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Will Smith Smacks Reporter for Unwanted Kiss
Will Smith met a frisky reporter in Moscow this week and it didn’t end well. According to TMZ and the Huffington Post, the bankable star was working the red carpet for his upcoming blockbuster Men in Black 3 when a reporter got a bit too familiar with the actor, apparently kissing Smith on the mouth.…
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Is Hakeem Jeffries Brooklyn's Obama?
Brooklyn, N.Y., Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is running for Rep. Ed Towns’ seat (D) and he might be aided by his similarities to another black man in office, President Barack Obama. According to the Washington Post, Jeffries’ primary opponent in the upcoming primary on June 26 is City Councilman and civil rights activist elder Charles Barron,…
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Father of 30 Kids Wants Child-Support Break
Knoxville, Tenn., native Desmond Hatchett is in financial trouble, according the Los Angeles Times and WREG-Memphis, because he can’t afford his numerous children. Hatchett has fathered 30 offspring with 11 different women and is unable to pay the court-appointed child-support sums with the salary he earns as a minimum-wage employee. Some of the mothers of…
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How Hydeia Broadbent Moved Magic Johnson
In March, Magic Johnson’s documentary The Announcement aired on ESPN and he was reunited with Hydeia Broadbent, a woman he’d first met when she was a child in 1992. Then, Johnson and 7-year-old, HIV-positive Broadbent were part of a Nickelodeon special on HIV/AIDS, which put a younger face to the disease, according to CNN. During…
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Are Black Churches Hypocritical on Gay Marriage?
Pro-slavery advocates cited the Bible as part of their argument to enslave blacks in America, and CNN reporter John Blake explores whether black churches are using similar tactics by citing literal biblical texts to support their stance against gay marriage: Why would the black church cite scripture to exclude gays when a similar approach to…
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Stevie Wonder's Nephew Charged With Extortion
Stevie Wonder was recently the targeted victim in an extortion plan, led by his nephew and a female accomplice. According to the Associated Press, the police arranged a sting surrounding the two individuals, Alpha Lorenzo Walker and his girlfriend Tamara Eileen Diaz, who claimed to have incriminating information on the Songs in the Key of…
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MHP: Why Marriage Equality Equals Money
Following President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage this week, on MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry tackled the financial aspect of the issue. Her roundtable of guests — including the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid, former George H.W. Bush aide Joe Watkins and Why Marriage Matters author Evan Wolfson — discussed the evolution of…
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New Arizona Bill Limits Birth Control
After signing legislation that expanded the legal recognition of pregnancy to prior to conception and reducing state funding to Planned Parenthood, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a new bill limiting health insurance coverage of contraception. According to Jezebel, Brewer’s bill allows religious-affiliated employers, such as churches, to opt out of providing birth-control coverage to…
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Breast-Feeding Mom Nursed Adopted Son
Conversation has swirled around Time magazine’s cover featuring Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her 3-year-old son, who’s standing beside her on a chair. The 26-year-old mother of two defended her child-rearing practices, along with being the face of attachment parenting, on the Today show on Friday, according to the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail. Grumet also explained that she…
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