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Anying Guo, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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When Myah Genung saw the disastrous interview between The Bachelor host Chris Harrison and former franchise star Rachel Lindsay, she was reminded of a saying: I m shocked, but I m not surprised. If you even just pay attention to some of the interviews that Chris Harrison has given over the years, his responses were always in defense of why (they didn t have a lead of color) instead of how this is something that needs to happen, says Genung, who works as an associate director of industry relations at the University of Southern California s Annenb
N.J. legal pot, once seemingly surefire, hits even more delays
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy governor speaks at a news conference in Edison, N.J., on Jan. 15, 2021.Bloomberg photo by Mark Kauzlarich.
New Jersey s long-delayed effort to legalize recreational marijuana has veered again into chaos, despite voter approval and a pause on pot prosecutions that has left some offenders in limbo.
Gov. Phil Murphy has until Monday to act on two bills that would bring him closer to fulfilling a pledge he made more than three years ago to legalize pot. For months, he has been wrangling with fellow Democrats, who control the legislature, over language in the measures to address how law enforcement would treat people under 21 in possession of marijuana.
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Costume Designers Francine Jamison-Tanchuck and Charlese Antoinette Jones on Ruth E. Carter s Oscar Win: She Opened a Lot of Doors for Us
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“She opened a lot of doors for us,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” costume designer Charlese Antoinette Jones says of Ruth E. Carter’s
historic Oscar win in costume design for her work on “Black Panther.” “I’ve seen more people requesting Black designers this year definitely due to her win, but also partially due to the social climate. Even me being considered [for awards] right now is due to her winning and laying this groundwork.”
Owensâ legacy lives on through museum
Jesse Owens won Olympic Gold in â36 Summer Games
Remembering Alabama native, Jesse Owens By Carl Prather | February 18, 2021 at 5:13 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 1:43 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) -
âAnd now you picture one hundred thousand people. Sitting and standing in all of this area. And then you think in terms of what youâre to do.â
-Jesse Owens (Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin Documentary, 1969)
The year was 1936 at the Olympics in Berlin Germany. A Black American with courage, class, and determination won four Gold Medals in track and field with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler the backdrop of the Summer Games. Jesse Owens, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave became an American Icon.