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Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles
Tens of thousands of people packed Los Angeles’ 21,000-capacity Staples Center Thursday while many others stood outside and gathered throughout the city as fans, friends and family bid farewell to Nipsey Hussle at a public memorial. Billed as a “Celebration of Life,” the memorial brought people together from throughout Los Angeles and beyond. Scripture was…
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Not a Good Look: UK Grocer Pulls 'Ugly'-Named Chocolate Duckies After Complaints of Racism
There’s the old adage that good things come in threes: Huey, Dewey and Louie. Snap, Crackle and Pop. Or perhaps the Holy Trinity itself: Destiny’s Child. But for a U.K. grocery chain selling a trio of chocolate ducks just in time for Easter, what came in threes was the latest trite display of what is…
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Warner Bros. Shuts Down Trump 2020 Video for Using Dark Knight Rises
Not so fast, Donald Trump! That was basically Warner Bros.’ stance after Trump and his team apparently took it upon themselves to use music from The Dark Knight Rises to accompany a video promoting Trump’s 2020 re-election hopes. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted out the video, which featured an odd collection of imagery—among them, Washington landmarks,…
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Women Could Face Death Penalty for Having an Abortion Under Proposed Texas Law
Texas lawmakers held a hearing this week on a bill that could subject women to the death penalty if they had an abortion. Period, point blank, no exceptions. The legislator behind the bill is Texas state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a five-times-married Republican out of Arlington who had to be placed under police protection when he…
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Trump to Screen Controversial Anti-Abortion Film at White House
In a decision sure to further shore up support among his pro-life base, Donald Trump is set to screen the controversial anti-abortion film Gosnell at the White House Friday. The crowdfunded film that chronicles the trial and conviction of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell will be shown by invitation to a group of pro-life activists…
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Watch: Man Turns NYC Subway Car Into an Urban Jungle; Strange but True
Now, this isn’t something one sees everyday—not even in New York City’s subway system, known for being the scene of every kind of oddity from pizza-lugging rats to impromptu performances by subway pole dancers. But a subway rider Sunday took things to a new level when he decided to turn a subway car into a…
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Iconic Johnson Publishing, the Company That Was Once Behind Ebony and Jet Magazines, Files for Bankruptcy
Johnson Publishing Company, the historic African-American media powerhouse responsible for the start of Ebony and Jet magazines, has filed for bankruptcy. The company sold Ebony and Jet three years ago to a private equity firm, so Tuesday’s filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation will not affect the publications, the Chicago Sun Times reports. However, the…
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Big Pimpin': Ex University Employee and AKA Adviser Among 7 Indicted in Fort Valley State Prostitution Case
A Fort Valley State University employee and adviser to the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha who resigned after being accused of running an on-campus prostitution ring is among seven people who have been formally indicted on prostitution and pimping charges in the case. In addition to charges of prostitution, Alecia Johnson, 49, also was…
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Taraji P. Henson Tears Up Describing Mental Health in the Black Community as a 'National Crisis'
Taraji P. Henson has been doing the work, the work to end the stigma surrounding mental illness in the black community. The urgency of the issue brought her to tears while she was being honored for her efforts at Variety magazine’s Power of Women New York lunch. In September, Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson…
