Award-winning freelance journalist. Husband. Dad. MAD host. Cultural commentator. FAMU forever.
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
ICYMI: The New York Knicks are NBA Champions, as called by @LT__Murray and @McNuttMonica !
Thank you to all of the incredible fans for listening to @ESPNNewYork this season. Your home of the NBA Champions.
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The takes about Becky Hammon aren’t about basketball IQ, but about the very casual trend of disrespecting women in sports.
Her credentials were ironclad well before she became a championship coach in the W and a mentor to maybe the greatest women’s basketball player we’ve seen.
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Once again, this is more proof that the best part about sports is sharing in joy with so many people. And the experience and possibility of it is bigger than all the years of failure and misery. Few things give you the platform to be openly happy and emotional like this.
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A six-foot guard just beat an eight-foot guard. Wow. Riveting NBA Finals.
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Enjoyed this convo with two Congressional candidates here in Georgia!
Sat down with Ceretta Smith on the Makin’ a Difference podcast with Ken Makin.
We talked about service, leadership, and why this moment demands people who are willing to show up and work for the American people.
Take a listen. Leadership Matters.
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Jun 12
Black defendants’ “Stand Your Ground” claims against white assailants are denied more than 99 percent of the time. motherjones.com/politics/202…
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RT @OJPhilly: No 2026 MLB All-Star Game for me. The demand is too high to approve a Philly sportswriter representing the oldest, continuall…
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Today I learned. Wow. Rest in power 🕊️
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Former AP reporter Marlene Louise Johnson, who sued wire for discrimination, dies at age 89
apnews.com/article/marlene-j…
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Jun 12
Palestine may not have made it to the World Cup, but Bosnia and Herzegovina fans are making sure it is always present, whether in Canada, the U.S. or football stadiums everywhere.
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The In Living Color A’Twos 🔥
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Thank you! I have an amazing team that all helped execute the vision!
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
Jun 12
Wrote this back in March, but it 100% still applies now.
The World Cup has always come with geopolitical ramifications. But it's impossible to watch this year without acknowledging the hypocrisies of the host country — domestically and abroad.
andscape.com/features/usa-wo…
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
Jun 10
NASHVILLE: “If a data center project is not good for a zoo, it’s not good for an HBCU.”
Rep. @brotherjones_, students, alumni at @Fisk1866 U opposed a mysteriously-funded on-campus data center project shrouded in secrecy.
(His environmental racism class was abruptly canceled🤔)
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
Celebrating USA independence during the World Cup = patriotism.🇺🇸
Honoring Haitian independence on a jersey = politics. 🇭🇹
Make it make sense.
🚨JUST IN: FIFA has rejected Haiti’s World Cup jersey, saying it was too “political”
The specific image or design in the men’s jerseys that prompted FIFA’s objections remains unclear
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
We must not normalize what is happening. This level of open racism and jingoism has profound effects on American and global society. And remember: the various affronts to human dignity we are seeing could not stand if prominent players and teams acted in solidarity.
Africa's top referee will not be allowed to officiate at the World Cup after he was refused entry to the USA, FIFA has confirmed 🚨
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
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Cool article about what NYC looked like in 1973, the last time the Knicks won. The wildest for me is that it was the year that the New York Times introduced Donald Trump to the world:
“Major Landlord Accused of Antiblack Bias in New York City.” gothamist.com/arts-entertain…
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Ken J. Makin retweeted
#MyLatest — In 2020, my mom and grandma’s hearts broke for @KarlTowns.
His mother had just passed from COVID.
My grandma’s now gone. My mom battles Alzheimer’s. KAT’s story has made sense of a different grief: a long goodbye.
Yet, blessings live on.
andscape.com/features/karl-a…
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I mentioned how Shepard and Byrd are linked in my remembering of Jason Collins. andscape.com/features/jason-…
Today we honor James Byrd Jr., who was brutally murdered on this day 28 years ago. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law by former President Barack Obama 17 years ago.
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