• Marion Barry’s Story—the Way He Told It

    (Editor’s Note: This article was first published in June of 2014 when Marion Barry released his biography. The 4-term former DC mayor has died at age 78 of an undisclosed illness.) It’s the 1980s and cocaine is being sucked up the nostrils of some of the world’s elite. Mayor Marion Barry is at an exclusive…

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  • Even George Clinton Gets Old—but the Atomic Dog Still Has a Lot of Funk Left in Him

    George Clinton is an old man now. He is 73, and gone are the days when he used to hop on the table of some dinner theater’s guest, midperformance, and pour wine over his head. He doesn’t wear a diaper made out of hotel towels anymore; and he’s traded in his colorful hair extensions for…

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  • The Ku Klux Klan Wants You … to Join?

    The Ku Klux Klan is looking for new members, and don’t let the small detail of race stop you from applying. Race hating? That’s the old Klan. The new Klan is all about inclusion and diversity, according to John Abarr, a Montana Klansman who told the Great Falls Tribune that the KKK’s white supremacist ways, at…

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  • Report: Adrian Peterson Prepared to Sue the NFL if He Is Not Reinstated 

    Now that Adrian Peterson has settled the child-abuse charges against him, he wants back in the NFL and is prepared to sue the league if it continues to keep him off the field, according to sources who spoke with Yahoo Sports. According to the website, “The NFL Players Association filed a grievance against the NFL…

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  • Lincoln University President Claims Women Lied About Rape

    Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings claims that remarks he made about women reporting false rapes have been taken out of context. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jennings caused quite the uproar after comments he made in September during the university’s All-Women’s Convocation appeared on YouTube last week. In the four-minute video, Jennings tells the…

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  • Detroit Mother of 2 Found Dead in Home

    The father of Tiffany Couch’s two children became worried Thursday when Couch didn’t show to pick up the kids from school. Since this was highly unlike the 32-year-old mother, the man went to Couch’s Detroit home to investigate. It was there, in the basement, that he found Couch’s body, according to police officials who spoke…

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  • ‘We Got Beat’: Obama Owns Democratic Loss in Midterms

    President Barack Obama took full responsibility on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday morning for the public beating Democrats took in the midterm elections last week. He noted that government gridlock has added to public perception that the nation’s highest elected official isn’t doing his job. “We got beat. … Whenever, as head of the party, it doesn’t…

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  • Philadelphia Teacher Knocked Unconscious by Student

    Last week an 18-year-old student walked into a classroom to talk with a friend. The substitute teacher overseeing the class at Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia told the teen to leave. The student refused. The teacher and the student had a verbal altercation that escalated, and the substitute was pushed by the student, authorities…

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  • #Pointergate: How a News Station Missed a Story That Twitter Didn’t 

    It was a nonstory at best. A moment of awkwardness between Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Navell Gordon, a black campaign volunteer, as both stopped to pose for a photo. In that moment, they couldn’t decide what to do with their free hand. They both fumble a bit and in the end settle on pointing…

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  • Report: Obama Expected to Nominate Loretta Lynch for Attorney General

    If speculation holds true, President Obama is slated to tap Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, to replace Eric Holder as the next attorney general, according to officials who heard reports of the president’s decision and told CNN. According to several news sources, the decision is all but…

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