PORTLAND, OR — Mayor Ted Wheeler on Monday announced he’d selected Danielle Outlaw as the city’s new chief of police. Outlaw, a 19-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department, will be the first black female police chief in the city of Portland. Outlaw is expected to take over for Chief Mike Marshman no later than […]
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Our congrats go out to Briana Scurry, who has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2017, making her the first African American elected to the prestigious honor. Selected on the Player Ballot system, details about the induction ceremony will be released at a later date. Growing up playing soccer in
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Shout out to CYMI, Netflix who launched an incredibly powerful new campaign called #FirstTimeISawMe – about the importance of representation in entertainment. Let’s face it, representation in entertainment matters. Seriously. Although, progress has been made over the years, diversity, inclusion and seeing more people of color on film and television screens is a stretch.When
Starting in 2018, the state of Chicago will annually observe “Barack Obama Day.” That’s right, on Friday Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed “Barack Obama Day” into law giving former President Barack Obama, his own state holiday, NBC Chicago reports. The holiday will be observed throughout the State as a day set apart to honor
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(Chicago, Il ) Imagine waiting to make your transition in hospice care, and telling the nurse that you’re having trouble swallowing and asks— would it be possible to have some ice cream? The response comes off as cold and blunt, ‘No, we don’t have any ice cream.’ Sadly, denial of simple requests like this
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Entertainment feature film producer Will Packer is on a roll. In the wake of news of HBO’s controversial show drama series, “Confederate,” from the producers of “Game of Thrones,” in a new alternative history series in the works at Amazon, the creative genius explores the premise of slavery being legal in modern times, in
Did you know today is International Emoji Day?! Meet the first full Emoji-Only music video in the world by an African artist. The multi-award winning Afro-pop group, Sauti Sol, a Kenyan band formed in Nairobi has released a hot new single & full EMOJI video, FRIEND ZONE, written and produced by Sauti Sol. The release is accompanied by a
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Summer’s here! And, you know what that means—time to take advantage of three months of clear blue skies, longer days, sunshine, and getting out to enjoy those California Vibes. As for me and my family, we’ve decided to spend time close to home, in sunny California. I say this with extreme pride, it’s so
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Photo: Courtesy of Jagged Edge TV ONE Celebrates Black Music Month with a powerful new season of the award-winning series, UNSUNG on a new night, Sunday July 9, beginning at 9 PM. ET. Iconic show moves to Sunday nights and will spotlight the music of Wyclef, Marvin Sapp, Jagged Edge, Shanice, Ice-T, The Dramatics and, Switch. “From Classic R&B
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Pictured: Erik Logan, President of OWN, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey and Kofi Siriboe. Courtesy of OWN/ Photographer: Mark Davis – SilverHub Oscar® nominated director Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated two-part premiere of the acclaimed original drama series “Queen Sugar” airs June 20 & 21 on OWN. At a press conference held on Tuesday, June 6, at Four
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