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Black Woman Kicked Off Delta-SkyWest Flight Over Airplane-Mode Dispute Still Seeking Answers
In late June, cellphone video taken on a Delta-Skywest plane circulated around social media. Posted by Robyn Rodgers on Facebook and an Instagram account under her alias, Deejay Reborn, the videos show a white flight attendant arguing with Rodgers, and then with others on a small aircraft, about their behavior on the flight—behavior she deemed…
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Muslims Kicked Out of Delaware Pool for 'Wearing Cotton'
It wasn’t the first time Tahsiyn A. Ismaa-eel had taken a group of kids to the Foster Brown Public pool in Wilmington, Del. Ismaa-eel, who runs a summer Arabic enrichment program, has taken her elementary school kids to the pool for four years now, and had yet to encounter any problem in the progressive town…
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There Is Only 1 Thing that Can Make a Beyoncé Concert Better: Michelle Obama
What a time to be in Paris. As even the most sports-averse among us might have found out by now, the city was a whole lit-uation on Sunday as France saw their national soccer team, Les Bleus, take home the World Cup for the second time in 20 years. But that wasn’t the only blessing…
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Emmett Till Biographer, Who Spoke to White Woman Who Lied on Teen, Turned His Interviews Over to the FBI [Updated]
Updated, Saturday, July 14, 2018, 12:23 p.m. EST: The author of the explosive Emmett Till biography that revealed that a key witness in the case falsely indicted the child to death via her lies, says that he received a call from the FBI weeks after the book was published. The AP reports that Timothy Tyson…
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Wait, Were Rihanna and Her Billionaire Boyfriend Arguing about the World Cup?
That’s what Rihanna would have you believe. On Tuesday, photos of Rihanna caught in a heated discussion with rumored on-again, off-again boyfriend, Saudi billionaire Hassan Jameel, flooded the internet with speculation and rumors. Were they on again? Was there trouble in paradise (in this case, Mexico)? Was Rihanna wearing Fenty Body Lava in the middle…
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In 2015, Charlamagne Tha God Admitted to Giving a Woman Spanish Fly and Having Sex While She ‘Wasn’t Coherent’ [Updated]
Now, another old Charlamagne recording has resurfaced, this one from 2015.
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Woman Who Beat Elderly Mexican Man with a Brick on July 4 Charged With Attempted Murder
Laquisha Jones, the black woman accused of beating 91-year-old Rodolfo Rodriguez with a cement brick as he was taking his nightly walk, will face attempted murder charges. Jones was arraigned at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday. KCAL reports that she pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and elder abuse. The 30-year-old…
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Petition to Fire Charlamagne Tha God From 'The Breakfast Club' Launched After Rape Allegation Resurfaces
A petition demanding radio host Charlamagne Tha God be fired from the radio talk show, “The Breakfast Club,” has garnered nearly 6,000 signatures. The petition urges iHeartMedia, which runs the popular radio program, to remove Charlamagne over a rape allegation from 17 years ago that’s recently resurfaced. “We want to send a powerful message to…
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Officer Who Stood by as Man Harassed Woman in Puerto Rico Shirt Resigns
The Cook County Forest Preserves officer who stood idly by as a belligerent man harassed a woman in a Puerto Rico flag T-shirt resigned late Wednesday. Officer Patrick Connor drew widespread outrage after a viral video surfaced of Mia Irizarry being harassed and intimidated by a white man upset that she was wearing a T-shirt…
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Diddy Gets Real About Funding Black Enterprises: When Black People Get the Resources, 'We Over-Deliver'
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, a multifaceted mogul who can count himself as one of the world’s richest musicians, landed the cover of Variety this week and used the opportunity to discuss some harsh truths about underinvestment in black business and the gentrification of his beloved Harlem. Diddy, who recently told GQ magazine that he wants to…
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