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Moonlight Director on Why New James Baldwin Film Needs to Be in Harlem
After his history-making turn directing Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has chosen to tackle the work of one of America’s great literary icons: James Baldwin. Jenkins is adapting Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk as his next feature film. As DNAinfo reports, Jenkins is choosing to stay true to the story by filming in Harlem, where…
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Justice Department Probe of Harvard Admissions May Hit on Affirmative Action: Report
The Trump administration’s battle against affirmative action is under way. A new report from BuzzFeed News confirms that the Department of Justice is investigating Harvard University’s admissions practices. The investigation likely centers on allegations that Harvard’s use of affirmative action discriminates against students of Asian descent, according to the report. BuzzFeed reports that the confirmation…
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Gabrielle Union Opens Up About Miscarriages to Change the Way People Talk About Fertility
In her new book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union discloses her painful experiences with infertility. In an excerpt from the book shared with People magazine, the star of BET’s Being Mary Jane says that she’s had “eight or nine miscarriages.” “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to…
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Pro-Life Congressman Mysteriously OK With Abortion if His Side Chick Needs One: Report
It turns out that Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), a politician who proudly flaunts his pro-life bonafides, doesn’t really mind abortions as long as his mistress has access to them. Last month the 64-year-old congressman with a reputation for family values admitted to having an extramarital affair with Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
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The Supreme Court Case That Could End Political Gerrymandering for Good
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether Wisconsin’s legislative maps are so extremely partisan that they are, in fact, unconstitutional. It’s a case that could fundamentally reshape the way politics is practiced in America. As The Nation reports, legal scholars and voting rights activists claim that in 2010, Wisconsin’s Republican Legislature sought to…
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Mother Desperate to Find Son in Puerto Rico Begs Trump to Stop Talking About Football and Help
It’s been over a week since Jacqui Gormley has heard from her son, who was in Puerto Rico with his grandmother when Hurricane Maria hit. Desperate and running out of options, Gormley had a strong message for President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin. “I really don’t need to hear about who’s…
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So-Called Patriots Stoke Hate by Photoshopping NFL Players With Burning Flag
Today in politricks: Conservative social media accounts are pushing a fake image of the Seattle Seahawks burning the star-spangled banner in their locker room in an attempt to stoke more anger toward the NFL. And it seems to be working. The photoshopped image shows Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett in the center of a…
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Ohio, a Union State, Will Reinstall Confederate Monument for Some Reason
When you try to be better about racism but decide you’re not really about that life: an American story. In today’s chapter, we go to Franklin Township in Ohio. Now, if you consult your history books, you’ll find that Ohio was a Union state during the Civil War. Which makes the fact that the township…
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O.J. Simpson’s Record of Domestic Abuse Not Considered in Nev. Parole Hearing
When O.J. Simpson was granted parole this past July, the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, which considered his case, didn’t take into consideration his 1989 conviction for beating his then-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. The reason? It apparently wasn’t listed in a national FBI crime database, according to the New York Post. The paper reports that…
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Even Rihanna Is Trying to Get the Dotard to Pay Attention to Puerto Rico’s Humanitarian Crisis
Donald Trump loves ratings and attention, and he certainly doesn’t love the Constitution, which is the reason he can’t stop talking about the national anthem. On Tuesday night, he even dragged running legend Usain Bolt into the fray, tweeting out a video of the GOAT stopping an interview so that he could acknowledge “The Star-Spangled…
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