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Kamala Harris Campaign Cuts Staff, Salaries in Preparation for Iowa Caucus
According to a new report, Kamala Harris’ campaign has pulled the trigger on a major shakeup in order to increase her odds in the upcoming presidential election. From Politico: Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources…
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Former New York City Medical Examiner Believes Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide’
The circumstances under which financier Jeffrey Epstein died raised more than a few eyebrows, and now a forensic pathologist hired by his family has lent credence to everyone’s suspicions. From the New York Times: A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother disputed the official finding in the autopsy of his death, claiming on Wednesday…
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Spelman College Creates First-Ever Queer Studies Chair at An HBCU With $2 Million Donation From Billionaire Jon Stryker
As the global leader of the liberal arts education of black women, Spelman College is keen on its tremendous responsibility to educate and empower the next generation of leaders and innovators. To that end, in a press release provided to The Root, the historically black college announced a matching gift of up to $2 million…
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YG Boots Fan Off Stage for Refusing to Curse Out Donald Trump
Rappers have a difficult job. I couldn’t imagine performing in front of hundreds of people staring at their iPhones for a living, but I would guess that crowd participation is a pretty sensitive topic. In fact, it was very serious for Compton rapper YG, who showed his audience that he wants them to be fully…
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All the Wrong People Love Jesus Is King
Like many black folks, I grew up in a deeply religious household. That meant prayers before every meal, three church services a week on Sundays and Wednesdays, and pretending like a lot of gospel rappers weren’t fucking terrible. Thankfully, now I’m a grown-ass man who no longer attends vacation bible school or is coerced into…
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‘I Love This Genre, It Saved My Life’: Dave Chappelle Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
While Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special didn’t exactly endear him to some segments of his not-so-adoring public, one thing we can all agree upon is that the 46-year-old comedian is a master of his craft and is in a class of his own. And if that wasn’t already painfully obvious, it became even more so…
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More Than Music: Diddy’s Revolt Summit Touches Down in Los Angeles
After conquering the Billboard charts with Bad Boy Entertainment, the beverage industry with Ciroc, fashion with Sean John, and both film and television with Revolt Films and Revolt TV, the man who once warned us he “can’t stop, won’t stop” has introduced his latest contribution to the culture: the Revolt Summit. Priding itself as the…
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Donald Trump Makes Rare Public Appearance at World Series, Gets Hammered With ‘Lock Him Up,’ ‘Impeach Him’ Chants for His Trouble
Outside of campaign rallies filled to the brim with his fanatic worshippers or colleges packed with indoctrinated MAGAts, Donald Trump doesn’t really do public appearances. Maybe it’s because his tiny hands aren’t constructed for sturdy handshakes or perhaps it’s the fact that American citizens think he’s a bigger threat to world peace than either Vladimir…
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Nothing Is Certain but Death, Taxes and Diddy Changing His Name—Again
Sean “Diddy” Combs is a man of many businesses, children and aliases. From his humble Mount Vernon, N.Y., beginnings as “Puffy,” to his ascension into the music mogul “Puff Daddy,” to his 2001 transformation into “P. Diddy,” to eventually settling on “Diddy” in 2005—we’ll omit his brief flirtation with “Brother Love”—the Combs Enterprises chairman and…
