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President Obama and Vice President Biden Contrast their Successful Leadership of Recession to the President Trump’s Historic Failure to Manage the Current Health and Economic Crisis

(Updated w/full video) Vice President Joe Biden’s new campaign ad featuring a socially distanced conversation between him and his former boss, President Barack Obama, is brilliant. The ad is a teaser for a longer conversation that will air across both leaders’ social media platforms on Thursday, July 23. I hope we can get weekly conversations […]

Ava DuVernay Moves Into Non-Scripted With a Ten-Part Social Experiment, ‘Home Sweet Home,” for NBC

The “When They See Us” filmmaker created Home Sweet Home and she will produce via her production company Array Filmworks with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television. Each episode of the series follows two families who lead very different lives for a life-changing experience. It explores what it’s like to walk a mile in another person’s shoes […]

Don’t Look Deeper, starring Helena Howard and Don Cheadle Premieres on Quibi July 27

Set in Merced, California, “fifteen minutes into the future,” DON’T LOOK DEEPER centers on a high school senior who can’t seem to shake the feeling that something about her just isn’t right. And that something is… she’s not human… not one of us. This revelation of what she really is, where she comes from, and […]

NABJ Appalled at Alleged ‘Rank Racism’ at Fox News Schedules Meeting with CEO Suzanne Scott and Other Top Executives

WASHINGTON —Two years after Fox News paid $10 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Black employees, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is appalled to learn of new allegations of “rank racism” at the nation’s highest-rated cable network. According to a report published by the TheDailyBeast.com, a 90-minute call was held […]

Civil Rights Leader & Former Field General to Martin Luther King Jr, Rev. CT Vivian, Passed Away at 95

Beloved Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. CT Vivian passed away at his home in Atlanta Friday, July 17, just a few hours before his friend and fellow civil rights leader, John Lewis, passed on. Rev. Vivian, 95, marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was arrested and suffered brutal beatings by police in his […]

The Congressional Black Caucus Mourns the Loss of Congressman John Lewis

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement on the passing of House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman and Congressional Black Caucus Member, Congressman John R. Lewis (GA-05): The world has lost a legend; the civil rights movement has lost an icon, the City of Atlanta has lost one of its […]

Kevin Hart and John Travolta Star in Comedy Series, DIE HART, on Quibi

In DIE HART, Kevin Hart plays a fictionalized version of himself who’s tired of being the comedic sidekick. He gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run […]

Omar Epps and Desmond Meade Demand Prison Reform

Actor, Omar Epps, and voting rights activist, Desmond Meade, demand prison reform and call out the corruption that has made incarceration a for-profit game in the new short film, Unbreaking America: Justice for Sale produced by RepresentUs. NEW YORK – America locks up more people than any nation in the world: a horrifying 2.3 million. […]

Amendment 4 Leader, Desmond Meade, Expresses Disappointment with the Supreme Court’s Decision to Temporarily Block Florida Returning Citizens from Voting

“At the heart of this debate are hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, and all parts of the state,” said Desmond Meade, Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. “People who a federal judge said should vote in this election, but that our own government is now blocking.” “We are […]