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Blackbird Collective, located in Culver City, Calif., was created with the intention to empower women of color and allies in the entrepreneurship and creative fields to create positive change for each other and the world. Here, a portion of the workspace used by members.

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  • Business

This Black-owned coworking space wants to advance and support businesswomen of color

By channeling its focus on women of color in the workplace, the primary goal for Blackbird Collective is simply to provide its members with a safe space to work and connect.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Nichelle Nichols made history for her role as communications officer Lt. Uhura on <em>Star Trek. </em>

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  • Television

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on 'Star Trek,' dies at 89

Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered together."

August 01, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Poet Alora Young.

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  • Author Interviews

In a new memoir in verse, Alora Young traces the lives of generations of Black women

Alora Young is the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate of the Southern United States. Her debut poetry collection Walking Gentry Home is a memoir written in verse.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jeevika Verma and
  • Leila Fadel

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  • Arts & Life

What we've lost — and what we've found — in abandoned theme parks

There's something fascinating about the life and demise of theme parks — the taste of nostalgia, that everything has an end, the unforgiving churn of capitalism, the loss of beloved structures.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Brigit Benestante
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday.

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  • Pop Culture

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gets her own bobblehead

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The bobbleheads are expected to ship in September.

July 31, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Many of Megan Miranda's thrillers make nature — the deep woods or a steep trail — a central and often menacing character.

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  • Author Interviews

How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods

Megan Miranda's latest summer thriller, The Last to Vanish, is set in a small hiking town in North Carolina, where 7 people have disappeared in the woods. Were they all accidents or was it something more sinister?

July 31, 2022
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  • Elissa Nadworny
Artist Tunde Olaniran

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  • Arts & Life

Artist Tunde Olaniran's 'Made a Universe' opens a portal at a Detroit museum

Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.

July 30, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for July 30, 2022: With Not My Job guest Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Allen White is the star of FX's The Bear, the hottest show of the summer. He may know his way around a TV kitchen, but can he answer our three questions about Paddington Bear?

July 30, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper play Emma and Noah in the new <em></em>Peacock series.

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  • TV Reviews

The characters in 'The Resort' make a visit worth your while

Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper star as Emma and Noah, a couple who try to solve two mysterious disappearances while also figuring out how to rescue their own relationship.

July 30, 2022
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  • Linda Holmes
Performer Shakira answers questions at a news conference on Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami. Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of eight years for Colombian-born pop star Shakira in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira is charged for failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes in Spain between 2012 and 2014.

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  • Pop Culture

Pop star Shakira could face 8 years in prison in a Spanish tax fraud trial

Authorities say the Columbian spent at least half the year in Spain in 2012, 2013 and 2014, when she was married to an FC Barcelona football player. That would mean she dodged $15 million in taxes.

July 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Screenshot from gameplay of Stray.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Stray, Joni Mitchell, and more.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Andrew Limbong,
  • and 3 more
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock in a video on YouTube.

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  • Arts & Life

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, this time in video

The Oscar winner had released a written apology earlier, but this time posted one on YouTube. He said his behavior, striking Rock in response to a joke, was unacceptable.

July 29, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
The Heart of Afghanistan project is Ahmad Fanoos on vocals & harmonium, his sons Elham on piano and Mehran on violin, with Hamid Habibzada on tabla.

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  • Arts & Life

Thousands of Afghan artists are still trying to flee the Taliban

A family of Afghan musicians in the U.S. wants to raise awareness about their plight.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
(L to R) Michael (Neil Patrick Harris) and pal Suzanne (Tisha Campbell) schmooze a prospective client.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'Uncoupled,' Neil Patrick Harris gets dumped, but Carries on

After his 17-year relationship ends, a gay NYC real estate agent (Neil Patrick Harris) leans on friends as he navigates hookup culture in this breezy Netflix comedy reminiscent of Sex and the City.

July 29, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon
Actress Mary Alice holding her Emmy Award in the press room in 1993.

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  • Arts & Life

Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice has died at age 85

From Rose Maxson in Fences on Broadway to Lettie Bostic on TV's A Different World, Alice's career encompassed comedy, drama, stage and screen.

July 28, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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