Rome Kyn
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- Black Theatre Project director
- 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows
- Former producer at New York Post
- 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows
- Former producer at New York Post
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Mayor Adams banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press
June 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mayor Adams banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press
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June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
NPR readers share stories of love and adversity in honor of Loving Day
June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
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I've asked Major League Baseball's Vice President of Communications if Major League Baseball has any comment on the DoD erasing Jackie Robinson's page from the site and changing the URL to "DEI Sports." I'll update this story if and when the league weighs in. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Cup of Coffee Extra: The Department of Defense erases Jackie Robinson
The Department of Defense labeled a webpage about Jackie Robinson as "DEI" and deleted it
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March 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I've asked Major League Baseball's Vice President of Communications if Major League Baseball has any comment on the DoD erasing Jackie Robinson's page from the site and changing the URL to "DEI Sports." I'll update this story if and when the league weighs in. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
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Photos of the Enola Gay World War II bomber, Black military pilots and the country’s first female fighter pilot are among the tens of thousands of images flagged for removal by the Pentagon in an effort to eliminate references to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Pentagon to remove Enola Gay bomber photos under Trump DEI purge
Photos of the Enola Gay WWII bomber, Black military pilots and the country’s first female fighter pilot are among the more than 26,000 images flagged for removal by the Pentagon for violating DEI r…
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March 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Photos of the Enola Gay World War II bomber, Black military pilots and the country’s first female fighter pilot are among the tens of thousands of images flagged for removal by the Pentagon in an effort to eliminate references to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Around 300 demonstrators flooded a NYC street outside a Tesla showroom in the Meatpacking District to protest against Elon Musk.
Protestors held numerous signs with slogans like “Don’t Buy a Swasticar,” “Nazi,” “No Dictators in the USA” and “Musk Is Out of Control.”
Protestors held numerous signs with slogans like “Don’t Buy a Swasticar,” “Nazi,” “No Dictators in the USA” and “Musk Is Out of Control.”
Nine arrested in anti-Musk protest at Tesla showroom in Manhattan
Around 300 demonstrators swarmed around a Tesla showroom in the Meatpacking District to protest Elon Musk’s being handed control over government spending and personnel.
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March 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Around 300 demonstrators flooded a NYC street outside a Tesla showroom in the Meatpacking District to protest against Elon Musk.
Protestors held numerous signs with slogans like “Don’t Buy a Swasticar,” “Nazi,” “No Dictators in the USA” and “Musk Is Out of Control.”
Protestors held numerous signs with slogans like “Don’t Buy a Swasticar,” “Nazi,” “No Dictators in the USA” and “Musk Is Out of Control.”
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The Billionaires' Government: Branko Marcetic on Trump's "Complete Betrayal" of His Base
Branko Marcetic: Trump Sells Out His Base to the Billionaires
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been the public face of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle many government agencies and slash the size of the federal workforce. On Wednesday, he...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Billionaires' Government: Branko Marcetic on Trump's "Complete Betrayal" of His Base
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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which began as a small Harlem library addressing the needs of a changing neighborhood, has grown into a mecca for Black art and thought.
NYC’s Schomburg Center celebrating 100 years of Black culture art, history
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has its roots in the Harlem Renaissance, one of the richest cultural movements in the nation’s history, and as it launches into a yearlong celebra…
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February 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which began as a small Harlem library addressing the needs of a changing neighborhood, has grown into a mecca for Black art and thought.
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NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash
NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
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It’s about having red hair and freckles FFS and how to be cool with that when other kids make fun of it. By that twisted logic, you’d have to ban pretty much every children’s book, old and new www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/e...
Julianne Moore says her book about embracing differences was removed from Pentagon-run schools | CNN
Oscar winner Julianne Moore claims her children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” was banned by the Department of Defense’s Education Activity, a global network of 160 schools serving military families.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It’s about having red hair and freckles FFS and how to be cool with that when other kids make fun of it. By that twisted logic, you’d have to ban pretty much every children’s book, old and new www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/e...
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Elon Musk is a bad programmer
February 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Elon Musk is a bad programmer
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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“It’s ‘very fitting’ to announce on Martin Luther King Jr. Day an executive action to ‘dismantle the DEI bureaucracy’”
These are the very worst people America has to offer
These are the very worst people America has to offer
January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“It’s ‘very fitting’ to announce on Martin Luther King Jr. Day an executive action to ‘dismantle the DEI bureaucracy’”
These are the very worst people America has to offer
These are the very worst people America has to offer
Dave Chapelle's SNL standup before the 2025 presidential inauguration is the best he's been in years. Netflix probably thinking "we wanted that Chapelle." youtu.be/57pGarTBJrU?...
Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue 2025 - SNL
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January 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dave Chapelle's SNL standup before the 2025 presidential inauguration is the best he's been in years. Netflix probably thinking "we wanted that Chapelle." youtu.be/57pGarTBJrU?...
Japan's women prison system with those over 65 quadruple from 2003 to 2022. And it is growing. www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/a...
Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead | CNN
The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medicati...
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January 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Japan's women prison system with those over 65 quadruple from 2003 to 2022. And it is growing. www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/a...