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Suburban dad Andre (Anthony Anderson) is determined that his family be “not black-ish, but black.”
(Photo: Adam Taylor, ABC)

Great-ish.

As is almost always the case, there are some good shows arriving this fall. Few, however, seem special — and fewer still appear to have the potential to change the TV landscape.

Black-ish (ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 ET/PT; * * * ½ out of four) is one of those few.

A throwback to the All in the Family days when sitcoms linked saying something funny with saying some

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Lecrae made history with his brand-new single “All I Need Is You” this week, becoming the first Christian hip-hop artist of all time to ever reach the number-one spot on iTunes.

The rapper spoke with The Christian Post about the achievement this week and stated that he does not view it as something to brag about.

“I don’t look at it that way,” the rapper said to CP on Wednesday. “I think it’s phenomenal to make music that challenges people to think on morality, spirituality and the bettermen

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Lecrae recently thanked fans on Twitter after his new song “All I Need is You” reached number 1 on the iTunes chart early Tuesday.

The Grammy award-winning artist is gearing up for the September release of his seventh studio album “Anomaly.”

“All I Need is You,” which is the third single off the album, recently peaked at number one on iTunes, surpassing Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” and Jessie J’s “Bang Bang.” Lecrae was sure to thank fans via Twitter.

“Y’all’s support is crazy!! Number 1 song on

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Articles about privileged white women trying to “have it all” ignore the fact that women of color have been balancing life and work out of necessity.

The only thing I have grown to hate more than the term “having it all” is the debate about whether or not women can have it all. To be clear, I have been roped into this debate myself on more than one occasion, but I usually find myself doing what I just did: critiquing how pointless it is in some ways.

But in a powerful new essay for the Natio

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Natasha Graver, 32, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was charged with felony child abuse for leaving her 4-month-old daughter in her van for about 3-1/2 hours on July 5, 2014.
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A woman who attended a funeral Saturday nearly had a second one on her hands when she left her 4-month-old daughter in her van for about 3½ hours.

Natasha Graver, 32, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was charged with one count of child abuse, a felony, and was booked early Sunday in Pinellas Cou

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Bobby Womack Has Died at 70

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BOBBY WOMACK | June 27 (age 70) | The revered soul man and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer played guitar in Sam Cooke’s band, produced Sly Stone, and wrote hits recorded by the Rolling Stones (‘It’s All Over Now’) and Wilson Pickett (‘I’m a Midnight Mover’). (Photo: Josh Brasted, WireImage)

Bobby Womack, the colorful and highly influential R&B singer/songwriter revered by artists ranging from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70.

Womack was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease

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Faith Under Pressure

Life always seems to present a struggle, you have the heroes and you have the villains. You have the doubters and you have the believers. Faith left untested is not faith at all, because faith is the substance of things hope for, not what you already have, and the essence of things that have yet to be seen. There have been many times that the Lord has placed my faith under pressure; I'm speaking of extreme pressure. You know the kind that feels like you are stuck between two heavy ton weights, a

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