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Head of DEA Stepping Down Because of Trump: Report
And another prominent person in the Trump regime bites the dust. This time, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will step down by week’s end because he is “convinced that President Trump has no respect for the law,” according to a report from the New York Times. Chuck Rosenberg will step down as acting…
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Insecure Director Melina Matsoukas Will Helm Her 1st Series for Amazon Studios
The auteur who has blessed us with stunning visual work for Solange (“Losing You,”) Beyoncé (“Formation”) and Rihanna (“We Found Love”) will direct her first series with Amazon Studios: an adaptation of Marlon James’ novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. Melina Matsoukas, who is of Jamaican descent, is already the executive producer and director of…
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Parents of Teen Accused of Nearly Hanging 8-Year-Old Say It Was an ‘Accident’ (and They Have Black Family, Too)
In what may be a classic case of CYCA (insert “child’s” into usual abbreviation), the parents of the young teen involved in what many call an attempted lynching in Claremont, N.H., have spoken out, saying that their son is innocent of racially taunting and trying to hang an 8-year-old boy from a tree. Going on…
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Howard University Students Protest James Comey at Opening Sesquicentennial Convocation
Although one of Howard University’s more esteemed former students, Ta-Nehisi Coates, said he was happy that James Comey was going to be speaking to the HU community this year, some students at the 2017 opening convocation keynote address didn’t feel the same. Scores of students stood up in protest as soon as Comey took the…
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New Study Finds That LGBTQ Youths and Youths With Disabilities Suffer Most Under Solitary Confinement
The story of Kalief Browder, the 22-year-old who committed suicide after spending nearly two years in solitary confinement at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail, is a tragic testament to a life snuffed out by a grinding, unflinching U.S. criminal-justice system. Not only did Browder suffer brutal violence at the hands of guards and…
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Jay-Z Reportedly Turns Down Super Bowl Halftime Gig; Is It in Solidarity With Kaepernick?
Many never forgave Jigga (OK, I never forgave Jigga) for going ahead with his Barneys capsule collaboration in 2013, when it was clear that the retailer was racially targeting its young African-American customers. But perhaps, as evidenced by his recent grown-man opus, 4:44, Jay-Z has matured in matters of love as well as social justice…
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Fantasy Writer Nnedi Okorafor Releases Comic Short Inspired by Chibok, Nigeria, Schoolgirls, Has Novel Developed for HBO
It’s an amazing thing to see the sci-fi/fantasy/comic book world expand to reflect the real world. ’Bout time. And as we wait for the highly anticipated Black Panther film set in the mystical world of Wakanda, we can feast on the story of Ngozi, a disabled teenage superheroine who works her powers in Nigeria in…
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White Man in Custody in Possible Connection to 2 Random, ‘Racially Motivated’ Killings in La.
A 23-year-old white man was arrested Saturday for a possible connection to two random but linked slayings of pedestrians, which police say were most likely racially motivated. Baton Rouge, La., police arrested Kenneth Gleason, 23, on numerous counts of drug possession Saturday night, but say they don’t have enough evidence to charge him with the…
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David Clarke Came for Colin Kaepernick and Was Summarily Put in His Place; He Also Has to Rewrite His Thesis
Former Sheriff “Stuck on Stupid” David Clarke continues to make news, but not for anything good. Most recently, the former Milwaukee County sheriff and black Trump booster tried his hand at disrespecting Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who many believe is being blackballed by the NFL and team owners for kneeling during the playing…
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Marvin Sapp Teams With R. Kelly for Song on Gospel Singer’s Upcoming Album
Marvin Sapp of gospel classic “Never Would Have Made It” fame has teamed up with the Pied Piper of R&B alleged serial predator R. Kelly for Sapp’s upcoming album, Close, to be released Sept. 29. According to KRNB.com, “Listen” was written and produced by the embattled R&B singer, who appears on the song with his…
