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YouTube Chef Auntie Fee Dies at 59
Felicia O’Dell, aka Auntie Fee, aka Chef Sista Girl, has died of a heart attack. She was 59 years old. Fee’s son, Tavis (the one who filmed his mom in the kitchen and caught the wrath of her hilarious profanity), posted a message on Facebook late Friday. It read, “Thank you for all the prayers…
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Colin Kaepernick Jumps Into Campaign to Get Food to Somalis on Brink of Starvation
Even without a team, Colin Kaepernick continues to put these athletes to shame with his good deeds. The former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers jumped feetfirst into an ongoing campaign to get food and water to the African nation of Somalia, which is facing a famine that could affect more than 6.2 million Somalis.…
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Marissa Alexander Speaks: The Current System Is ‘a Mess’
Unfortunately, Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Fla., is a living embodiment of the vicious discrepancies of our criminal-justice system—both against black defendants and against women. In late January, Alexander was finally able to be done with her debt to the state—one she paid for with years of her life and more than $10,000 in cash (in…
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Black and Brown Elementary School Winners of Indianapolis Robotics Championship Told to ‘Go Back to Mexico’
Some bigoted parents in Indiana prove that the rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the diseased tree. They tried to ruin what should have been a very special moment for five black and Latinx 9- and 10-year-olds after they won a citywide robotics championship in Indianapolis. “Go back to Mexico!” two or three kids and…
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Joni Sledge Cause of Death Revealed: ‘We Believe That God Just Took Her Home’
Joni Sledge of the iconic disco group Sister Sledge died from natural causes. Her sister Kim Sledge, 59, spoke to the New York Daily News on Friday, her first interview since Joni passed away last week. “It was a shock to all of us,” Kim said to the Daily News. “We believe that God just…
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Trump Totally Disrespected Angela Merkel. WTF?
There have been rumors—OK, there was a tape—that our current president has a problem with women. He continually disrespected them during his campaign—calling them slobs, disgusting, blood coming out of their wherever—but his (complicit) daughter Ivanka Trump’s presence sought to absolve him of that. And apparently many women fell for it. In fact, 48 percent…
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Kerry Washington Set to Produce The Mothers, Based on the Voices of All-Knowing Black Women
Actress Kerry Washington is set to stick another feather in her production hat, with plans for a new film based on a book narrated by a cadre of black churchgoing women known as “the mothers.” Author Brit Bennett’s debut novel, The Mothers, which was released in October, has just been optioned by Warner Bros. and…
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Chicago Woman Charged With Murder After Forcing Boyfriend to Drink Bleach
A Chicago woman has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $1 million bond in the death of her boyfriend, whom, police say, she forced to drink bleach during a fight. According to Rolling Out, 24-year-old Yasmine Elder was charged Wednesday in the death of 26-year-old Darrius Ellis after a physical altercation…
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Never-Before-Seen Michael Brown Footage Emerges From the Day of His Death. Police Say It’s ‘Not Relevant’
After 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down and left to bake in the middle of a Ferguson, Mo., street on Aug. 9, 2014, police tried to smear his character by releasing a security video allegedly showing Brown participating in a “strong-armed robbery” by pushing a convenience store clerk and taking a box of cigarillos earlier…
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Joni Sledge, of Sister Sledge, Has Died at 60
Joni Sledge, founding member of the group Sister Sledge, most famous for the black family anthem “We Are Family,” has died. She was 60 years old. Sledge was found dead in her home in Phoenix on Friday by a friend. A cause of death has not been determined. Publicist Biff Warren, who confirmed her death,…
