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After Watching the ‘Hypothetical’ O.J. Simpson Confession, I Realize White People Were Right All Along
They say the mark of an enlightened man is that he can objectively consider new information, rethink his position and admit when he’s wrong. Today I am here to admit to white America that I was totally wrong about Orenthal James Simpson. (I know using “white” as an adjective to describe “America” is redundant, but…
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An Exclusive Interview With DeRay Mckesson’s Vest
In our efforts to cover every angle of the movement, we were able to secure an exclusive one-on-one with one of the most recognizable icons in the struggle for black lives. We met with DeRay Mckesson’s vest in an undisclosed location—not because he wanted to keep his whereabouts a secret, but because we didn’t want…
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Black Panther Breaks $1 Billion Mark and A Wrinkle in Time Claims No. 2 Spot in Historic Weekend for Black Films
Black Panther zoomed past the billion-dollar mark at box offices worldwide this weekend while earning the No. 1 box-office spot for the fourth week in a row as Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time finished in second place, marking the first time that films by black directors have held the top two spots at the…
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Trump Goes Full ‘MAGA’: Calls Maxine Waters ‘Low IQ,’ Shades Oprah, Suggests Killing Drug Dealers and More
At a Moon Township, Pa., rally Saturday, Donald Trump dropped any sense of decorum and presidential behavior in an extended rant against anything black, brown or logical, fulfilling predictions that he plans to go full “MAGA” to distract from the increasing coverage of the Mueller investigation, his legislative failures, the National Rifle Association’s wholesale buyout…
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An Open Letter to Kenya Barris Begging Him to Leak the Banned Episode of Black-ish
Dear Mr. Barris: I bring you greetings from Dem Cut Boyz barbershop in Birmingham, Ala., where the honorable Lamont Brinson is my barber. I send this letter after a delegation from my haircuttery elected me to speak on their behalf and, presumably, for all of our people. Yesterday, during our busiest time of the day,…
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How My Play Cousin Stopped a Mass Shooting and Disproved the Myth About Good Guys With Guns
I used to believe that one of the stupidest narratives in existence was the National Rifle Association’s assertion that “the only person who can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” I also believed that turning mass shooters into celebrities creates more mass shooters. But I no longer…
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Tulsa County, Okla., Agrees to Pay $6 Million in Excessive-Force Lawsuit Over Death of Eric Harris
Tulsa County, Okla., officials settled a civil rights lawsuit on Friday when they agreed to pay the estate of Eric Harris $6 million; Harris was shot and killed in 2015 by a man so rich, county officials allowed him to literally play a game of cops and robbers. The case made national headlines after Tulsa…
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Video Surfaces of Odell Beckham Jr. at What Was Definitely Not a Marijuana-Cocaine-Sex-Pizza Party
A short video is making the rounds on the internet of Odell Beckham Jr. checking every box on the “How I Imagine Millionaire Superstars Party in Private” list as he … OK, I don’t want to be sued here, so I will use carefully worded language: In the three-second clip, a man who appears to…
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The Hotepocalypse Is Upon Us! Tariq Nasheed Goes Full Sisqo
Alert! Alert! Ladies and gentlemen, the Western Hemisphere’s Association of Tragedy, Dumpster Fires and Unbelievably Crazy Catastrophes (WHATDFUCC) interrupts your Friday-night festivities to announce that the body of one of the country’s foremost Hotepologists has been possessed by what appears to be the soul of a joint collaboration between the spirit of Montell Jordan’s “This…
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Cop Kicks Black Girls Out of Theater for ‘Acting Like Animals,’ Arrests Woman for Calling Him Out
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested for the egregious crime of standing up for a group of black girls after she filmed a police officer kicking a group of young black girls out of a movie-theater arcade in North Versailles, Pa., telling them that they were “acting like animals.” On Thursday morning, a Facebook user named…
