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Meek Mill Discusses His Opioid Addiction, Says Jay-Z Quietly Paid His Legal Fees
Two weeks after he was released from a Pennsylvania prison, Meek Mill joined Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club for a wide-ranging interview that included discussion of his addiction to opioids, his friendship with Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin and much more. Mill discussed his addiction to Percocet, which he says he was reintroduced to by…
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I Honestly Thought White People Were Better Than This
I had forgotten about the first time. I usually hear their dogs barking as I pass their house while walking my dog, a 165-pound Great Dane. On most days, at least one of the dogs exits the house through what I assume is a doggie door, walks into the fenced-in backyard and yaps at us…
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Texas State University Students Jailed for Campus Protest
Nearly a month after Texas State University students staged a campus protest and sit-in, police issued warrants for four students who allegedly tried to block police vehicles that were carrying student government senators who had skipped out on their official duties. According to the Austin American-Statesman, TSU’s Police Department issued warrants for 19-year-old Journey Alayna…
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The All-American Question: Can You Truly Love Black People if You Date Outside the Race?
Whether it is about a same-sex, interracial or nonconforming relationship, as a rule, I tend not to involve myself in the question of whom other people choose to love, and it’s not because I have a self-righteous sense of egalitarian, progressive thinking. It’s mostly because I have one universal rule for other people’s masturbation, relationships…
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South Carolina Man Seeks White Supremacist Hit Man to Lynch Black Neighbor, Burn Cross on Lawn: FBI
In a noble attempt to boost the Trump administration’s record-low unemployment numbers, a South Carolina man has been indicted on charges he reached out to undercover FBI agents posing as white supremacists, and offered them $500 to kill his black neighbor, hang him from a tree and burn a cross on his lawn. After checking…
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Get ’Em While They’re Young: Study Shows Cops Take Black Lives Earlier, More Often Than Whites
A newly released study doesn’t simply reinforce the overwhelmingly abundant proof that police officers kill blacks at twice the rates of their white counterparts. The study reveals that African Americans who suffer the ultimate effect of violence lose more years of life than whites on average, and that while there are almost five times as…
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Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Explained by 2 People Who Don’t Pretend to Understand It
Since Donald Glover/Childish Gambino released the awe-inspiring video for his song “This Is America,” the internet has been filled with people explaining the symbolism of the imagery, subtext and subtle references contained in the music video. Those people don’t know shit. Instead of overwhelming you with bullshit phrases gleaned from an art-appreciation class, we decided…
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Active-Duty Marine Moonlights as Leader of Violent White Supremacist Group: Report
I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over…
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Hate the Player, Not the Game: On Loving the Art of R. Kelly, Kanye and Cosby
This weekend, while driving with my windows down in 86-degree, sunny springtime weather, my car’s playlist (mostly comedy, hip-hop and old-school R&B) shuffled randomly to a 26-minute story from a 1968 comedy album. As a lover of storytelling, I couldn’t bring myself to hit the skip button as the winding, 26-minute story from the album,…
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Watch: Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer Introduces New Supervillain
Following the success of the first season of Luke Cage, Netflix released the trailer for season 2 of its acclaimed superhero series, and it’s chock-full of tidbits for the upcoming 13-episode season. The trailer features the introduction of a new antagonist. Although his name suggests that he is the nemesis of DJ Khaled, Bushmaster is…
