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RHOA Star NeNe Leakes Says She Hopes Heckler Gets ‘Raped’ by an Uber Driver
It’s clear that NeNe Leakes needs some anger management. Pronto. The Real Housewives of Atlanta mainstay, who is back on the show after setting out on her own and striking pay dirt, is still trying to convince herself that she is nothing more than a quick-witted mean girl and was the host of the “Girls…
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Chance the Rapper Livestreams Police Stop in Chicago in Case It Goes ‘Sideways’
After consuming a sickening amount of “black death porn”—that is, black folks being killed by police on video—one could deduce that it is a precarious situation whenever an African American gets pulled over by police—regardless of social standing, celebrity, or the size of his or her bank account. Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper, being black…
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Jessica Williams Cast in J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts Sequel
First black Hermione, and now this. Jessica Williams, the darling funny girl of the 2 Dope Queens podcast and former Daily Show correspondent, will be cast in the sequel to the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. And like the real fan of H.P. that she is, Williams geeked out on…
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New Calif. Law Makes Exposing Sexual Partner to HIV a Misdemeanor: A Big Step in Ending the AIDS Epidemic, Says Prominent Activist
At the top of the year, it will no longer be a felony to knowingly expose a sexual partner to HIV in the state of California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Friday which put the law, which passed the California Legislature in September, into effect. Previously, knowingly exposing someone to HIV was a crime…
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Trump’s New Budget Threatens to Kick Millions Off Food Stamps
Although Donald Trump ran as a champion of the poor and working class (and many whites in those socioeconomic groups voted for him), the only thing the “president” seems to be draining is the federal budget for his golf outings. Adding insult to injury, a new budget resolution put forth by Trump and passed by…
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Houston Teen Sues After School Expels Her for Not Standing During Pledge of Allegiance
A 17-year-old Houston student is suing her high school after she was kicked out for not standing for the daily Pledge of Allegiance, indicative of a troubling backlash many African Americans are facing when they choose not to stand for the pledge or national anthem. The New York Daily News reports that India Landry, a…
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Richard Spencer and His Tiki-Torch Bitches Are Back; Media Calls Them ‘White Activists’
Like a cockroach that just won’t die, Richard Spencer and his white nationalist tiki-torch-bearing friends once again descended on Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, the bicentennial of the University of Virginia. “It was a planned flash mob,” Spencer said Saturday night, according to the Washington Post. “It was a great success. We’ve been planning this for…
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Rapper Nelly Released From Jail Without Rape Charges, Pending Investigation
Rapper Nelly, born Cornell Haynes Jr., has been released from a Washington state jail and not charged after his Saturday-morning arrest for an alleged rape, according to reports. The rapper tweeted the news of his release Saturday night: As reported earlier by The Root, Nelly was arrested early Saturday morning after a woman accused him…
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Coroner Rules Death of 19-Year-Old Chicago Woman Found in Freezer an Accident
An autopsy has determined that a 19-year-old woman whose body was found inside a Chicago-area hotel freezer died of hypothermia from exposure to cold conditions and not foul play. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office says that toxicology tests found alcohol, caffeine and an epilepsy/migraine medication in Kenneka Jenkins’ system and that her death was…
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Rapper Nelly Arrested for Rape: Report
Rapper Nelly, born Cornell Haynes Jr., has been arrested and charged with second-degree rape for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on his tour bus early Saturday morning. TMZ reports that a woman claims she was raped on the rapper’s bus in Auburn, Wash. The rape allegedly happened Saturday at 3:48 a.m. Law enforcement told the…
