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Sen. Cory Booker Said to Be Dating Entertainment Lawyer
As the mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker was always protective of his personal life, particularly when it came to romantic relationships. In fact, he was so evasive that many questioned his sexuality, believing him to be gay. But he may not be guarding his relationships so heavily as the newly elected senator of New…
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Actor Rob Brown Slams Macy’s and NYPD With ‘Shopping While Black’ Lawsuits
One of the stars of HBO’s Treme has launched an expansive federal class-action lawsuit against the Macy’s department store for allegedly singling out customers of color for criminal suspicion. According to New York’s Daily News, Rob Brown charged Macy’s with “policies and practices [that] have left … customers of color feeling victimized, humiliated, traumatized [across the…
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Central Park 5 Hope Victim and De Blasio Can Help Settle Case
A group of five men who were imprisoned as teenagers for a brutal rape they did not commit are looking to have a conversation with a second victim of the real perpetrator in hopes of settling their lawsuit against the city of New York, the Huffington Post reports. The Central Park Five, as they are…
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Ted Cruz’s Father: ‘All Blacks Should Be Republican’
According to Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, African-American and Latino voters (non-Republican ones, anyway) are “uninformed” and “deceived.” It was recently discovered that the evangelical pastor gave a speech back in February to conservative activists and took up a previous speaker’s point that Hispanics were uninformed or deceived, the Huffington Post reports. “The same thing…
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House Republicans Attempting to Impeach Eric Holder
GOP House members are slated to put forth articles of impeachment against U.S. Attorney General Eric holder on Thursday, hoping to remove the head of the Department of Justice under grounds that he has lied to Congress and failed to uphold federal law, Reuters reports. Texas Rep. Pete Olson was responsible for writing the articles…
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Congressman Goes to Sir Mix-a-Lot Concert
Earlier this month, 76-year-old Jim McDermott, one of the older members of the House of Representatives, attended (and by reports, enjoyed) his first Sir Mix-a-Lot concert, Roll Call reports. The Democrat, who represents Washington state, was first introduced to the rapper, a Seattle native, through late-night comedian Stephen Colbert. “Congressman, do you like big butts?”…
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France’s Justice Minister Compared to Monkey
It’s the third time in about a month that France’s justice minister, Christiane Taubira, has been publicly ridiculed with racist gibes, causing backlash for the lack of respect afforded the foremost black politician. The far-right weekly magazine Minute published a cover declaring, “Crafty as a monkey, Taubira gets her banana back,” the Agence France-Presse reports. …
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Senate Republicans Block Another Obama Court Nominee
Once again Senate Republicans have put off one of President Barack Obama’s nominations for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, on Tuesday members of the GOP successfully blocked Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard, whom Obama chose to fill one of the…
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Ben Carson: Congressional Black Caucus Is ‘Racist’
If the Congressional Black Caucus does indeed have a policy that prevents nonblacks from becoming voting members of the organization, it is acting in a racist fashion, according to Dr. Ben Carson. The former neurosurgeon made his comments in an interview uploaded to YouTube, also adding, “If members of the Congressional Black Caucus would object…
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Texas Teacher Knocks Out 7th-Grade Student
Reginald Wells was chatting in the hallway of his Texas middle school last Friday, when he made a wisecrack about a teacher’s favorite football team. That’s when all hell broke loose. According to 12 News, the 12-year-old 7th grader was blindsided by the teacher, to the point where he lost consciousness. “All of a sudden…
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