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Inspiring ‘Reel Unity’ Through the Baltimore International Black Film Festival

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Kenneth Moore Jr., director and founder of the Baltimore International Black Film Festival, has spent over ten years providing an annual celebration for early-career and experienced filmmakers with multi-day screenings and an awards ceremony. Within two years of the festival’s foundation, the number of films submitted increased nearly eight times the ten shared at the …

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The Stigma of the Strong Black Woman

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America’s unappreciated hero is the Black woman. Often celebrated for being the first willing to protect, care, and give, the mental wellness of Black women is frequently corrupted by a false sense of autonomy – that everything maneuvered must be done so alone. Calling attention to how far we need to continue progressing doesn’t take …

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Women of Color in Powerful Positions

Arts & Culture, Black History, Featured / By Audre Arnett

In our society, women of color are often hired for positions because employers must demonstrate diversity throughout their organization. For a company to succeed, employees and clients of all backgrounds must feel welcomed to gain support or raise funds. Many companies feel pressured to express their support or opposition by making statements. The Struggle For …

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3 Key Issues Facing Ward 1

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After doing extensive research on the key issues that face Ward 1, I found that the list extends much further than the average metropolitan could even imagine, and even further than the most educated government official’s knowledge base. I also realized that the specificity within each issue is crucial to explore because of all the …

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Valerie McCann Woodson: Forever A Bison

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Public Health Institute’s Senior VP of HR Emphasizes the Importance of Self-Advocacy and Pushing Forward Where you intend to go and where life ultimately leads you almost never coincide, and in the case of Valerie McCann Woodson, the direction that stemmed from misdirection worked in her favor. A chemical engineer, a Howard University class of …

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Republican Political Agenda Supersedes Human Rights

News & Politics, Opinion / By Onyekachi Akalonu

For the past four months, Republican governors transported migrants and asylum seekers from their states to Democratic-led “sanctuary” states. These migrants are primarily individuals from Venezuela who seek refuge in the States by crossing the Mexican border. Immigration is a significant topic in every election cycle. About 350 million people cross the US-Mexico border every …

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No Sense, No Shame

News & Politics, Opinion / By Myles Walker

African Americans have wondered for centuries how to get their most stubborn and bigoted countrymen to use their common sense and sympathize with them. Each generation, free or enslaved, has brought forth the birth of new methods and the reconfiguration of old ones as a means of survival. The sycophantic slave or servant, the Negro …

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Hulu’s Aftershock

Can I Speak Freely, Health & Fitness / By Undie-Fined

A Look at Birth Trauma and the Maternal Health Crisis “A Black woman having a baby is like a Black man at a traffic stop with the police.” A jarring statement uttered by expecting mom Felicia Ellis in the Hulu documentary “Aftershock.” “Aftershock” explores the effects of the maternal health crisis in the United States, …

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This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land

1 Comment / News & Politics, Opinion / By June Coxson

The influx of Migrants continues to increase and is impacting great areas of land across the globe. For instance, almost 5,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel already this month, the highest rate since November’s 2021 record figure. The Ministry of Defense said that 606 migrants crossed in 12 boats on Wednesday (August 17), taking …

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Poetry’s Past, Present and Future

2 Comments / Entertainment, Poetry / By Myles Walker

Poetry, undeniably, is on the rise. However, just a decade ago, the US Census Bureau’s annual Survey of Public Participation in the Arts reported that its readership was experiencing a 20-year skid, and that Americans were more likely to knit or attend a jazz or even classical music concert than they were to read a …

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