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#BringBackOurGirls: 83 Chibok Students Released by Boko Haram
Slowly, surely, more of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram are finding their way out of captivity. The Associated Press reports that Nigeria’s government confirms that 82 kidnapped Chibok, Nigeria, schoolgirls have been released and are expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in the capital, Abuja. Buhari’s office tweeted the…
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15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Laid to Rest as Family, Friends, Classmates Remember His Short Life
At a funeral service that included a touching photo montage, soaring gospel music and the names of those Americans slain by police ringing out from the pulpit, more than 800 family and friends packed into a Baptist church in Mesquite, Texas, on Saturday to remember the life of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Jordan was shot and…
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Dave Chappelle Joins Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in Cast of A Star Is Born
Looks like Dave Chappelle is really, officially over his self-imposed exile from Hollywood. On the heels of his not-universally-loved Netflix comedy specials and appearance on Saturday Night Live, the 43-year-old comedian has officially joined the cast of the fourth remake of A Star Is Born. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chappelle will join Lady Gaga…
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Rape Charges Dropped Against Hispanic Teens Trump White House Used to Justify the Bullshit
In what surely has to be a disappointment for a White House that used this case to dubious and distasteful political advantage, prosecutors have dropped charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a girl in a Maryland high school bathroom. At least one of the teens was an “illegal” immigrant who handily fit the…
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Trump Suggests Certain Federal Financing for HBCUs May Be Unconstitutional
Oh, Omarosa, what will you now tout as your justification for aligning with our anti-black commander in chief? We refer, of course, to the fact that the White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison has pumped up Donald Trump’s support of HBCUs with silly photo ops that really amount to nothing…
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So So (Tone) Def: Kendall Jenner Needs to Get a Clue With This New Vogue India Cover
All we can do is roll our eyes. Even if Kendall Jenner doesn’t have the wherewithal to recognize that this might not be a good idea, her people should know, after that Pepsi fiasco, that they might want to pump the brakes on every. single. thing for a minute. But maybe white folks just don’t…
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NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism Centers Black Women Here and Beyond
Transcranial stimulation. A character named Brooks—for Gwendolyn. A billion-year-old throne run by a Queen Mother in the cosmos. The defiance of gender binaries. The creation of a new black American mythology inside virtual reality. All through the cultural lens of black women as they worship at the temple of our familiar: the hair salon. “I’ve…
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Police Capture Man Charged as Shooter in Death of Chicago Judge Raymond Myles
A second man has been charged in the death of Chicago Judge Raymond Myles, who was killed outside his home last month. ABC News reports that Earl Wilson, 45, has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of the 66-year-old Cook County Circuit Court judge. Police allege that Wilson was the one who…
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Cleveland Mom Pulls Gun on Barber for Taking Too Long to Cut Son’s Hair: ‘I’ll Pop You!’
There are times when your mama embarrasses you in the street. Maybe by cussing your little brother out in Forever 21; maybe she’s country loud and makes conversation with every single person she meets. But some mamas take the cake, ice cream and chips. Police in Cleveland are looking for a woman who pointed a…
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Aaron Hernandez Toxicology Report Comes Back: No Drugs
The death of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who was jailed for the 2013 murder of associate Odin Lloyd, has been beset by rumor, innuendo and more than a few shocks. Hernandez hanged himself last week, and one of the narratives surrounding his surprise suicide was that he might have been high on synthetic…
