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  • Texas Mass Shooter Devin Kelley Escaped From a Mental Hospital in 2012

    The gunman who killed 26 people on Saturday in Sutherland Springs, Texas, escaped from a psychiatric hospital in 2012. Such evidence may indeed feed the beast in the “gun control vs. mental-health care” debate that inevitably arrises after a mass shooting. The New York Times reports that while Devin P. Kelley was in the Air…

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  • ‘Cry-Rese’ Gets $5,000,000 From Will and Jada Pinkett Smith After Emotional Video Plea

    Even if the Rock thinks that Tyrese Gibson (and his music) is baby shit, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith are here for the increasingly emotional celeb. After the acting singer/singing actor made a video earning him the name “Cry-rese,” in which he sobbed over several minutes talking about his money woes and ongoing custody battle…

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  • Devin Patrick Kelley Identified as Gunman in Texas Church Mass Shooting

    Updated Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, 9:10 p.m. EST: Several reports have identified the man who fired numerous times inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley. The New York Times confirms that at least two anonymous law-enforcement sources told the outlet that Kelley, who lived in New Braunfels, Texas,…

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  • La. Court Rules That Man Who Said ‘Give Me a Lawyer, Dog’ Wasn’t Asking for Counsel

    In the latest round of #Facts that prove the court system does not work for black people—especially those who lack resources—a Louisiana high court ruled that a man who said, “Give me a lawyer, dog” was asking for a “lawyer dog.” That’s right—the Louisiana Supreme Court recently ruled that when Warren Demesme, 22 at the…

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  • Diddy Changes His Name to ‘Brotherly Love’ Cuz Hey, It’s Scorpio Season 

    Sean Combs might have ’em all beat when it comes to reinvention. The man who has been known as “Puff Daddy,” “Sean,” “Puffy” “P. Diddy” and most recently “Diddy” has done it again. In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, he announced that in honor of his 48th birthday, he was changing his name…

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  • ‘It’s Okay to Be White’ Signs Papered All Over the Country Because Everyone Knows White People Are Oppressed

    A favorite book of both of my children (they’re 11 years apart) is It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr, a colorful text that gently teaches tolerance. From the mundane (“It’s okay to wear glasses”) to the profound (“It’s okay to have different moms”) to the silly (“It’s okay to eat macaroni and cheese…

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  • Iowa Cheerleader Quits Team After School Says Students Cannot Kneel During Anthem

    A Buena Vista University cheerleader resigned from her squad last week after the school instituted a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. Sophomore Alyssa Parker, who had been on both the football and basketball cheer teams since her freshman year, was one of nine cheerleaders who knelt during the national…

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  • 19-Year-Old Harvard Student Becomes America’s 1st Youth Poet Laureate

    In April, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman was named America’s first national youth poet laureate. The Los Angeles native is a sophomore at Harvard University studying sociology. According to the New York Times, Gorman’s work is “a cleareyed mix of autobiography, social issues like Islamophobia, and historical motifs picked up from her college’s library.” In addition to…

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  • Man Found Guilty of Murder of 16-Year-Old Gender-Fluid Iowa Teen Kedarie Johnson

    A 23-year-old man was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the death of a gender-fluid high school junior, whose case was supported by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Des Moines Register reports that a jury took 90 minutes to find Jorge Sanders-Galvez guilty in the vicious murder of 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson, who “was a…

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  • Tyrese Has Social Media Meltdown Over Daughter and the Rock

    The last 24 hours of social media have seen a lot of singer and actor Tyrese Gibson—and it ain’t pretty. The obviously distraught entertainer started the day by posting an emotional breakdown of sorts about the legal battle over his daughter, then put up two more rambling posts addressing Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. This morning,…

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Ms. Bronner Helm is the Senior Editorial Director at Colorlines. Mouthy Black Girl. Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow. Shea Butter Feminist. Virgo Sun, Aries Moon.


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