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Essence CEO Richelieu Dennis resigns after scathing opinion piece

Earlier this week, a group called Black Female Anonymous wrote a scathing critique of the alleged working conditions in Essence magazine, and demanded that four top executives resign. On Tuesday, one of the executives they named, Richelieu Dennis, resigned as CEO. In their essay, published on Medium, the women claimed …

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Richmond removes Stonewall Jackson statue from Monument Avenue

One hundred and fifty-five years after Robert E. Lee surrendered, the former capital of the Confederacy is re-examining the painful legacy he publicly memorized on Monument Avenue. The former capital, Richmond, Virginia, demolished a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson on Wednesday after Mayor Levar Stoney used emergency powers to …

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