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Journalist @NBCBLK 📚 Forthcoming: “BLACK-OWNED: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF THE BLACK BOOKSTORE” Rep’d @AevitasCreative She/Her | Philly 📧char.adams@nbcuni.com
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Annnndddd we have a cover! 📚
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
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Attended an author event at the Free Black Women's Library last night and I am very excited to read this book!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Attended an author event at the Free Black Women's Library last night and I am very excited to read this book!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY 🚨
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is finally here. There are so many people to thank, so many people who have held me through this journey. I am grateful. Grateful. Grateful. @jahbarchart.bsky.social
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is finally here. There are so many people to thank, so many people who have held me through this journey. I am grateful. Grateful. Grateful. @jahbarchart.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY 🚨
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is finally here. There are so many people to thank, so many people who have held me through this journey. I am grateful. Grateful. Grateful. @jahbarchart.bsky.social
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is finally here. There are so many people to thank, so many people who have held me through this journey. I am grateful. Grateful. Grateful. @jahbarchart.bsky.social
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MTV has cancelled “Ridiculousness” after 14 years, TMZ reports
MTV Cancels 'Ridiculousness' After 14 Years
MTV has officially pulled the plug on "Ridiculousness" ... ending one of the longest-running series in the network's history ... TMZ has learned.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
MTV has cancelled “Ridiculousness” after 14 years, TMZ reports
This is The Hub, a Black-owned bookstore that ran in Kansas City from 1968-1975.
Couples James & Dorothy McField and Chester & Lillie Owens opened the store to provide Black books to their county.
Despite the hardships, owners said running the bookstore was some of the best years of their lives.
Couples James & Dorothy McField and Chester & Lillie Owens opened the store to provide Black books to their county.
Despite the hardships, owners said running the bookstore was some of the best years of their lives.
June 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is The Hub, a Black-owned bookstore that ran in Kansas City from 1968-1975.
Couples James & Dorothy McField and Chester & Lillie Owens opened the store to provide Black books to their county.
Despite the hardships, owners said running the bookstore was some of the best years of their lives.
Couples James & Dorothy McField and Chester & Lillie Owens opened the store to provide Black books to their county.
Despite the hardships, owners said running the bookstore was some of the best years of their lives.
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There’s a point in your career when you meet all the people you saw on TV, get close enough to so-called elites in your profession and realize, “Man these folks aren’t special at all.” The reverence for these folks and this publication is the ultimate proof of this. www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
Inside the identity crisis in anti-woke media
Donald Trump has taken their positions on many of their favored issues, but is pursuing their goals with the illiberal tactics they’d abhorred.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There’s a point in your career when you meet all the people you saw on TV, get close enough to so-called elites in your profession and realize, “Man these folks aren’t special at all.” The reverence for these folks and this publication is the ultimate proof of this. www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
Unpopular opinion: I don’t mind dog-eared pages. In fact, I prefer them to bookmarks. To me, they signify that a book is being read and loved and returned to. I love it.
May 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Unpopular opinion: I don’t mind dog-eared pages. In fact, I prefer them to bookmarks. To me, they signify that a book is being read and loved and returned to. I love it.
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I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.
April 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.
My doctor said if y’all don’t preorder my book, ima die. If it ain’t one thing it’s another😞😞 #BlackSky #BlackBookSky
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
Black-Owned by Char Adams: 9780593474235 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements, told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organ...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My doctor said if y’all don’t preorder my book, ima die. If it ain’t one thing it’s another😞😞 #BlackSky #BlackBookSky
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Hey y’all! I’m pleased to see that the Webby Awards still has a DEI category and I’m asking you to vote for Empire City to win that category. (if you think we deserve a Webby. Only a few days left to vote. We’re currently in 4th place. Thank you! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Hey y’all! I’m pleased to see that the Webby Awards still has a DEI category and I’m asking you to vote for Empire City to win that category. (if you think we deserve a Webby. Only a few days left to vote. We’re currently in 4th place. Thank you! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
People who pronounce gif like “jif” and Android users — are the same people. I will not be explaining.
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
People who pronounce gif like “jif” and Android users — are the same people. I will not be explaining.
I know how to play Spades now. Y’all can’t be talkin to me no any kind of way!
March 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I know how to play Spades now. Y’all can’t be talkin to me no any kind of way!
Every day a new boycott.
No list of demands, no serious organizing/foundation, no alternatives for ppl who rely on these places, just “don’t shop there” and vibes.
*and browbeating folks whose only access to affordable baby formula is the Walmart up the street. very unserious.
No list of demands, no serious organizing/foundation, no alternatives for ppl who rely on these places, just “don’t shop there” and vibes.
*and browbeating folks whose only access to affordable baby formula is the Walmart up the street. very unserious.
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Every day a new boycott.
No list of demands, no serious organizing/foundation, no alternatives for ppl who rely on these places, just “don’t shop there” and vibes.
*and browbeating folks whose only access to affordable baby formula is the Walmart up the street. very unserious.
No list of demands, no serious organizing/foundation, no alternatives for ppl who rely on these places, just “don’t shop there” and vibes.
*and browbeating folks whose only access to affordable baby formula is the Walmart up the street. very unserious.
On Friday, Feb. 28 at 12:40 p.m my homegirl accused me of liking a man. I haven’t slept since.
I have never liked a man in my life. I don’t even have any exes. Never even dated a man in my life. I swear, y’all! The weather is warming up, I can’t afford these kinds of allegations right now. PLS
I have never liked a man in my life. I don’t even have any exes. Never even dated a man in my life. I swear, y’all! The weather is warming up, I can’t afford these kinds of allegations right now. PLS
March 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On Friday, Feb. 28 at 12:40 p.m my homegirl accused me of liking a man. I haven’t slept since.
I have never liked a man in my life. I don’t even have any exes. Never even dated a man in my life. I swear, y’all! The weather is warming up, I can’t afford these kinds of allegations right now. PLS
I have never liked a man in my life. I don’t even have any exes. Never even dated a man in my life. I swear, y’all! The weather is warming up, I can’t afford these kinds of allegations right now. PLS
Thank you to the American Booksellers Association for having me and my curls at #WinterInstitute2025! (And for letting me say jawn during my keynote!)
March 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thank you to the American Booksellers Association for having me and my curls at #WinterInstitute2025! (And for letting me say jawn during my keynote!)
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Hi! I'm an independent journalist who's covered abortion and reproductive rights for almost a decade.
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You can support my work with a paid sub
Body Politic by Susan Rinkunas
A blog about bodily autonomy and the people and powers that shape it.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I have a newsletter where I share even more analysis and thoughts on bodily autonomy. It's free to read—please sign up!!—but you can be a patron of my writing by becoming a paid subscriber. Think of yourself as a Medici, but good
www.susanrinkunas.com/trump-doesnt...
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I moderated a panel in front of 1K people today at a conference and accidentally said “that’s a good jawn.”
This is why you can’t take me nowhere. 🤦🏾♀️
This is why you can’t take me nowhere. 🤦🏾♀️
February 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I moderated a panel in front of 1K people today at a conference and accidentally said “that’s a good jawn.”
This is why you can’t take me nowhere. 🤦🏾♀️
This is why you can’t take me nowhere. 🤦🏾♀️
This is W. Paul Coates at The Black Book, the Maryland bookstore he founded as the HQ for the George Jackson Prison Movement.
February 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is W. Paul Coates at The Black Book, the Maryland bookstore he founded as the HQ for the George Jackson Prison Movement.
I’m at #winterinstitute2025 this weekend!
I’m so excited to moderate this panel of amazing Black booksellers✊🏾📚 #WI2025
I’m so excited to moderate this panel of amazing Black booksellers✊🏾📚 #WI2025
February 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’m at #winterinstitute2025 this weekend!
I’m so excited to moderate this panel of amazing Black booksellers✊🏾📚 #WI2025
I’m so excited to moderate this panel of amazing Black booksellers✊🏾📚 #WI2025
Annnndddd we have a cover! 📚
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
February 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Annnndddd we have a cover! 📚
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
Pre-order is now available for “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.” It’s the first-ever full length book chronicling the history of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S.
Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734577...
On Audre Lorde’s birthday, I’m thinking about her Kitchen Table Press.
She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm
She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm
February 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
On Audre Lorde’s birthday, I’m thinking about her Kitchen Table Press.
She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm
She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm
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I'm hosting this with @interruptcrim.bsky.social - please come through! Meetup: Journalists and Media Makers Concerned About Criminalization. bit.ly/JournalistsM...
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm hosting this with @interruptcrim.bsky.social - please come through! Meetup: Journalists and Media Makers Concerned About Criminalization. bit.ly/JournalistsM...
If you’ve seen the book on the left, it’s likely because of the man on the right. No, he’s not the author. This is Ed Vaughn. He owned Vaughn’s Bookstore, considered to be Detroit’s first Black-owned bookstore. #BlackBookSky
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you’ve seen the book on the left, it’s likely because of the man on the right. No, he’s not the author. This is Ed Vaughn. He owned Vaughn’s Bookstore, considered to be Detroit’s first Black-owned bookstore. #BlackBookSky