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Jussie Smollett and the Court of Public Opinion

 This story is exceedingly abnormal, and it’s drawing the worst out of many of us, but it doesn’t speak for us either. By Craig Jenkins
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Abducted in Plain Sight’s Jan Broberg on Why She Forgave Her Parents

 “The reality is that my parents were victims too, and this man was just a master manipulator.” By Maria Elena Fernandez
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All Your Questions About R. Kelly’s Indictment, Answered

 He’s now been charged with ten counts of felony aggravated criminal sex abuse. By Natalie Hope McDonald
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What Empire Might Look Like Without Jussie Smollett

 If the series must move forward without Smollett, writing out his character Jamal Lyon wouldn’t be hard, but it would be a major loss. By Starrene Rhett Rocque

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