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Gay Student Expelled From College, Billed for Scholarships
When Danielle Powell fell in love with her female partner, she knew her sexuality wasn’t welcome at Omaha, Neb.’s Grace University, but she didn’t expect to be expelled. However, months away from graduation, Powell was asked to leave the school and was then sent a bill to repay her school loans and scholarships, reports the…
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MHP: The Politics Behind the Female Sex Drug
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests talk about why the new sexual-enhancement drugs for women, which may be available as early as 2014 if approved by the FDA, are so controversial. Watch Harris-Perry discuss the drugs and the cultural blowback around women’s sexuality below: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about…
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Noise Complaints to Police for Spike Lee's Jazz-Legend Dad
It’s no secret that Brooklyn, N.Y., is gentrifying, and as new residents move in, they don’t always mesh with the community. Case in point: A Fort Greene resident has repeatedly called the police on Bill Lee, father to filmmaker Spike Lee and the man behind the scores of your favorite 40 Acres and a Mule…
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Bruno Mars' Mother Dies at 55
The mother of singer Bruno Mars passed away on Saturday. She was 55, according to the Associated Press. Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars’ label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the…
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Issa Rae to Play Nina Simone in New Lorraine Hansberry Biopic
An unconventional biopic of Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun, is in development, according to Shadow and Act. Hansberry’s grand-niece Taye Hansberr, will take the title role, and Issa Rae, star of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, will play a pivotal role. Issa Rae is set to play Nina Simone, who…
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Protests Arise in London After Suspected Terror Killing
In London, protests have erupted following the fatal stabbing of British soldier Lee Rigby on a busy street last month, writes Reuters. The suspects, who remain in police custody, claimed to have killed Rigby in retaliation for the suffering of Islamic people internationally. Their actions ignited a political firestorm, which has spilled into the city…
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Race-Defying Author William Demby Dies at 90
On Friday, fiction author William Demby passed away in his Sag Habor, N.Y., home, reports the New York Times. He was 90. Demby lived in Italy for quite some time, where he penned novels like Beetlecreek (1950) and The Catacombs (1965). He also wrote Love Story Black (1978) and King Comus, which has yet to…
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Beyonce Has a Drink, Quelling Pregnancy Rumors
“I can’t stop the rumors from starting, and I can’t really change people’s minds who believe them,” Beyoncé wrote on her Tumblr page recently, according to the Daily News, in reaction to the latest rumors that she is pregnant. The star gave birth to her first child, daughter Blue Ivy, in 2012. “All I can…
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Obama: NATO Summit to Discuss End of Combat in Afghanistan
On Friday, during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, President Obama announced plans for a summit in 2014 to discuss the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, reports USA Today. “What we agreed to is that in order for us to facilitate this entire process, it would be appropriate for us to…
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The Economic Origins of Black Music Month
(The Root) — Since 1979, June has been designated as Black Music Month. The annual celebration was the result of a collaboration between songwriter and producer Kenneth Gamble, of Gamble and Huff, and broadcasters Ed Wright and Dyana Williams, who lobbied then-President Jimmy Carter for a month, like Country Music Month in October, that celebrated…
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