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5-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Beaten and Forced to Smoke Pot
A 26-year-old man is facing criminal charges after allegedly forcing a 5-year-old girl to smoke marijuana, KOIN reports. Marquise Rashad Harris-Hill was arraigned on Monday for first-degree criminal mistreatment, third-degree assault, unlawful application of a controlled substance to another person, “unlawfully causing another individual to ingest a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of marijuana to a…
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Obama ‘Will Not Stand’ for Veterans Affairs Scandal
President Barack Obama slammed the alleged misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs in a White House press briefing on Wednesday, saying that the situation would be taken seriously, ABC News reports. The president said that if claims of a cover-up of gross delays in treatment for returning members of the military turned out to…
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Emory University Taps Erika Hayes James as Business School’s New Dean
There will be a new head honcho at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Erika Hayes James, who has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan, has been selected as the next dean of the high-ranking business school. When she starts in that position on July 15, she’ll become the first black woman…
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NY Legislator Asked to Resign Over Alleged Racially Charged Comments
One Long Island, N.Y., Democrat is battling calls for her resignation over alleged racially charged comments about a black community, WCBS 880 reports. Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, who represents Great Neck, N.Y., was stripped of her committee assignments by her Democratic Party leaders as a result of the allegation, the news station reports. Nassau…
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Meet the Black Officer Who Went Undercover as a KKK Member
Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Retired police Sgt. Ron Stallworth’s story—about how he, a black undercover Colorado cop, infiltrated one of the nation’s most notorious hate groups in 1978—is one such truth. Stallworth, 61, recently released the book Black Klansman, detailing his amazing story during his early years of service. “I was sitting…
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Sam Greenlee, Spook Who Sat by the Door Author, Dies at 83
Revered Chicago novelist Sam Greenlee has died in his home city at the age of 83, the Associated Press reports. Greenlee, who was also known for his poetry, is best-identified through his 1969 work, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, which tells the story of a black CIA agent who trains young black Chicagoans…
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NBA’s Charles Barkley Earns Ire of San Antonio Women
Charles Barkley wasn’t exactly made to feel completely welcome at the opening game of the Western Conference Finals in San Antonio on Monday, when a group of women, apparently led by the girlfriend of the Spurs’ Tim Duncan, wagged their collective fingers at him. The TNT analyst and former NBA player has made some pretty…
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Peabody Awards Celebrate Stories in Different Media
Storytelling across electronic media was celebrated on Monday at the 73rd annual Peabody Awards ceremony, which took place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Among the recipients of the esteemed award was The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., who accepted the award for his PBS documentary series The African Americans:…
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NYC Mayor Demands Apology From City Tabloids
The New York Post and New York Daily News are in trouble with the city’s mayor, Bil de Blasio, who has demanded that they apologize to his wife for distorting her words in an interview, the Associated Press reports. De Blasio, who is still relatively new as mayor, said that the stories were “deeply disturbing”…
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Fines for Sagging Pants in Tennessee
If you’re walking around Pikeville, Tenn., you may want to make sure your pants are properly on your hips and belt up as a double precaution … or you could soon be hit with a $25 fine or more, the Times Free Press reports. Last week the City Council unanimously approved the first reading of…
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