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 Please Enjoy: Hi there, As we come to the end of another powerful Black History Month, we wanted to make sure you saw a few of the stories we shared. From highlighting moments in history that will be included in the Obama Presidential Center Museum, to lifting up the voices of Chicago’s youth, we hope these stories remind you of how far we’ve come as a nation—and how much further we have to go. —The Obama Foundation THREE YEARS WITH THE OBAMA PORTRAITS Three years ago, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald became the first Black artists to create official, Smithsonian-commissioned portraits of a former President and First Lady.  Revisit when President and Mrs. Obama revealed their historic portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. THE POWER OF ART IN THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE During their time in the White House, President and Mrs. Obama always recognized and embraced the power of art. By showcasing pieces that depicted important chapters in the American story, White House vis

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It has been a challenging time in the Media Space.  We at the Daily Outsider are not immune to this as we try and navigate through the minefields.   What our colleagues at the Information reported on the streaming challenges was quite notable  which we hereby present as our team will continue to assess it consistently:   NBCUniversal’s Streaming Strategy Raises Prospect of WarnerMedia Merger As Netflix and Disney cement their leads over an array of rivals in the video-streaming market, top executives at Comcast and its NBCUniversal arm are in a quandary. Only 11.3 million households regularly watch NBCU’s Peacock service, far fewer than use competing services, according to recent internal data viewed by The Information. NBCU wants to ramp up Peacock’s growth, particularly among paying users, but without spending a lot of money. READ STORY

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading.” — Ray Bradbury Food For Thought The Value Of Science Fiction Science fiction is the telescope that looks into the future. Through science fiction literature and films, we are able to address technological change, existential risks, and cultural crises that may define our future. This form of deep imagination is the ultimate form of preparation. It not only allows us to speculate what the future could look like, it also gives us tools to draw from when/if these or similar events actually take place. To help prove our point, here are how some of the greatest sci-fi minds speak about the value of the genre.  Isaac Asimov: “It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be…Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and althoug