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Nearly 100,000 Oppose Mike Vick’s Va. Tech Hall of Fame Nomination … Despite the Fact That He’s Clean-Cut
Former pro quarterback Michael Vick may have a nice, respectable fade and may even have paid his debt to society, but some folks have not forgiven him for fighting dogs. According to the Roanoke Times, two online petitions at Change.org had received nearly 100,000 combined signatures against his recently announced Sept. 22 induction into his…
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Fake Street Signs Rip Police After High-Profile Shooting Deaths in Minn.
The people have spoken and continue to speak in new and innovative ways. At least two illegal street signs with the message, “Warning: Twin Cities police easily startled,” were posted Sunday in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., showing an international symbol for a police officer shooting his weapon in random and dangerous directions. The signs—which…
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Trump Goads Boy Scouts to Boo Obama at National Jamboree
In his never-ending obsession with former President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump on Monday acted with no Scout’s honor. During a rambling keynote address to the Boy Scouts of America’s National Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., our esteemed leader goaded the group to boo his predecessor, modeling the epitome of class for the more than…
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Spelman College Announces $25,000 Scholarships for LGBTQ Advocacy at HBCUs
Spelman College, one of the most esteemed HBCUs in the country, this week announced a new scholarship program for its students, those who advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning issues. The Levi Watkins Jr. Scholars Program “will call attention to the importance of making visible the courageous and significant work of LGBTQ…
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‘Bye, Becky!’ Protests Erupt Over Gentrifyng Brooklyn, NY, Bar That Promoted Itself With Fake Bullet Holes Behind $12 Cocktails
On Monday a press release for a new “boozy sandwich shop” in Brooklyn, N.Y., went out, complete with a photo of a chichi cocktail in front of a “bullet hole ridden wall”—a wall the new owners said they were proudly keeping, but which turned out to be fake (at least the bullet holes were). By…
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Kevin Hart Denies Cheating Rumors
Kevin Hart has responded to rumors of cheating on his new wife, who is pregnant. Earlier this week, a video emerged of a man who arguably looks like Hart, heatedly talking to a woman in a car in early July—a woman who is not his wife, Eniko. The comedian and recent author took to Instagram…
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2 Baltimore Cops Plead Guilty in Federal Racketeering Case
Two former Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal racketeering charges, admitting that they used the citizens of Baltimore as personal ATM machines by robbing them, sometimes of tens of thousands of dollars, as well as falsely billing the Baltimore Police Department for overtime. Former Detectives Maurice Ward, 36, and Evodio Hendrix, 32, were…
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The WNBA’s Seattle Storm Publicly Partners With Planned Parenthood
Given that the team is owned by three women, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the WNBA’s Seattle Storm has partnered with Planned Parenthood, the first such partnership between the embattled reproductive health care organization and a professional sports team. “I personally got my first birth control with Planned Parenthood,” said Storm…
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In Addition to Killing Weed, Jeff Sessions Wants Police to Take All Your Shit, Too
What is the world coming to? U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is steadily trying to take us back to the ’80s (I wouldn’t fault you if you thought I was talking about the 1880s, but slavery was over then, so … ). Less than a week after saying that he wants the country to go…
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Ebony’s Linda Johnson Rice Joins Board of Tesla
Elon Musk appears to be heeding the call of a group of disgruntled investors by bringing two new members onto Tesla’s board. One of them happens to be a black woman. In an announcement Monday, the Tesla CEO named Johnson Publishing Co. CEO Linda Johnson Rice as an independent director on Tesla’s board. Johnson Rice…
