationwide

Good Black News January 13, 2021 Today, Apple announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle sys

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  • January 20, 2021

Human Trafficking and Global Ministries

Across the globe and right here at home, millions of people are being exploited for profit. Human trafficking, also known as modern slavery, affected some 24.9 million people in 2016 (the most re

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  • January 20, 2021

A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century. JOSHUA COLEMAN JANUARY 10, 2021 Since I wrote my book&n

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  • January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

Capitol Insurrection

By JAY REEVES, LISA MASCARO and CALVIN WOODWARD | The Associated Press January 11, 2021 at 7:15 a.m. | UPDATED: January 11, 2021 at 8:06 a.m. WASHINGTON  — Under battle flags

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  • January 18, 2021

From Good Black News

Journalist and political commentator Abby Phillip will become the anchor of CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday” from 8-9 a.m. ET on Sundays, beginning January 24th. Harvard gra

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  • January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

8 Apps Security Experts Would Never Have on Their Phone

Lucie Turkel  Updated: Jan. 04, 2021 Google Assistant What’s App Facebook Messenger Certain VPNs Read more HERE

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  • January 18, 2021

How to Delete 99 Percent of Your Digital Footprint

Joe McKinley Updated: Mar. 06, 2020 It is possible to make yourself “disappear” from the Internet, says Porch.com security expert Robert Siciliano. But, he warns in an infor

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  • January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

We Tried Rotisserie Chickens From 6 Grocery Stores—Here’s Our Favorite

By Sarra Sedghi  The grocery store rotisserie chicken is queen in terms of convenience. The cooked bird is cheaper than a whole raw chicken and elevates the simplest meals. Most important

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  • January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Visualizing the U.S. Population by Race

By Iman Ghosh The American population is a unique mosaic of cultures—and almost 40% of people identify as racial or ethnic minorities today. In this treemap, we use data for 2019 f

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  • January 13, 2021

Has the President Committed Treason?

What is sedition? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, sedition is “language or behaviour that is intended to persuade other people to oppose their government”. While Donald Trump currently h

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  • January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Worse Than Treason

No amount of rationalizing can change the fact that the majority of the Republican Party is advocating for the overthrow of an American election. JANUARY 4, 2021 Tom Nichols Author of&nbs

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