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John McCain Requests Former Rivals, Barack Obama, George W. Bush to Eulogize Him at Funeral
I’m of the contention that we should generally be judged or even rated as humans by the best—and not worst—thing we’ve ever done. So I have no problems with the recently deceased Senator from Arizona, John McCain, a flawed, fallible white man from America, being assessed honestly. But frankly, I’m having the biggest kiki over…
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Ex-Trump Doorman Who Claims Trump Has Love Child Is Now Free to Tell His Story: Report
It looks as if the jaws of justice are slowly, but steadily squeezing the breath out of Donald “Can’t Keep It in His Pants” Trump as an ex- Trump World Tower doorman has been released from a “catch and kill”-contract, and can now come forward and speak about an alleged affair Trump had with an…
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Tavis Smiley's Lawsuit Against PBS Isn't Going Too Well
The indignantly distressed former PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley is not faring well in his legal battle against PBS, the network which released him from his contract in December 2017 over allegations of sexual misconduct. On Thursday, D.C. District Court Judge Anthony Epstein ruled that Smiley cannot compel the nonprofit network to turn over…
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Georgia Board of Elections Nixes Plans to Shut Down 7 of 9 Polling Places in Majority Black County
In what can only be hailed as a hard-fought victory against blatant voter suppression, on Friday, a rural Georgia elections board voted down a plan to close down seven of nine polling places in a majority-black county. Many deemed the move “consolidate” polling places in Randolph County, Georgia as a brazen attempt to depress the black…
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Prosecutors Say Story of White Man Peeing on 5-Year-Old Black Girl Was Fabricated
Many of us were horrified (and beyond furious) when we heard news of a white man urinating on a black girl child and calling her a racial slur in an alley in Western Michigan. Yet prosecutors in the case are now saying the children involved in the incident made the story up. The AP reports…
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Rap Song That Advocated Violence Against Police Not Protected by First Amendment: Pennsylvania High Court
Hip-hop has had a long and fraught history with law enforcement because the communities that spawned the genre have been traumatized and over-policed since we first hit these shores. Consequently, rap lyrics that have spoken to this brutality have been tried in the courts, where words deemed inappropriate are criminalized (some would say weaponized) against the…
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Spike Lee Unveils Previously Unreleased Prince Song, ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’ for BlacKkKlansman
It begins with piano riffs and drum. Prince’s dulcet falsetto pours out the first verse, then drops a register for verse two. It is, in a word, sublime. It is Prince at his most soulful, with the growls and runs that mark his genius. The song: “Mary Don’t You Weep,” a gospel standard, a Negro…
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Aretha Franklin, With a Reported Net Worth of $80 Million, Died With No Will
In what strikes many as odd, soul singer Aretha Franklin died without a will. The “Queen of Soul” who died at age 76 on Thursday, died “intestate,” according to court documents obtained by TMZ. Franklin’s not having a will was surprising for two main reasons: she had reportedly been ill for quite some time (she…
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Netflix Announces Tiffany Haddish Comedy Special for 2019
Tiffany Haddish and Cardi B are going neck and neck for the started-from-the-bottom-now-we-heah year. Haddish on the acting side had her breakthrough role in last year’s smash hit Girls’ Trip, following that up with a starring turn opposite Tracy Morgan on TBS’ The Last O.G. Upcoming, she’ll be starring in the films Night School, The…
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Black Teen Assaulted Over Confederate Flag at Kid Rock Concert in Oregon
Here’s a question: If the Confederate flag has nothing to do with racism, and it’s all about Southern pride and history, why does it seem to fly high in areas of the country that are decidedly not in the South? Is it because maybe it’s really a thinly coded reference to racial superiority, support of…
