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Giving Back: HBCU Hampton University Offers Free Tuition to Students Impacted by Hurricane Dorian
Thankfully, there has been a global outpouring of support for the islands of the Bahamas, which were severely impacted by Hurricane Dorian earlier this week. One historically black college—Hampton University—stepped up to the plate to help survivors of the storm, offering students the opportunity to continue their higher education on its campus this fall—free of…
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PayPal Suspends KKK Account Amid Criticism for Not Doing It Sooner
Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records once had a female rapper who released an album titled A.M.I.L. — an acronym for All Money Is Legal. That’s the code of the streets. And apparently the code of the sheets—and perhaps PayPal. If it wasn’t for pesky protestors, it would’ve been business as usual for the cash app giant. The…
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On the Comeback Trail, Nate Parker Shows American Skin and Apologizes About ‘Tone Deaf’ Response to Resurfaced Rape Charge
Nate Parker has a new attitude. And a new project he’s hawking to the masses. The once embattled actor/director—who torpedoed his Academy Award possibilities for his directorial debut, The Birth of a Nation in 2016 after a 1999 rape charge resurfaced while promoting the Nat Turner biopic—is back on the film festival circuit with his…
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‘Because of Our Christian Race…’ Mississippi Venue Won’t Do Gay or Mixed Race Weddings
A video allegedly showing an employee of an event venue saying they won’t host “gay weddings” or “mixed race” nuptials because of her religion has gone viral, sparking an uproar on social media. And take one guess where it was located. Mississippi, goddamn! On Saturday, LaKambria Welch shared a video on Facebook showing a woman…
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Latest Mass Shooting, in Odessa, Texas, Got Beto O’Rourke ‘F—ked Up’
With the increasing occurrences of mass shootings, America is turning into the killing fields, literally. The latest on Saturday in Odessa, Texas—left 21 injured and five dead when some fool opened fire during a traffic stop and then continued shooting at folks while driving down a highway and then into a shopping area. Democratic presidential…
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A Dog’s Mess: Black Man Suing American Airlines for Being Kicked Off Plane So Pooch Could Fly First Class [Updated]
Snoop Dogg may have been prophetic when he said it was a doggy dogg world way back yonder, that is, in 1993. A black man had to find that out the hard way earlier this year. And it wasn’t Michael Vick this go-round. A Central Texas man is calling out American Airlines for booting him…
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LeBron James Vying to Trademark ‘Taco Tuesday’
LeBron James has reportedly filed a trademark for the popular food and day, “Taco Tuesday.” Gerben Law Firm attorney Josh Gerben disclosed the filing on Twitter, adding that the NBA superstar intends to continue his social media posts while creating a Taco Tuesday-themed podcast. According to the trademark application, James wants to trademark the phrase…
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Twitter CEO’s Account Hacked On…You Guessed It—Twitter
It seems that the machine is gnawing off its own arm. If you can believe it: the head of Twitter’s Twitter account got hacked. And of course, the posts were littered with racism and all kinds of vulgar foolishness—which has become commonplace on the addictive social media platform. The tweets that went out from co-founder…
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Atlanta Mom Commits Murder-Suicide After Writing: ‘I Could Not Ask for Better Children’ on Social Media
According to Atlanta Police, a 58-year-old mother killed her young adult kids before committing suicide last week. Three bodies were discovered Wednesday evening in an Atlanta suburb when police conducted a welfare check at the home, local NBC affiliate WXIA reported. Dr. Marsha Edwards shot and killed her 20-year-old daughter Erin Edwards and 24-year-old son…
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Thank God for the Nanny-Cam: Illinois Family Sues Police for Raiding Home, Snatching Up Teen
Teenagers are going to do what teenagers do, but thank goodness for home surveillance systems. In Carpentersville, a northern suburb in Illinois, police were caught in the act of —literally—breaking and entering, and then hemming a young dude up. In his own home. In captured video footage, an unarmed and seemingly unassuming 16-year-old boy was…
