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Watch: Ayanna Pressley, Who May Become 1st Black Massachusetts Rep Elected to Congress, Reacts to Upset Victory
In a stunning upset against longtime incumbent Mark Capuano, Ayanna Pressley won the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’ 7th congressional district last night, paving her way to becoming the first black lawmaker representing the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. Video was recorded of the moment Pressley learned of her historic win: her reaction says…
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Rahm Bows Out
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced in a press conference Tuesday morning that he will not seek re-election for a third term. Emanuel, who previously served as Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff during his tenure at the White House, has had a spotty record as the mayor of the Windy City. As the Chicago Tribune reports,…
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'Loving: But Make it Nazi?' New WW II-Era Amandla Stenberg Film Has Disturbing Implications
A trailer for a new WW-II era love story featuring Amandla Stenberg has us collectively scratching our heads. Where Hands Touch centers on Stenberg, who plays a mixed-race Afro-German during Nazi Germany. That bit sounds compelling enough, but let’s continue reading the official synopsis of the film (h/t The Playlist), shall we? WHERE HANDS TOUCH…
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It's Official: Aretha Franklin's Family Thought That Eulogy Was Just as Trash as You Did
In case you were wondering what Aretha Franklin’s family thought about the eulogy delivered by Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., wonder no more: they thought it was trash. On Monday, Vaughn Franklin, Aretha’s nephew, called the eulogy “offensive” and “very, very distasteful,” in a statement made on behalf of the family. “He spoke for 50 minutes…
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Loc’ed Out: In Jamaica, a Battle for Equality Rests on a 5-Year-Old Girl’s Head
Come January, Jamaica’s highest court will hear the case of “Z,” a little girl with dreadlocks who was told she couldn’t attend a prestigious public school unless her hair was cut. Z’s mother, Sherine Virgo, wasn’t having it. As the Washington Post reports, Virgo refused to cut her daughter’s hair, telling the paper that the…
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Vermont's Only Black Female Lawmaker Withdraws Re-Election Bid After Racist Attacks
The state of Vermont’s lone black female lawmaker, Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris (D-Bennington), announced that she will not be running for re-election this year, in part because of the overwhelming amount of racist threats she’s received. Morris, who won the Democratic nomination earlier this month, shared her decision to withdraw her candidacy last Friday on…
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4 Out of 5 Kennesaw State University Cheerleaders Who Protested During National Anthem Cut From 2018 Squad
When Kennesaw State University’s football team takes the field on Thursday, a slew of new faces will comprise the school’s cheerleading squad. That’s because four out of the five KSU cheerleaders who took a knee during the national anthem last year as part of a nationwide movement to draw attention to police brutality didn’t make…
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Cardi B Apologizes to Bernice King for 2015 'Real Housewives of the Civil Rights Movement' Parody
Cardi B offered an apology to Bernice King on Tuesday afternoon after TMZ released an old comedy sketch in which she plays Coretta Scott King. Bernice tweeted her thanks to Cardi on her Twitter account, according to USA Today, acknowledging that the Bronx rapper had reached out and apologized for the sketch, which many—including herself…
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Puerto Rico's Hurricane María Death Toll On Par With 9/11 Terrorist Attack
In October 2017, weeks after Hurricane María first made landfall in Puerto Rico, Donald Trump praised Governor Ricardo Rossello on the disaster’s low death toll. “Every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous— hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died—…
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11-Year-Old Fan Surprised by Drake at Hospital Gets Heart Transplant
I’m not a big Drake fan, but 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez is. Sofia also has cardiomyopathy, a condition she was diagnosed with this summer, which often results in heart failure. While she was at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, where she was waiting on a heart transplant, Sofia participated in the “In My Feelings” challenge, posting…
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