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That's right, nerd land went to new york comicon. >> hey nerd land, it's me. i'm standing here at day one of new york comicon. you can see, the streams of participants coming in, the lines are all the way down the block. expected attendance over 150,000 people. the largest pop culture convention of its kind in north america. all of these folks are here coming to see over 500 exhibitors, panelists, actors, artists, everything around sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, all here for the next four days. new york city's comicon. >> we're going to go see comicon. >> this is my first time coming, yeah this...

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>> thank you. thank you so much. i really wanted it to be about me and my family and who i am because people naturally assume they know who i am because i've been out there since i was 18 years old but in the book you will realize you really don't know who i am and so i like to share this book. as african-americans we really don't pass stories down because of our painful past and i really wanted to be part of the cycle of really leaving my story there for people to read. >> you do not shy away from the difficult stories, thank you for your book. >> thank you very much. >> and thank you, beverl...

This week the september issue of vogue hit newsstands and none other than nerd land's favorite queen b faced the cover. beyonce did not grant "very long" an interview making her the only cover star in at least five stars to evade a "vogue" reporter. beyonce had an essay about her star power in a cover shoot video released on "vogue's" website. the lack of an interview is not the only thing that makes it special. most "vogue" cover girls have been white. beyonce is only the third black woman to be featured on the magazine's coveted september issue in the 123-year history. at least five other bl...

Days. your state is just one of four to require proof of citizenship at all and, surprise, the people most affected are low income kansans and, wait for it, african-americans. secretary kobach, enacting birter-inspired legislation to cancel 30,000 kansans' right to vote will not help your party do better with minority voters. based on your actions maybe that isn't what your actual goal is anyway. sincerely, joy. and coming up, a volatile week in ferguson and why police took dna samples from some of the protesters. plus, the prisoners on the front lines of california's firefight saving homes an...