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Rethinking This Year's New Year's Resolutions

December 24, 2022

Nation Building

The sun will set on another year in just a few days, and people everywhere will be making resolutions with themselves: they'll vow to lose weight, start exercising, read more...

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Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Culture

December 27, 2021

Culture

Habari gani, friends! It is the week of Kwanzaa, the seven-day celebration of our African roots and heritage. Kwanzaa is a relatively "newer" holiday. Founded in 1966 and modeled...

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How Are You Celebrating Kwanzaa This Year?

December 19, 2022

Culture

As many people conclude their Christmas and Hannakuah celebrations this week, beginning on Monday, December 26th, the seven-day holiday of Kwanzaa officially begins. A relatively...

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What's Next for the Nation of Africa?

January 21, 2023

Culture

The African nation has seen exciting growth and advancements over the last several years. From increased agricultural productivity and exports - particularly in Ethiopia, Kenya,...

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Why is a Disney Movie Causing So Much Hate?

September 21, 2022

Culture

In case you haven’t seen the news -- or the weirdly angry memes and comments on social media -- the Little Mermaid is getting its own live-action remake, and some people...

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The Economic Disparity Gap in America

September 11, 2022

Nation Building

Can the economic disparity gap in America ever be closed? Slavery may have been abolished in 1865, but the consequences of centuries of oppression are still being felt in the...

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The Inequality of African Economics

July 26, 2022

Socio-Economic

Racial and social discrimination is a breeding ground for all manners of inequality, and none of them are felt more keenly than wealth and economic disparities in African and...

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Gemini Music Icons

June 7, 2022

Culture

I·con: a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration. When you think of the word icon, what do you think of? Who do you think of? Today,...

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Gorée Island: Then and Now

May 22, 2022

Culture

Just off the coast of Senegal and the western-most point of Africa is Gorée Island. For over 300 years, it served as one of the largest slave-trading centers for the Atlantic...

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Malcolm X: 8 Things You May Not Know

May 16, 2022

Culture

Malcolm X is a man who needs no introduction. A prominent figure during the civil rights movement, his influence was far-reaching both during his life and after his death. In...

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