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Angela Davis is a true American hero. The activist, scholar and one-time Black Panther continues the fight for freedom, particularly as it relates to the abuses of the prison industrial system. Her relationship with Black Panther and author George Jackson, who’s “Soledad Brother” is a classic book of the Black power struggle, led to her […]

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  Angela Davis is more than a Communist Party leader and activist, she’s a movement. During the emergence of the Black Panther Party, a young Angela decided, “This is earth-shaking. This is change and I want to be a part of that.” And she was. During the 1960′s, Davis’ life was spent fighting for and defending […]

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  Jada Pinkett Smith made an interesting commentary about race and media recently on her Facebook page. She proposed to the world that perhaps there’s a bit of a double standard when it comes to black representation in the media. We see black women on non-black mags all the time, but where’s the equality for white […]

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In a lengthy post on her Facebook account, actress Jada Pinkett Smith asks if the unbridled amount of criticism and ridicule faced by today’s young stars is really just cyberbullying at the hands of the media. “This last week, I had to really evaluate the communication in regard to our young artists in the media. I […]

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Move over, Iyanla. Actress, activist and mom, Jada Pinkett Smith, has some straight-shooting, life-fixing wisdom of her own. And she’s taken to Facebook to share it. In what might officially qualify as an advice column — including a post last month on why marriage shouldn’t feel like enslavement and another last year on the sad state of male/female […]

Jada Pinkett Smith, has some straight-shooting, life-fixing wisdom of her own. And she’s taken to Facebook to share it. A letter to a friend: Blended…

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  “Jada: Alone and Miserable” reads the headline of an article in “In Touch” about Jada Pinkett Smith – an article that has been written off as completely false, reports Gossip Cop. According to In Touch, Jada is “holed up” all by herself in the Calabasas, Calif. home she shares with husband Will Smith, and “regretting the night […]

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  Jada Pinkett-Smith often uses her Facebook page as a blog or journal of sorts. She types out her inner most thoughts in the hopes of inspiring and creating a dialogue. One of her lastest posts did just that. The title is enough to spark thought, “The war on men through the degradation of women.” […]

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When it comes to raising her kids, Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t authoritarian in her rule-making. “I think that old school style of ‘I’m your parent and I’m greater than you’ doesn’t work,” she told PEOPLE at a Yes to Prop 35 event hosted by The Moms on Monday afternoon. “What I establish with my children is a partnership.” Adds […]

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*L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies literally swept through the Calabasas home of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Monday. The exercise was to secure the massive property for a luncheon the Smiths are throwing for First Lady Michelle Obama, according to TMZ. The couple resides behind a huge gate with a long, winding road that leads to […]

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Jada Pinkett-Smith knew she was leaving folks in the dark when she posted a cryptic message on Facebook, about “changes in every area” of her life, rekindling those divorce rumors. The actress wrote, “I am on a tremendous journey of great change in every area of my life and I see how change can be […]

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In her Essence cover story, Jada Pinkett Smith makes two things clear: She thinks the divorce rumors involving her and hubby Will Smith are stale, and she doesn’t really care about how you feel about her daughter, Willow Smith. When asked about the breakup chatter, Jada said: It [the rumors] seems like that happens at […]