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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Eight infants killed in fire in Algeria hospital

Officials rescued 11 infants and more than 100 women after a fire broke out in the maternity ward.

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Sierra Leone's David Simbo happy to play in non-Fifa Northern Cyprus

Sierra Leone's David Simbo is not concerned about playing in Northern Cyprus, which is not recognised by Fifa.

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Speed Is Killing the Planet. Time to Focus on Efficiency

The climate crisis is rushing at us like a bullet train. We have to stop obsessing over velocity and become efficiency fanatics.

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All I Ever Wanted Was a One-Trick Pony

Our devices do way too much—and not always on our behalf.

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Top 3 Semiautonomous Cars for the Non-Millionaire

The newest driver-assist technology is making vehicles safer and comfier—and not just for the rich.

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Essential Gear for Every Driver-for-Hire

Rack up those five-star reviews by keeping everyone in the car safe and happy.

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The On-Demand Economy Brings Us Something Useful: Nature

Subscription services for plants could help reknit our frazzled souls, stimulate our boxed-in minds, and enliven our indoor world.

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Stop Renting E-Scooters Every Day and Just Buy One Already!

Whether you're a multimodal commuter or a hard-charging urbanite, there are now tantalizing alternatives to shared rides.

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Algorithms Are Not What You Smartypants Think They Are

Grasping algorithms just enough, thinking they're within our puny reach, only makes them more powerful.

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The Future Face of High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor

Amtrak's popular Acela line is getting a $2.4 billion upgrade—and 10 mph faster. The new trains have to prove they can take the curves quickly and comfortably.

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How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis

In 2004, when a tsunami devastated communities in southern Asia, videos shot by tourists and locals became a new tool for analyzing the deadly waves.

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Zero's Latest Electric Motorcycle Makes for a Zappy Commute

The new SR/F model can rocket from 0 to 60 in under two seconds and jet an impressive 161 miles between charges.

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Game-Changing Tech Behind 'Young' Will Smith in 'Gemini Man'

The film's f/x artists tried to create, with pure data, a shockingly realistic 23-year-old Will Smith. Their true aim: to finally cross the uncanny valley.

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Forget Mensa! All Hail the Low IQ

Ask not where you rank on the intellectual leaderboard, but what you want from your mind.

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Meghan and Harry meet surfing mentors on Cape Town youth project

The couple heard how surfing mentors aim to help vulnerable young people turn around their lives.

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Monday, September 23, 2019

Computing and artificial intelligence: Humanistic perspectives from MIT

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) will reorient the Institute to bring the power of computing and artificial intelligence to all fields at MIT, and to allow the future of computing and AI to be shaped by all MIT disciplines.

To support ongoing planning for the new college, Dean Melissa Nobles invited faculty from all 14 of MIT’s humanistic disciplines in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to respond to two questions:  

1) What domain knowledge, perspectives, and methods from your field should be integrated into the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and why?

2) What are some of the meaningful opportunities that advanced computing makes possible in your field? 

As Nobles says in her foreword to the series, “Together, the following responses to these two questions offer something of a guidebook to the myriad, productive ways that technical, humanistic, and scientific fields can join forces at MIT, and elsewhere, to further human and planetary well-being.”

The following excerpts highlight faculty responses, with links to full commentaries. The excerpts are sequenced by fields in the following order: the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

Foreword by Melissa Nobles, professor of political science and the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

“The advent of artificial intelligence presents our species with an historic opportunity — disguised as an existential challenge: Can we stay human in the age of AI?  In fact, can we grow in humanity, can we shape a more humane, more just, and sustainable world? With a sense of promise and urgency, we are embarked at MIT on an accelerated effort to more fully integrate the technical and humanistic forms of discovery in our curriculum and research, and in our habits of mind and action.” Read more >>

Comparative Media Studies: William Uricchio, professor of comparative media studies

“Given our research and practice focus, the CMS perspective can be key for understanding the implications of computation for knowledge and representation, as well as computation’s relationship to the critical process of how knowledge works in culture — the way it is formed, shared, and validated.”

Recommended action: “Bring media and computer scholars together to explore issues that require both areas of expertise: text-generating algorithms (that force us to ask what it means to be human); the nature of computational gatekeepers (that compels us to reflect on implicit cultural priorities); and personalized filters and texts (that require us to consider the shape of our own biases).” Read more >>

Global Languages: Emma J. Teng, the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations

“Language and culture learning are gateways to international experiences and an important means to develop cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity. Such understanding is essential to addressing the social and ethical implications of the expanding array of technology affecting everyday life across the globe.”

Recommended action: “We aim to create a 21st-century language center to provide a convening space for cross-cultural communication, collaboration, action research, and global classrooms. We also plan to keep the intimate size and human experience of MIT’s language classes, which only increase in value as technology saturates the world.” Read more >>

History: Jeffrey Ravel, professor of history and head of MIT History

“Emerging innovations in computational methods will continue to improve our access to the past and the tools through which we interpret evidence. But the field of history will continue to be served by older methods of scholarship as well; critical thinking by human beings is fundamental to our endeavors in the humanities.”

Recommended action: “Call on the nuanced debates in which historians engage about causality to provide a useful frame of reference for considering the issues that will inevitably emerge from new computing technologies. This methodology of the history field is a powerful way to help imagine our way out of today’s existential threats.” Read more >>

Linguistics: Faculty of MIT Linguistics

“Perhaps the most obvious opportunities for computational and linguistics research concern the interrelation between specific hypotheses about the formal properties of language and their computational implementation in the form of systems that learn, parse, and produce human language.”

Recommended action: “Critically, transformative new tools have come from researchers at institutions where linguists work side-by-side with computational researchers who are able to translate back and forth between computational properties of linguistic grammars and of other systems.” Read more >>

Literature: Shankar Raman, with Mary C. Fuller, professors of literature

“In the age of AI, we could invent new tools for reading. Making the expert reading skills we teach MIT students even partially available to readers outside the academy would widen access to our materials in profound ways.”

Recommended action: At least three priorities of current literary engagement with the digital should be integrated into the SCC’s research and curriculum: democratization of knowledge; new modes of and possibilities for knowledge production; and critical analysis of the social conditions governing what can be known and who can know it.” Read more >>

Philosophy: Alex Byrne, professor of philosophy and head of MIT Philosophy; and Tamar Schapiro, associate professor of philosophy

“Computing and AI pose many ethical problems related to: privacy (e.g., data systems design), discrimination (e.g., bias in machine learning), policing (e.g., surveillance), democracy (e.g., the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal), remote warfare, intellectual property, political regulation, and corporate responsibility.”

Recommended action: “The SCC presents an opportunity for MIT to be an intellectual leader in the ethics of technology. The ethics lab we propose could turn this opportunity into reality.” Read more >>

Science, Technology, and Society: Eden Medina and Dwaipayan Banerjee, associate professors of science, technology, and society

“A more global view of computing would demonstrate a broader range of possibilities than one centered on the American experience, while also illuminating how computer systems can reflect and respond to different needs and systems. Such experiences can prove generative for thinking about the future of computing writ large.”

Recommended action: “Adopt a global approach to the research and teaching in the SCC, an approach that views the U.S. experience as one among many.” Read more >>

Women's and Gender Studies: Ruth Perry, the Ann Friedlaender Professor of Literature; with Sally Haslanger, the Ford Professor of Philosophy, and Elizabeth Wood, professor of history

“The SCC presents MIT with a unique opportunity to take a leadership role in addressing some of most pressing challenges that have emerged from the role computing technologies play in our society — including how these technologies are reinforcing social inequalities.”

Recommended action: “Ensure that women’s voices are heard and that coursework and research is designed with a keen awareness of the difference that gender makes. This is the single-most powerful way that MIT can address the inequities in the computing fields.” Read more >>

Writing: Tom Levenson, professor of science writing

“Computation and its applications in fields that directly affect society cannot be an unexamined good. Professional science and technology writers are a crucial resource for the mission of new college of computing, and they need to be embedded within its research apparatus.”

Recommended action: “Intertwine writing and the ideas in coursework to provide conceptual depth that purely technical mastery cannot offer.” Read more >>

Music: Eran Egozy, professor of the practice in music technology

“Creating tomorrow’s music systems responsibly will require a truly multidisciplinary education, one that covers everything from scientific models and engineering challenges to artistic practice and societal implications. The new music technology will be accompanied by difficult questions. Who owns the output of generative music algorithms that are trained on human compositions? How do we ensure that music, an art form intrinsic to all humans, does not become controlled by only a few?”

Recommended action: Through the SCC, our responsibility will be not only to develop the new technologies of music creation, distribution, and interaction, but also to study their cultural implications and define the parameters of a harmonious outcome for all.” Read more >>

Theater Arts: Sara Brown, assistant professor of theater arts and MIT Theater Arts director of design

“As a subject, AI problematizes what is means to be human. There are an unending series of questions posed by the presence of an intelligent machine. The theater, as a synthetic art form that values and exploits liveness, is an ideal place to explore the complex and layered problems posed by AI and advanced computing.”

Recommended action: “There are myriad opportunities for advanced computing to be integrated into theater, both as a tool and as a subject of exploration. As a tool, advanced computing can be used to develop performance systems that respond directly to a live performer in real time, or to integrate virtual reality as a previsualization tool for designers.” Read more >>

Anthropology: Heather Paxson, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Anthropology

“The methods used in anthropology — a field that systematically studies human cultural beliefs and practices — are uniquely suited to studying the effects of automation and digital technologies in human cultures. For anthropologists, ‘Can artificial intelligence be ethical?’ is an empirical, not a hypothetical, question. Ethical for what? To whom? Under what circumstances?”

Recommended action: “Incorporate anthropological thinking into the new college to prepare students to live and work effectively and responsibly in a world of technological, demographic, and cultural exchanges. We envision an ethnography lab that will provide digital and computing tools tailored to anthropological research and projects.” Read more >>

Economics: Nancy L. Rose, the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics and head of the Department of Economics; and David Autor, the Ford Professor of Economics and co-director of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future

“The intellectual affinity between economics and computer science traces back almost a century, to the founding of game theory in 1928. Today, the practical synergies between economics and computer science are flourishing. We outline some of the many opportunities for the two disciplines to engage more deeply through the new SCC.”

Recommended action: “Research that engages the tools and expertise of economics on matters of fairness, expertise, and cognitive biases in machine-supported and machine-delegated decision-making; and on market design, industrial organization, and the future of work. Scholarship at the intersection of data science, econometrics, and causal inference. Cultivate depth in network science, algorithmic game theory and mechanism design, and online learning. Develop tools for rapid, cost-effective, and ongoing education and retraining for workers.” Read more >>

Political Science: Faculty of the Department of Political Science

“The advance of computation gives rise to a number of conceptual and normative questions that are political, rather than ethical in character. Political science and theory have a significant role in addressing such questions as: How do major players in the technology sector seek to legitimate their authority to make decisions that affect us all? And where should that authority actually reside in a democratic polity?”

Recommended action: “Incorporate the research and perspectives of political science in SCC research and education to help ensure that computational research is socially aware, especially with issues involving governing institutions, the relations between nations, and human rights.” Read more >>

Series prepared by SHASS Communications
Series Editor and Designer: Emily Hiestand
Series Co-Editor: Kathryn O’Neill



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Boeing to pay bereaved 737 families $144,500 each

The financial assistance fund Boeing set up after the crashes has started accepting claims.

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Why These Geese Wear Tiny Backpacks and Fly in a Wind Tunnel

The bar-headed goose flies 26,000 feet high during its migration. To find out how, scientists devised an adorable experiment.

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Peex Review: I Remixed Elton John's Live Show Using my Phone

These app-controlled headphones pipe a live feed of personalized concert audio directly from the stage and into your ears.

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Florida cop who arrested 6-year-old girl for throwing tantrum, suspended

After a 6-year-old child was handcuffed and arrested by a Florida police officer for throwing a tantrum at school, that cop has now been suspended pending a full investigation.

H&M responds to backlash over ad with Black child model’s natural hair

It all began on Thursday, when police were called to Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy elementary school because 6-year-old Kaia Rolle was kicking someone and throwing a tantrum, her grandmother Meralyn Kirkland told reporters.

Reportedly school Resource Officer Dennis Turner took matters into his own hands and handcuffing Kaia and removing child from the school without seeking prior approval, The NY Post reports.

There is a standing departmental policy that requires officers to get approval first before handcuffing children.

“The Orlando Police Department has a policy that addresses the arrest of a minor, and our initial finding shows the policy was not followed,” Police Chief Orlando Rolon told the outlet.

Turner has been suspended and reassigned from the school to the Reserve Officer Program while the investigation is underway.

Kaia was not only handcuffed but she was fingerprinted and charged with battery.

“No six-year-old child should be able to tell somebody that they had handcuffs on them and they were riding in the back of a police car and taken to a juvenile center to be fingerprinted, mug shot,” Kirkland said.

Miami mother arrested for leaving 3-year-old in a car while working in strip club

“As a grandparent of three children less than 11 years old, this is very concerning to me,” Rolon added.

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‘Pose’ star Billy Porter makes Emmys history and the category is ‘love’

And the category, a jubilant Billy Porter said as he made Emmys history, “is love, y’all, love.”

Porter, known for making fashion statements on red carpets, became the first openly gay man to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role of Pray Tell on FX’s “Pose.”

“I am so overwhelmed and so overjoyed that I have lived long enough to see this day,” said Porter, rocking a towering asymmetrical cowboy hat and sparkling striped trousers.
He quoted James Baldwin, speaking on stage of the many years it took of “vomiting up filth that I had been taught about myself and halfway believed before I could walk around this Earth like I had a right to be here.”

Porter added: “I have the right, you have the right, we all have the right.”

As the crowd listened intently, Porter thanked his mother, Clorinda, saying “there’s no stronger, more resilient woman who has graced this earth. I love you mommy.”
He also thanked his show’s co-creator, Ryan Murphy: “Ryan Murphy, you saw me! You believed in us.”

The LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD congratulated Porter in a statement “for this well-deserved honor and for always using his work and platform to showcase the power of being authentic.”

“Pose,” set in the 1980s and 1990s, illuminates New York’s African American and Latino LGBTQ ballroom culture and the houses formed among the dancers and models as they compete for trophies. Porter, who already had Grammy and Tony awards, beat out nominees Jason Bateman, Sterling K. Brown, Bob Odenkirk, Kit Harington and Milo Ventimiglia.

“I gotta breathe” Porter said. “God bless you all. The category is love, ya’ll, love.”
He urged his fellow actors to work for change.

“We are the people. We as artists are the people who get to change the molecular structure of the hearts and minds of the people who live on this planet,” Porter said. “Please don’t ever stop doing that. Please don’t ever stop telling the truth.”

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Trial begins for ex-Dallas cop who shot Botham Jean in his apartment

Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the murder trial of a white police officer accused of shooting her black neighbor in his Dallas apartment.

Amber Guyger, 31, is expected in a city courthouse Monday morning, where she will stand trial for the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean last year.

The case has attracted intense national scrutiny for its strange circumstances and as one in a chain of shootings of black men by white police officers.

Lawyers for Guyger are likely to argue she fired in self-defense based on the mistaken belief that she was in her own apartment and that Jean, an accountant from the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, was a burglar.

The case may hang on whether the jury believes that this was a reasonable mistake, according to legal experts. Twelve jurors and four alternatives were selected to hear the case earlier this month, but their demographics aren’t yet public.

Guyger was off duty but still in uniform when she shot Jean in his home. She told investigators that after a 15-hour shift she parked on the fourth floor of her apartment complex’s garage — rather than the third floor, where she lived — and found the apartment’s door ajar.

Three days after the shooting, Guyger was arrested for manslaughter. She was subsequently fired from the Dallas police department and charged by a grand jury with murder.

The jury will have to decide whether Guyger committed murder, a lesser offense such as manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide, or no crime at all.

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Cleaner Ships May Mean More Expensive Holidays

New rules designed to reduce sulfur pollution from ocean-going ships will increase demand for low-sulfur fuel, boosting the cost of some imported goods.

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Today’s Cartoon: VR Pets Unleashed

Sit. Stream. Stay.

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Aston Villa's Marvelous Nakamba wants to promote Zimbabwe

Marvelous Nakamba wants to use his time at English club Aston Villa to promote a better image of Zimbabwe and inspire a new generation of players.

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How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife

If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.

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BBC Gahuza reunited families who had fled Rwanda in 1994

Families were split fleeing the fighting in Rwandan in 1994. BBC Gahuza's lifeline service reunited many of them.

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Algeria set to play friendly in France after 11 years

Algeria will play a friendly in France for the first time in 11 years when they take on Colombia in Lille on 15 October.

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Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles

Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. A new paper suggests he wasn't exaggerating.

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Google Tightens Its Voice Assistant Rules Amid Privacy Backlash

Following Apple, Amazon, and others, Google will put in new safeguards against accidental voice assistant collection and transcription.

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At least seven dead after Kenyan classroom collapses

The wooden structure collapsed just minutes after the start of the school day on Monday.

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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Blue plaques for Ethiopia's emperor unveiled in UK

Haile Selassie lived in Bath from 1936 to 1940 after being rescued from Ethiopia by the Royal Navy.

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Duke and Duchess of Sussex to begin Africa tour with baby Archie

Prince Harry, Meghan and their son Archie are making their first official trip as a family.

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Thomas Cook customers say they were 'held hostage' at Tunisian hotel

Thomas Cook customers in Tunisia say a hotel is demanding extra fees before letting them leave.

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Egypt: Protests and clashes enter second day

Dozens are reportedly arrested in Suez as protests continue against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

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Did ‘When They See Us’ get robbed at the Emmys?

The 2019 Emmy Awards went down on Sunday night in Los Angeles and we have mixed emotions about TV’s biggest night.

There were some groundbreaking moments throughout the night, including Billy Porter making history as the first openly gay actor to nab an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Pray Tell in POSE.

Despite that glimmering moment, it seems like the academy may have missed the mark when it came to the second most-nominated project of the year, When They See Us.

Although it earned 16 nominations (including Outstanding Limited Series), with several of the series’ stars going up against each other in acting categories, it only managed to score one win.

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Of course we cheered when Jharrel Jerome got a well-deserved win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Korey Wise in the four-part Netflix series, but that’s where the trophies ended and we’re not sure why.

Aunjanue Ellis and Niecy Nash are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for their roles in the film; but both lost to Michelle Williams who won for her role in Fosse/Verdon.  Marsha Stephanie Blake and Vera Farmiga were both up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie but they were defeated by Patricia Arquette for her role in The Act.

John Leguizamo, Asante Blackk, and Michael K. Williams are all competing in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category but all three failed to win over Ben Whishaw for his turn in A Very British Scandal. 

All five of the exonerated men who used to be known as the Central Park Five were at the Emmys, and we can’t stop imagining how powerful it would have been to see them on that stage together, accepting an award in front of the world.

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Considering the magnitude of the impact When They See Us has had and the undeniably incredible performances delivered by so many of its actors, something doesn’t feel right about the lack of shine it received.

 

 

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Billy Porter makes Emmy history with Best Actor win for his role in ‘POSE’

Billy Porter just made history as the first openly gay actor to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Pray Tell in FX’s groundbreaking series, POSE. 

Kerry Washington presented the award, noting “And once again we watch history unfold,” before announcing Porter as the winner.

Billy Porter makes history with Emmy nod for ‘Pose’: ‘The sky is the limit now, honey!’

“Oh my God I gotta read. Oh my God. God Bless you all. In a nod to his beloved POSW character, he said, “The category is LOVE, y’all, LOVE!”

The actor went on to quote James Baldwin in his acceptance speech.

“I am so overwhelmed and so overjoyed to have lived long enough to see this day. James Baldwin said, ‘It took many years of vomiting up all of the filth that I had been taught about myself and halfway believed before I could walk around this earth like I had the right to be here.’ I have the right, you have the right, we ALL have the right.”

He went on to thank his fellow nominees as well as his mother and husband as well as his manager of 29 years. He also shouted out his cast mates and the show’s creator, Ryan Murphy. “You saw me. You believed in us. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” he said.

‘POSE’ star Billy Porter: “Conservatives are human beings too”

Porter, who plays outspoken ballroom emcee, Pray Tell, said that when he found out that he was nominated, he could finally exhale.

“I just haven’t been breathing for the past day,” he said in anticipation for the Tuesday announcements of nominees. “So today, I was able to breathe — that was my first reaction!”

Though Porter is no stranger to making headlines, he noted that he never thought that a show like Pose would ever be a reality, but now he believes anything is possible.

“There was no context for this,” he went on to say. “I said the same thing about marriage equality. When we were growing up, there was no context because you could never see it. I’ve always had huge dreams but I realized now that my dreams have been springboarded off of things I have already seen. They weren’t about dreaming the impossible. They weren’t about dreaming things that didn’t exist. Ryan Murphy, Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, FX  — everybody involved in the show taught me how to dream the impossible. The sky is the limit now, honey!”

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2019 Emmy Awards: The complete winners list (UPDATING)

The 71st annual Emmy Awards are upon us and we will be updating you on all of the winners as they’re announced.

Ava DuVernay‘s When They See Us made a major mark earning 16 nominations (including Outstanding Limited Series), with several of the series’ stars going up against each other in acting categories.

Jharrel Jerome got a well-deserved nod for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Aunjanue Ellis and Niecy Nash are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for their roles in the film. Marsha Stephanie Blake and Vera Farmiga are both up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie andJohn Leguizamo, Asante Blackk, and Michael K. Williams are all competing in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category.

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Pose and This Is Us earned five nominations each with Sterling K. Brown getting another nod for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Randall Pearson. Billy Porter is nominated in the same category for his role on Pose.

Viola Davis is up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on How To Get Away With Murder and Don Cheadle earned a nod for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his starring role in Showtime’s Black Monday. Anthony Anderson is also nominated in the category for his role on black-ish.

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Drama Series

“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
“Bodyguard” (Netflix)
“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
“Killing Eve” (AMC/BBC America)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Pose” (FX)
“Succession” (HBO)
“This Is Us” (NBC)

Comedy Series

“Barry” (HBO)
“Fleabag” (Amazon Prime)
“The Good Place” (NBC)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime)
“Russian Doll” (Netflix)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop)
Veep” (HBO)

Limited Series

“Chernobyl” (HBO)
“Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime)
“Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
“Sharp Objects” (HBO)
“When They See Us” (Netflix)

Television Movie

“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” (Netflix)
“Brexit” (HBO)
“Deadwood: The Movie” (HBO)
“King Lear” (Amazon Prime)
“My Dinner with Herve” (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)
Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”)
Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”)
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)
Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”)
Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”)
Laura Linney (“Ozark”)
Mandy Moore (“This Is Us”)
Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
Robin Wright (“House of Cards”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)
Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)
Ted Danson (“The Good Place”)
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)
Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)
Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”)
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Mahershala Ali (“True Detective”)
Benicio Del Toro (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Hugh Grant (“A Very English Scandal”)
Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”)
Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”)
Sam Rockwell (“Fosse/Verdon”)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Amy Adams (“Sharp Objects”)
Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Aunjanue Ellis (“When They See Us”)
Joey King (“The Act”)
Niecy Nash (“When They See Us”)
Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”)

Competition Program

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC)
“Nailed It” (Netflix)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Voice” (NBC)

Variety Talk Series

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
“Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS)
“Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones”)
Julia Garner (“Ozark”)
Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”)
Fiona Shaw (“Killing Eve”)
Sophie Turner (“Game of Thrones”)
Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones”)
Jonathan Banks (“Better Call Saul”)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldeau (“Game of Thrones”)
Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”)
Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”)
Michael Kelly (“House of Cards”)
Chris Sullivan (“This Is Us”)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”)
Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”)
Olivia Colman (“Fleabag”)
Betty Gilpin (“GLOW”)
Sarah Goldberg (“Barry”)
Marin Hinkle (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”)
Anthony Carrigan (“Barry”)
Tony Hale (“Veep”)
Stephen Root (“Barry”)
Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Henry Winkler (“Barry”)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Patricia Arquette (“The Act”)
Marsha Stephanie Blake (“When They See Us”)
Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp Objects”)
Vera Farmiga (“When They See Us”)
Margaret Qualley (“Fosse/Verdon”)
Emily Watson (“Chernobyl”)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Asante Blackk (“When They See Us”)
Paul Dano (“Escape at Dannemora”)
John Leguizamo (“When They See Us”)
Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (“Chernobyl”)
Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”)
Michael K. Williams (“When They See Us”)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Laverne Cox (“Orange Is the New Black”)
Cherry Jones (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story: Apocalypse”)
Phylicia Rashad (“This Is Us”)
Cicely Tyson (“How to Get Away With Murder”)
Carice van Houten (“Game of Thrones”)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Michael Angarano (“This Is Us”)
Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”)
Michael McKean (“Better Call Saul”)
Kumail Nanjiani (“The Twilight Zone”)
Glynn Turman (“How to Get Away With Murder”)
Bradley Whitford (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Sandra Oh (“Saturday Night Live”)
Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”)
Kristin Scott Thomas (“Fleabag”)
Fiona Shaw (“Fleabag”)
Emma Thompson (“Saturday Night Live”)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Matt Damon (“Saturday Night Live”)
Robert De Niro (“Saturday Night Live”)
Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Peter MacNicol (“Veep”)
John Mulaney (“Saturday Night Live”)
Adam Sandler (“Saturday Night Live”)
Rufus Sewell (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)

Structured Reality Program

“Antiques Roadshow” (PBS)
“Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives” (Food Network)
“Queer Eye” (Netflix)
“Shark Tank” (ABC)
“Tidying Up With Marie Kondo” (Netflix)
“Who Do You Think You Are?” (TLC)

Unstructured Reality Program

“Born This Way” (A&E)
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel)
“Life Below Zero” (National Geographic)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (VH1)
“Somebody Feed Phil” (Netflix)
“United Shades Of America With W. Kamau
Bell” (CNN)

Host for a Reality or Competition Program

James Corden (“The World’s Best”)
Ellen DeGeneres (“Ellen’s Game Of Games”)
Marie Kondo (“Tidying Up With Marie Kondo”)
Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman (“Making It”)
RuPaul (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)

Variety Sketch Series

“At Home With Amy Sedaris” (truTV)
“Documentary Now!” (IFC)
“Drunk History” (Comedy Central)
“I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman” (Hulu)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“Who Is America?” (Showtime)

Variety Special (Live)

“The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards” (NBC)
“The 61st Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman
Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ And ‘The
Jeffersons’” (ABC)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“RENT” (Fox)
“72nd Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

“Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met
McCartney Live From Liverpool” (CBS)
“Hannah Gadsby: Nanette” (Netflix)
“Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé” (Netflix)
“Springsteen On Broadway” (Netflix)
“Wanda Sykes: Not Normal” (Netflix)

Informational Series or Special

“Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” (CNN)
“Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” (Netflix)
“Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath” (A&E)
“My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With
David Letterman” (Netflix)
“Surviving R. Kelly” (Lifetime)

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After 10 season MasterChef has a Black Woman as the winner

For the first time in MasterChef history, the winner is a Black woman.

Contestant Dorian Hunter was announced as the season 10 winner on the show’s season finale last week.

Although Hunter’s win should have been a surprise to fans. Before the finale aired a leaked Facebook post showed Hunter posing with host Gordon Ramsay, judges Aarón Sanchez and Joe Bastianich and previous competition winners, including Jennifer Behm (Season 2), Courtney Lapresi (Season 5), Gerron Hurt (Season 9), Whitney Miller (Season 1), Dino Angelo Luciano (Season 8) and Shaun O’Neale (Season 7), according to Deadline.

Due to the absence of other Season 10 finalists Sarah Faherty of San Diego and Nick DiGiovanni from Rhode Island, this photo was a dead giveaway to fans that Hunter was indeed the winner.

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Hunter is originally from Cartersville, Georgia, a town right outside of Atlanta. Her victory aired on the show’s 200th episode. Along with being crowned as the champion of season 10, she will also intern at restaurants of the three chef judges, Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Aaron Sanchez.

Hunter also won $250,000 to go towards a menu that included seared sea scallops with cornmeal tuille, sweet corn puree and pickled Swiss chard, an entree of Applewood smoked short rib with potato and horseradish gratin; and a dessert of lemon blueberry tart with blueberry and cream cheese filling, toasted meringue and pecan crust, Deadline reported.

Hunter also was very nervous about what foods to pick in the finale, but she said what saved her was listening to her own intuition.

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“You have to step out of your comfort zone enough to show your growth, but you also have to show what you know. I can’t be somebody else. I can’t be Sarah and I couldn’t be Nick. Our gifts are very individual,” she told Parade.com.

“Nick is very innovative; Sarah is a plater out of this world. I come in with flavor and technique geared toward the form of cooking that I cook. I didn’t look at what they were cooking. I think that, for me, I showed my growth. That was the most important to me.”

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Will Smith Being Eyed to Play in Fantastic Four Reboot

The Fantastic Four is known as the first family of Marvel Comics, but the franchise has not always had great success in the box office.

But a reboot of the film series may be on the horizon, and could feature some new faces.

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The buzz around the new film is that Marvel wants to cast a person of color as Mr. Fantastic, and allegedly the man for the job is Will Smith, according to WeGotThisCovered.

Although nothing is set in stone the idea of Mr.Fantastic being a person of color the conversation is exciting for many Black comic fans. Another possibility for the role is John Krasinski, who is not Black. But the decision has yet to be made by Marvel.

The official word on the plans and direction of the Fantastic Four are still up in the air. But according to WeGotThisCovered, at the Marvel company retreat movies like Phase 5 and others will be discussed and mapped out. They will also decide on who will play other characters in the film later.

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Names like Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen are said to be on the list of potentials for the character “The Thing”.

If Will Smith is selected for the role he would be coming off of a great momentum from playing the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin that debuted earlier this Spring. He’s proven to bring numbers to the box office with Aladdin raking in over $508 million while in theaters worldwide. This surpasses the original Aladdin from 1992 bringing in $472 million according to Forbes.

The last Fantastic Four film was released in 2015 only bringing in $1.6 million worldwide according to BoxOfficeMojo. The film series also released a Fantastic Four in 2007 and 2005.

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If Smith gets on board with Fantastic Four maybe he can bring fans to the theaters and boost Fantastic Four sales. What do you think?

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African-American college loan debt at an all time high

Black college students are borrowing, owing, and defaulting on educational loans more often than any other racial group. Reports say that it is currently at an all time high.

The racial gap in student debt is the result of wealth inequality, and not much funding provided at colleges and universities that enroll the largest number of Black students, according to The Washington Post.

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In order to figure out what can be done, some higher education experts shared their own solutions with The Washington Post on how to address the unfair impact that student loan debt is having on Black students during and after college.

Jalil Mustaffa Bishop, a postdoctoral scholar in the higher education division at the University of Pennsylvania believes the following, “The problem is that student loans were presented as a false solution for current and future workers enduring racial capitalism, particularly black people. Black degree earners, however, are uniquely underpaid, underemployed and unprotected.”

Believing that the government has some responsibility to help graduates, he also stated. “This is a call for legislation to create good jobs — increase the minimum wage to a living wage, federally guarantee employment, provide universal health care and strengthen workers’ organizing power.We need labor policies that explicitly focus on empowering workers in sectors like care-taking and service work where black people already are.”

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Bishop is not the only academician with an idea on what needs to be done. William A. Darity, a professor of economics at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University conducted a study with Fenaba Addo, who is an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and found that student loan debt disparities are due to racial wealth disparities. That while government could be helpful, it is much deeper. This is about systemic racism.

They issued a joint statement saying, “We believe that in order to address the black student debt crisis, we need to eliminate racial wealth inequality. The first approach will tackle the existing debt overhang that disproportionately burdens black young adults. This can be accomplished via a program of loan forgiveness for all students holding loan debt associated with their college years.”

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An alternative view was expressed by assistant professor at the University of Alabama, Krystal L. Williams, believes colleges and universities need more scholarship opportunities for students. “A holistic approach is needed to address the student debt crisis.” Williams continued. “Initiatives that focus on higher education finance should be central to this holistic approach. More institutional support could help to buffer the need for tuition increases and allow institutions to increase allocations to scholarships that help to reduce college financial burden.”

There are so many why the African-American college debt statistics are through the roof. Perhaps some of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates should take heed. While many have already suggested more funding to historically Black colleges & universities and public institutions, only one has a person has presented a plan to reduce 80% of Black borrowers. That according to the Washington Post is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).

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The ‘godfather’ of the Houston rap scene, J. Prince, calls Tekashi 69 a ‘rat’

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Billionaire Robert F. Smith also promises to pay off parents debt of Morehouse College graduates

Billionaire Robert F. Smith surprised the Morehouse College’s class of 2019 in May with grants to wipe out their student debt to the tune of $34 million. That ultimate graduation gift will now include federal educational debt amassed by parents.

Four months after Smith pledged to pay off the student loans of nearly 400 graduates, the Atlanta-based historically black, all-male college has released more details about the donation.

The Smith family will not only pay off student loans, but also the loans their parents took out, the college said in a news release Friday about the new Morehouse College Student Success Program.

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“It is our hope that our graduates will use their newfound financial freedom to pursue their career goals, to lead and serve the community, and to remember the spirit of the gift given to them by paying it forward to support the education of future classes of Morehouse Men,”  said David Thomas, Morehouse College president, noting that Smith’s gift will be “life-changing for our new Morehouse Men and their families.”

Smith, who is worth about $5 billion, according to Forbes, is founder of private equity and venture capital firm Vista Equity Partners. He previously pledged $50 million to his alma mater, Cornell University, toward the school’s college of engineering. In 2018, Smith was the wealthiest Black American in the country, USA Today reports.

According to Morehouse, “Alumni who graduated in May or who finished their degree requirements during summer school 2019 are eligible to receive gifts in the inaugural offering from the Morehouse College Student Success Program,” the release states. Parents and guardians are also gift-eligible and “all must show supporting documents to prove that loans were taken to finance a Morehouse College education and processed by Morehouse.”

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“My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans. You great Morehouse men are bound only by the limits of your own conviction and creativity,” Smith told the students and their parents during his commencement speech at the 2019 graduation ceremony in May.

 

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Virginia woman gives birth to healthy son in bathtub after hospital sends her home

A father in Chesapeake, Va. had to deliver his own son in the bathtub of his family’s home after the hospital told him and his pregnant wife to come back when her labor was further along.

LeeAnn Bienaime and her husband Leo Bienaime told WTKR that they arrived at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 because she was experiencing contractions. But the hospital told them to go home about four hours later.

“I was told that I should come back when my contractions were when you can’t really walk and you can’t really talk through them,” she told the news station.

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The couple drove nearly half an hour back to their home and a few hours later, her contractions worsened. Before she knew it, she could feel her son’s head making its way out of her body. She then got into the bathtub as her husband called 911 — but the paramedics didn’t arrive in time and Bienaime delivered her son right there in her bathroom.

She told WTKR that she attempted to wait to deliver her baby boy until paramedics arrived, but her son had other plans.

“I had to let instinct take over and just go with it and kind of release myself to the experience,” she recalled. With the help of her husband, Bienaime had a successful birth, and they named their healthy son Joachim.

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“We were able to have a healthy birth, a healthy baby boy — that’s why I’m not completely enraged,” she said.“I feel like if it had gone another way, it would’ve been a different story.”

Recalling those crucial moments after leaving the hospital, the couple said if they had to do it all over again, they would not leave the facility.

“If I could do it again, I would’ve just sat in the waiting room and not left. We would’ve pitched a tent. We would’ve started a fire. We would’ve just straight-up camped,” the proud new father joked.

Shauna O’Sullivan, a spokesperson for the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, declined to comment about the Bienaime case to the outlet, citing privacy laws. She did, however, reveal that the facility contacted the couple about their experience.

“Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is committed to ensuring the safety of every patient and providing high-quality care,” O’Sullivan said. “Whenever a patient has a concern about their care and treatment, we welcome the opportunity to discuss this with them and resolve any potential issues.”

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Friday, September 20, 2019

WATCH | Father-daughter lawyer duo fights for the rights of Black residents in Puerto Rico

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union list Biscayne Bay home for $32.5 million

Retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade and superstar actress Gabrielle Union have placed their six-bedroom Miami, Florida home on the market at a price of $32.5 million.

The listing price for the homie is three times the amount it was purchased for nine years ago.

Wade purchased the mansion that is situated on the northern tip of Miami Beach in 2010 for $10,645,000 but upgrades such as a basketball court, a home cinema, and a wine cellar have tremendously increased the volume of the home.

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The Daily Mail details the home is situated on a 43,615 sq ft lot and the main house itself stretches out 14,000 sq ft.

The home is listed on Douglas Elliman real estate and said to have “multiple formal and informal living areas” on the property.

The main house is described to have “classic American manor details, soul-soothing elements and chic modern comforts.” Inside also has a kitchen that is crafted for a chef to feel right at home and a “well-appointed master suite.”

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Dwyane and Gabrielle have moved west to Los Angeles to support both career and family needs. Wade’s son Zaire, from a previous marriage, will be playing alongside the son of Wade’s best friend LeBron James‘ at Sierra Canyon High School. Union films her television shows, America’s Got Talent and L.A.’s Finest, in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Times reports the Wades now reside in the Sherman Oaks area in an 8,650-square-foot home for under $6 million.

“You can definitely call me a local because I have to pay taxes here,” Wade said. “My family is here, so most of my time will be spent here now supporting my family, but I also have a family in the Miami Heat that I’m going to go back and show love to.”

The new home carries some of the same luxuries as their Miami home in a professional theater screen, wine cellar and a wellness room.

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5 Ways to Ace the Transition From College Grad to First Job

It can be tough for any college grad to figure out how to find their way when they start their first job, but it can be even tougher for students of color to navigate the realities of corporate America.

At the recent BE Smart Student Symposium presented by Dell Technologies, students from 10 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and four minority-serving institutions got a little help with that. Maggie Chan Jones, founder of executive coaching firm Tenshey, taught them five ways to rock their transition from student to professional.

Chan Jones knows a thing or two about excelling in corporate America despite coming from an underrepresented population. She was born and raised in Hong Kong and moved to the U.S. when she was 14. She would go on to become the first woman chief marketing officer at software company SAP and was named to Forbes‘ list of the Most Influential CMOs.

“I created my own company with the purpose to elevate more women and people of color into leadership using my experience—how I got to the C-suite in less than 20 years in my career. Because if someone like me–who didn’t really speak any English when I first came to the U.S., and I honestly don’t think I’m that smart–if I could get there, so many people can get there,” Chan Jones shares. “The question is how.”

1. Be intentional in choosing your jobs

“Think about what you’re passionate about, what are the things that you just love doing. And that you’re also great at. Because they could be things that you’re great at, but you don’t love doing them and when you get into a job doing that, you’re going to get bored or get frustrated very quickly,” Chan Jones cautions.

“You want to start talking to people in those fields, and really learn about those things that are interesting to you,” she adds. “Spend time asking them about what is a day in the life of someone in marketing, someone in sales, someone in business development and see how does it connect with you.”

2. Unleash your intellectual curiosity

“How do you learn from every single job? And how do you learn from different scenarios?” Chan Jones asks, encouraging young professionals to adopt a growth mindset. “One of the things that I’m really passionate about is building muscles. I always tell people when I’m trying something new, even when it is hard, and especially when it is hard, I say, ‘Wow, This is great. I’m building the muscles.'”

3. Build your support system

“Network is, to me, my secret sauce of success. I count on so many people in my life, including—first and foremost—my friends and family because without their support, I couldn’t be moving across the country multiple times to take on new jobs. And without the support of my sponsors, my managers, my colleagues, I couldn’t have done what I was able to accomplish.”

Chan Jones challenged the students to take advantage of the opportunity to make connections with each other before they leave college life for their first job: “You’re meeting with so many people, people from different schools. Build that network, because they may be your colleagues. The next day, they may be your friends for life.”

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4. Take risks and make an impact

Chan Jones spoke to the students about stepping out of their comfort zones, relaying an anecdote from her past: “One of the things I learned when I went from being a student to a professional is when you’re in a meeting, you’re supposed to speak out. And I remember one of my managers said, ‘Hey, Maggie, you have some really good ideas, but you never speak up in a meeting.'”

“So I took that with my growth mindset. I said, ‘OK, so what am I going to do about it?’ One of the ways that worked for me, and hopefully it will work for you as well, is when you do something that you feel like you’re getting out of that comfort zone, try something small first. So I told myself, every important meeting that I go to, within the first 10 minutes, I have to either make a statement or ask a question. After a couple of years, I no longer had to remind myself because that’s become a muscle memory.”

5. Have fun and be yourself

“In the early days, I was so worried because I would walk into the room and usually I was the only woman. Even today, in many cases, I could be the only person of color,” Chan Jones says. “On the early days, I would like just to fit in. Over time I realized that wait, if I really have to try that hard to change who I am as a person to fit in, guess what? That’s not my place.”



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Justin Trudeau blasted for refusing to say how many times he has worn blackface

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is currently facing backlash for wearing Blackface and he is refusing to state how many times he has worn the makeup in his life.

Trudeau was present for a town hall meeting in Saskatoon Thursday night and was hit with questions about his past with blackface in front of a crowd of his supporters.

“Earlier today you were questioned about how many times you appeared in blackface or brownface – I’ll make it easy, is it possible to round to the nearest five?” a man questioned at the town hall.

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Trudeau would respond not with an answer, instead stating it was a serious matter.

“I’m not going to make light of the situation, I don’t think it’s something we should be making light of,” Trudeau said according to the Daily Mail.

Images of Trudeau in makeup began to emerge this week, the first from 2001 showing him in brownface at an Arabian Nights party when he was a teacher. Two other photos would emerge, one in Blackface, dressed as Harry Belafonte and singing “Day-O” in the 1980s.

The third photo was reported by Global News TV in Canada showing Trudeau again in Blackface with his hands in the air and sticking out his tongue in the early 1990s.

“Far too many people in this country face intolerance and discrimination on a daily basis, and what I did was inexcusable and wrong, and hurt a lot of people who consider me to be an ally,” Trudeau said. “I am deeply deeply sorry.”

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The timing for the images is far from optimal for Trudeau as he is set to face Conservative leaders in next month’s elections who have already zeroed in on his scandal.

“I am deeply troubled by what this means to Canada. Young kids are not just going to see just one or two but multiple images of the prime minister mocking their lived reality,” said Jagmeet Singh, a Sikh and Left-wing New Democrat Party leader.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer chimed in, stating Trudeau is “not fit to govern this country.”

Trudeau has not signaled that he will resign, nor has there been a call to do so from his Liberal Party. Many members of his party, including non-white officials, have supported him.

“I think the real measure of the man, and I think the thing we need to be talking about, is all the amazing things we have done for diversity,” said Greg Fergus, a Black Liberal member of Parliament.

In his career, Trudeau is known for being a supporter of multiculturalism and immigration, bringing diversity to the positions of his cabinet and naming Harjit Sajjan, a Liberal who is Sikh, Canada’s first Sikh defense chief in 2015.

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Police officer placed on leave after calling students ‘N-word’ and ‘monkeys’

An officer in the Boston Police Department has been placed on administrative leave after high school students say he called them racial slurs when responding to a noise complaint.

Students at the Roxbury Prep High School stated the officer pushed them while at a McDonald’s near the school on September 13 and called them “monkeys” and the N-word, according to The Boston Globe.

The officer has been identified by media reports as Joseph Lynch.

Upon his arrival at the fast-food chain, the officer is stated to have followed the students back to the school campus, where he would become more aggressive by pushing them and hurling the racial slurs.

Police Commissioner William Gross and Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins visited Roxbury Prep on Thursday to speak with students.

Rollins told  the students are now “feeling attacked and racialized and dehumanized” after the encounter with Officer Lynch.

Roxbury Prep issued a statement confirming the incident, with both students and staff coming forward to “express deep concern about the officer’s behavior, both in terms of his actions and language.”

“These allegations are incredibly disturbing coming from anyone, and especially from a police officer,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said. “No one should experience racism or discrimination, not in a place of learning and not anywhere. We have to be better. I commend Boston Police for taking action as soon as they were made aware of the allegations, and I am confident they will investigate this case to its full extent.”

According to the Daily News, Lynch was placed on leave and an internal affairs investigation was launched.

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Byron Allen Ready to Take His Case to The Supreme Court

Almost a year ago, comedian and successful businessman Byron Allen filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast in addition to a $10 billion suit against Charter Communications as reported by the Associated Press. Now the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, will hear the case on November 13.

Allen is claiming that the two media conglomerates, which aren’t carrying his cable TV channels, are doing so based on racial bias. He has been going back and forth with Comcast in court to prove that its insistence not to carry his channels is based on the fact the he is black.

“This is historic,” says the Entertainment Studios boss of the August 15 brief filed by the feds seeking to tighten the definitions of a Reconstruction Era statute in Comcast’s favor. “Donald Trump’s DOJ and Comcast are working together to destroy a civil rights statute in the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“You have one of the biggest media companies in the world, which has been beating up Donald Trump for racism, and now they are saying, we will work together to maintain institutionalized racism in America, in this amicus brief they delivered,” Allen says of the William Barr-run Department of Justice and its plan to tip the scales for Comcast.

The Los Angeles Urban League, via Twitter, as well as other civil rights groups, have called for a boycott against Comcast in anticipation of Allen’s upcoming racial bias court battle.

“We are appalled by your decision to challenge and destroy the federal civil rights statute of 1866 in the U.S. Supreme Court and do so in partnership with the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice,” the Los Angeles Urban League said several weeks ago in a letter to Comcast boss Brian Roberts and senior executive vice president David Cohen.

Now, Allen and his lawyers are going to have to prove that race was the only reason Comcast hasn’t given his cable channels distribution on its platform.



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Kevin Hart returns home after accident, ‘shocked’ to be alive

Superstar comedian Kevin Hart has checked out of his in-patient rehab facility and returned home to begin physical therapy stating he is both “grateful” and “shocked” to be alive.

TMZ reports that Hart’s return to home comes with a physical therapist that will visit him and continued exercises.

In addition to giving thanks, Hart has reportedly viewed images of the scene of the car crash he was involved and is amazed that he and the other two occupants of the vehicle escaped with their lives.

During the accident, Hart received three spinal fractures that required fusions surgery and what is believed to be a lengthy-term of physical therapy.

As far as Hart’s career, medical professionals state with the proper focus he will return to his pre-accident shape.

The source also stated to TMZ, “he really cherishes the fact that he’s alive, and wants to make the most of it in every respect. The crash had a huge impact on him.”

While in the in-patient facility, Hart was hit with a $60 million lawsuit from the woman who was included with him in a sex tape that was secretly filmed in Las Vegas.

Page Six details Montia Sabbag stated the 2017 recording was a set up by Hart and his friend J.T. Jackson in order to receive publicity for an upcoming comedy tour.

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