Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

'Black Panther' Passes 'Titanic' To Become Third Movie All-Time at U.S. Box Office Black Panther  has been smashing all kinds of records at the box office. It's had the best opening week for any Marvel movie ever, it's the biggest February opening at the box office, and it tied James Cameron's  Avatar  as having the longest run atop the box office at five weeks.

'Black Panther' Passes 'Titanic' To Become Third Movie All-Time at U.S. Box Office Black Panther  has been smashing all kinds of records at the box office. It's had the best opening week for any Marvel movie ever, it's the biggest February opening at the box office, and it tied James Cameron's  Avatar  as having the longest run atop the box office at five weeks.

Black Panther 2 Release Date, Spoilers and What We Know Black Panther 2  is inevitable at this point. And Marvel has promised a number of sequels and spin-offs.  Black Panther  has become one of the biggest movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It now holds the record for biggest February debut and has gone on to have the second-highest second weekend in box office history. Ryan Coogler has dropped a cultural phenomenon in theaters and moviegoers who wouldn't normally go see superhero movies are going in droves to see Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa and Wakanda on the big screen.

Town Bypasses Constitution, US Citizens Given 60 Days to Turn in Guns Or Become Criminals Residents of a town in Illinois were just handed down an unconstitutional decree from their local government, they now have 60 days to give up their guns or be fined up to $1000 per day.

The 10 Most-Anticipated Debut Albums in Hip-Hop History Not everybody is built to be The Next Big Thing. In hip-hop, artists have been devoured by expectations. From Bad Boy would-be star Shyne to battle rap casualty Canibus, the glare of the spotlight can burn some careers to a crisp.

Heaven or hell? The problem of the posthumous album Posthumous albums come in two forms: the Cobble and the Legacy. The former is the least lovable. Michael Jackson’s first posthumous release, 2010’s Michael, was so threadbare that his family strongly questioned whether it was him singing on three of its tracks – the so-called Cascio Tapes. “I immediately said it wasn’t his voice,” mused brother Randy on Twitter when he heard them. Artistically, Cobbles are normally justified on grounds of completism: that they “tell us something new” about the artist, and occasionally turf up the odd gem that “deserves to see the light of day”. On that score, something like Jackson’s Do You Know Where Your Children Are, from his second posthumous album, Xscape (2014), ticks all boxes: both a solid jam and a jarring lyrical premise. Cobbles can also offer Stalinesque revisionism: some of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’s verses on TLC’s 3D – released seven months after her death in 2002 – were spliced t...

America has done more to protect police than black people in recent years, civil rights lawyer says On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled  in favor of a  Tucson , Arizona, police officer who shot a woman on her front lawn back in May 2010. Legal experts say the decision has  reaffirmed  the  broad discretion  given to law enforcement in use-of-force cases. Civil rights attorney  Lee Merritt  says it’s the latest example of lawmakers and the justice system creating more obstacles to reform than solutions to the disproportionate affect police violence has on black Americans. “America has emphatically backed the notion that black lives don’t matter by failing to offer any substantive reform... while bending over backwards to change laws, increase penalties and protect [police] from litigation,” Merritt said over the phone Wednesday.

Rapper Smino explains why he created a satin-lined hoodie to help people with natural hair For people with natural hair or those who wear their hair in a protective style, sleeping on satin has proven to be hugely advantageous. With  benefits  like keeping hair hydrated, preventing split ends, minimizing hair loss and  elongating  natural styles like bantu knots, dreadlocks and twist-outs, many people have made a habit of sleeping on a satin pillowcase or wrapping their hair in a satin scarf or cap before bed.

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Why is it flying? : The Confederacy may have been defeated, but the flags of the rebels who fought to separate from the United States to keep black people in bondage still fly in city-owned cemeteries.

‘Black Panther’ expected to be first film shown in Saudi Arabian cinema after 35-year ban lifts Saudi Arabia's movie-watchers are in for a treat later this month, 35 years after cinemas were banned in the country. On April 18, AMC will open its first cinema in the country. The first film to be shown? According to multiple reports , “Black Panther.” If the Saudi government wanted to send a message with its film choice, this American blockbuster superhero flick is a good one: The movie features a fictional African kingdom that uses a mysterious natural resource to rapidly develop, with a young and charismatic prince becoming king and ultimately deciding to use its technological advances and wealth for the good of the greater world.    

‘Black Panther’ expected to be first film shown in Saudi Arabian cinema after 35-year ban lifts

NYC Police Fatally Shoot Black Man, Mistake Pipe For Gun Police officers in New York City fatally shot a black man who was pointing what appeared to be a gun at them on Wednesday, police said. The object turned out to be a metal pipe with a knob on the end. The man reportedly had bipolar disorder.

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African American Millennials in the Workplace are More Inclined to Use the Free Agent Option to Advance Their Career Nationwide — The concept of freedom is not lost on anyone who spends time thinking about their range of options, but for African American millennials in the workplace, the exercise of freedom is elevated and broadened by a mindset of career-movement-through-free agency-as-opposed-to-hierarchy. As an organizational consultant/leadership coach, I am privy to many conversations, observations and surface research on the patterns of African American millennials as they move through organizational cubicles and corridors in search of the unrestricted path to their career aspirations.

African-American Gun Rights Group Grows In The Age Of Trump Gun rights groups, including the NRA, have seen a rise in membership since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in February. But one group in particular has had a major increase well before that. The National African American Gun Association's numbers tripled after the inauguration of President Trump.

Israel to send African migrants to West under new UN deal Israel has cancelled plans to deport migrants en masse to Africa after reaching a deal with the United Nations refugee agency. Some 16,250 African migrants, many seeking asylum, will instead be resettled in Western nations, including Canada, Italy and Germany, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81 South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple - famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years - were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three decades. However, in later years her reputation became tainted legally and politically.