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Knocking Down the PJs? NYC Considers Building Mixed-Income Residence on Site of Public Housing
Ask any native New Yorkers, especially black and brown New Yorkers, and “word on the street” has long been the notion that with gentrification would come the demolition of public housing, long the place many poorer black and brown New Yorkers have called home. Now comes word that the idea is no longer just a…
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#FreeMumia: Former Journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets Another Chance to Appeal in Cop Murder
Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Philadelphia radio journalist convicted and imprisoned almost 40 years for the 1981 murder of a police officer, has the chance to appeal anew for a new trial now that the city district attorney has dropped his objections to it. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday dropped his objections to a…
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A Group of Wannabe Feds Is Going Around Pointing Guns at Immigrants at the US-Mexico Border and Calling It Citizen's Arrest; ACLU Calls It Kidnapping
Members of a local militia in New Mexico apparently decided to take matters into their own hands regarding this nation’s immigration policy and detained a group of asylum seekers at gunpoint before turning them over to U.S. Border Patrol. Video posted online by a group calling itself United Constitutional Patriots show armed militia members, wearing…
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Omar, Tlaib and Booker Hit With Death Threats, Feds Say in Case Against Florida Man
A Florida man has been charged with making death threats against prominent Democratic officials, including Sen. Cory Booker, and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and spewing hateful invective against blacks, Muslims and immigrants in a series of phone calls. John Kless, 49, of the Fort Lauderdale area, faces up to five years in prison…
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Just in Time for 420: Carl's Jr. Laces Us With a CBD-Laced Burger
Just in time for National Weed Day, aka 420, aka tomorrow, April 20, the Carl’s Jr. burger chain is bringing out a special offering—one that could whet the appetites of those who may have the munchies after deciding to indulge in a little bud. Dubbed the Rocky Mountain High Cheese Burger Delight, the new gastronomic…
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‘Fire Me Good Friday’: Veteran Journalist April Ryan Calls for Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Head on a Platter
It’s no secret that veteran White House correspondent April Ryan and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders don’t have the most collegial of relationships, and now Ryan has vociferously called for Huckabee Sanders’ resignation. “When there is a lack of credibility there, you have to start and start lopping the heads off. It’s ‘Fire…
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3 Years After the World Lost Prince, His Heirs Still Have Yet to Receive a Penny: Report
It has now been almost three years since the world lost the musical genius, legend and icon known as Prince, but his estimated $200 million estate remains mired in all kinds of drama, with his heirs yet to see one dime. It’s a sad state of affairs (pun intended) caused in great part, according to financial experts,…
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NYC Council Votes to Bar Companies From Testing Job Applicants for Marijuana
In what’s being called a groundbreaking measure, New York City’s City Council has passed a bill banning most companies from testing job applicants for marijuana. The bill, which was approved by the Council April 9, awaits signature by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who, according to the New York Times, supports the measure. The change would…
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Fox News Host Laura Ingraham's Gonna Learn Today: Don't Come for Chrissy Teigen Unless You Want That Smoke
Don’t come for Chrissy Teigen unless you’re called. Fox News host Laura Ingraham is the latest to be treated to that lesson after Teigen hit Ingraham Thursday with the F-bomb and the white supremacist label after Ingraham decided to mock Time magazine’s placement of Teigen on its 100 “most influential people” list. On her Ingraham…
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Pioneering Hip-Hop Journalist Dee Barnes, Now Homeless, Gets a Hand-Up From Wendy Williams
Life has admittedly not been easy for hip-hop media pioneer Dee Barnes, but perhaps things will start to get a little brighter with the help of talk show host Wendy Williams. Barnes appeared Thursday on Wendy: The Wendy Williams Show, where the talk show host offered to publish the book Barnes has in the works…