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Talib Kweli said he felt compelled to write a song about Bresha Meadows, the Ohio teenagerwho shot and killed her father in 2016 after he was accused of abusing her mother and terrorizing the family.

In an open letter, the Black Star member said Bresha reminded him of one of his own daughters, which urgedhim to pen the song called Shes My Hero.

The first thing that struck me about Bresha was how much she physically reminded me of my own daughter, wrote Kweli.I had a similar experience when George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who reminded me of my son. I instantly felt drawn to these children, and I felt compelled to dive deeper into their lives. Leading up to shooting her father, Breshas grades were slipping in school, she had run away from home and had repeatedly told relatives and authorities that her father was beating up her mom and threatening to kill the whole family.

Since being charged with involuntary manslaughter, Bresha received a plea deal to enter a mental facility, which shell be released from this coming January and shortly afterthe shooting, her mother Brandi Meadow praised her daughters actions.

She is my hero, Brandi told a local news outfit. I wasnt strong enough to get out, and she helped us all.

Right now, a GoFundMe page has been set up to help Bresha and her family pay for mental health treatment, which you can contribute to here if you like.

In regards to Kwelis Shes My Hero, the Brooklyn MC said he wrote the song to remind everyone that children should be protected.

Regardless of how you feel about this particular case, whether you feel its a self-defense issue, a domestic abuse issue, a mental health issue or all of the above, the take away for me is that we must do a better job of taking care of and protecting our children, he wrote. Our children should never feel [like] they have to make these kinds of decisions.

You can listen to the new song below.

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Talib Kweli Pens 'She's My Hero' Dedicated to Domestic Violence Victim Bresha Meadows [LISTEN] - The BoomBox

Some 25 years ago when I made the move from the political left to the political right, I took with me three liberal ideals: I remained an extremist on the issues of free speech and the rights of the accused, and have held on to my loathing for Big Business. A quick glance at todays headlines proves that those ideals no longer belong to the left.

From President Trump to George Zimmerman to Antifa, the Democrat Party and its media have surrendered all claims of the moral high ground on the issue of due process and have even embraced (as long as it is against the correct people, meaning everyone from neo-Nazis to Trump supporters) violent vigilantism. Then like something out of Robocop or Demolition Man there is the issue of how those who call themselves progressive and liberals cheer on corporations that have seized control of how Americans communicate and how those corporations have used that control to censor us.More

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Nolte: Leftists and Media Cheer as Mega-Corporations Strip Away Free Speech Rights - Canada Free Press

As I wrapped up my fellowship year at Harvard this month and began to pack my boxes and leave Boston, the concierge in my building asked where I was moving.

Kansas City? Missouri? she said. They dont like us there. Its not safe. Didnt you see the news?

Yes. More than that, I told her, Kansas City is my adopted home, in the state that compelled the NAACP to issue a travel advisory for bodies that look like my own.

Derrick Johnson, NAACP interim president and CEO, cited racist incidents and the statistic that African-Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than Caucasians. These facts, he said, are unconscionable and are simply unacceptable in a progressive society.

But do we live in a progressive society or are we just pretending?

I started driving back to Kansas City the day President Donald Trump stood at his New York tower and put people standing up for equality and justice on the same plane as white supremacists.

I drove across the Missouri state line the same week the Southern Poverty Law Center showed Missouri is home to more hate groups (white separatists, neo-Nazis, anti-Muslims, anti-LGBTQ, sovereign citizens, black separatists) than Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma combined: a big, bad total of 24.

With my foot on the gas, I remembered my regular supply of racist emails from readers. You dont forget people defending George Zimmerman, vilifying Tamir Rice, denying the proven police bias in Ferguson and regularly debasing black lives, immigrant lives, LGBTQ lives and the lives of women. You dont forget how recognizing the reality of racism at Mizzou led to a death threat.

And those hateful comments came before the country elected a bigot who believes more people descended on Charlottesville, Va., to protect the monument of the Confederacys top general than to perpetuate oppression. Sure.

Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee, Trump said. So this week, it is Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?

Well, Mr. Trump, it shouldnt stop until upholding slavery and bias is no longer the American way.

I returned to work on Friday, the same day a vandalized United Daughters of the Confederacy monument was removed from the boulevard at 55th and Ward Parkway right within J.C. Nichols historically exclusionary Country Club District. I wondered whether Trump would be upset and consider it an erasure of what he calls Americas greatness. Would he applaud the armed militia who think its their duty to police KCs peaceful marches against injustice?

This is a man who can look beyond a terrorist using his car as a weapon to pummel protesters against hate, killing Heather Heyer. A man who can look right past the Jews will not replace us chants, the White Lives Matter cheers, the torches and the clubs and equate white nationalists with anti-supremacy protesters.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides, Trump said from his New Jersey golf club. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America.

Is he sure? Hes the same man who, in the midst of Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath of Charlottesville, pardoned former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for racially profiling Latinos and dehumanizing prisoners.

Trump is leading a national attack against journalists as a way to disempower the people. He criminalizes immigrants and objectifies women. He believes in police militarization, disrespects black lives and is trying to deny the rights of the LGBTQ community.

And Im a black, biracial woman journalist who advocates for equity and justice. Im back to stand up for what he wants to stifle and tear down.

Hate has always been a part of Americas foundation but Trump has openly given it a home. On Wednesday, he is heading to Springfield, in the great state of Missouri, to talk Republican domination and tax cuts.

The agenda should be how to bridge the divide. So if the president is not going to do his job, wed better get to work.

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My welcome back to Missouri: NAACP travel advisory, rising hate groups and Trump - Kansas City Star (blog)

Nintendo is saying goodbye to its Miiverse social network.

The gaming giant said Tuesday that it would shut down Miiverse on Nov. 7, after debuting the social network alongside its Wii U video game console in 2012. Owners of the Nintendo 3DS mobile gaming console could also access the service.

Miiverse users could create cartoonish versions of themselves known as avatars that could chat and interact with others in a digital lobby. Part of the social networks appeal was that users could play certain Wii U video games or other online games with one another.

Nintendo closure of Miiverse comes as it heavily pushes its Nintendo Switch gaming console, which debuted earlier this year.

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The Switch is incompatible with Miiverse and instead relies on the Nintendo Switch Online to accommodate gamers who want to play against each other online. Currently, people can play Switch Online for free, but Nintendo plans to debut a paid version in 2018.

Before the Miiverse closes, Nintendo said it would let people could use their personal computers to download their messages to friends or other social postings for a limited time.

As gaming publication Nintendo Life notes, the Miiverse was a divisive social network, with many users appreciating the services playful interface. But others complained about its slowness in loading games and sometimes confusing navigation.

Still, Nintendos decision to close Miiverse caused some users to mourn. On a Nintendo technical support page, several Miiverse users expressed sadness about the planned closure, with one recalling how the service helped him connect with other people.

Miiverse is a place which has helped me to become more socially confident, and enable me to talk to others without having to actually physically talk to them, the person wrote. I've met so many wonderful people here, and I'm trying to get to grips with the fact that I may never see these people again when it ends.

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Nintendo Is Killing This Social Networking Service - Fortune

Every year, someone writes an article proclaiming that email marketing is dead -- and every year they are proven wrong.

Mobile data traffic is expected to increase sevenfold by 2021, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI).

This smartphone usage expansion is due to improvements in network speeds and increasing availability of mobile applications, and the significant consumption of mobile video will all contribute to this growth.

So, how do marketers deliver the right messages to their customers to deliver the best ROI for their campaigns?

A recent report by technology adviser Analysys Mason shows that entertainment is the dominant activity on our smartphones -- accounting for 57 percent of our data usage and almost a third of overall time spent on the device. It analysed real-world usage from over 8,000 smartphones in Germany, India, UK, and US.

But if you are a marketer this might not be good news. It takes significant time and resources to create world-leading entertainment content to post across social channels. How do marketers connect with their audience and get a good return for their efforts?

A report from email marketing platform Emma shows that marketers are already overwhelmed and unable to meet expectations. Over 64 percent of marketers do not have the time or personnel to carry out the marketing activities that they would like to.

There are too many channels to focus on and not enough return for their efforts. It is easy to get side-tracked by flashier social channels, and marketers feel like they have to master every new thing that comes along

A look at customer data and response metrics will show which what channels are most successful for reaching the target audience so that marketers can focus their efforts there. And it is often email -- not social -- that is overlooked.

Now marketers are turning to email marketing to simplify their activities. Every year, someone writes an article proclaiming that email marketing is dead -- and every year they are proven wrong.

Although 'batch-and-blast email marketing' may be dead, timely email marketing campaigns could become key to successful digital marketing programs.

According to Emma, 47 percent of marketers said that email generates the most ROI for their organisation, and 58 percent of them are planning to increase their spending on email marketing in 2018.

With new channels seemingly popping up every day, marketers often feel like they have to be on all social channels all the time. But with the other half of our mobile data usage, we are very likely looking at -- and responding to -- a well-crafted email campaign.

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Social networking and video dominate smartphone use, but email generates the most ROI - ZDNet