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July 22, 2016

WNBA Players Refuse to Talk Basketball in Protest of Fines for Black Warmup Shirts

Des Bieler The Washington Post

“My teammates and I will continue to use our platform and raise awareness for the #BlackLivesMatter movement until the @wnba gives its support as it does for Breast Cancer Awareness, Pride and other subject matters”

Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert's Late Show Desk

July 22, 2016

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert reunite for coverage of Roger Ailes' downfall, followed by an epic Stewart burn of the Trump-Fox axis.

Elizabeth Warren: 'He Sounded Like a Two-Bit Dictator'

July 22, 2016

Senator Elizabeth Warren sounds off on Donald Trump's acceptance speech, taking him down in trademark style, with substance, passion and wit.

The Clown Has Taken Over the Party

July 22, 2016

Roy Zimmerman, perhaps America's premiere political satirical songwriter, nails the meaning of the Republican's Trump convention.

One Year on Earth Seen From 1 Million Miles

July 22, 2016

A full year of life on Earth condensed into three minutes, recorded from a satellite orbit at Lagrange point 1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth, where it is balanced between the gravity of our home planet and the sun.

Bob Marley | Get Up, Stand Up

July 22, 2016

Bob Marley wrote Get Up, Stand Up in 1973 while touring Haiti. It has become a grassroots world anthem of the fightback movement and sound best performed before a big, live audience.

July 22, 2016

A Black Man in Chicago Celebrates Emmett Till's Birthday

Philip C. Kolin Emmett Till in Different States: Poems

Emmett Till, a 14-year old murdered in Money, Mississippi on August 28, 1955, would be celebrating his 75th birthday on Tuesday, July 25. The writer Philip C. Kolin, like Till a native of Chicago, and professor English in Mississippi, has recently published a book, Emmett Till in Different States: Poems (Third World Press) that traces both the historical significance and contemporary legacy of Till’s brief life.