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Tracee Ellis Ross Is Giving Us Some Curls-Ish
When you are a Hollywood actress known for your fabulous mane full of curls, it seems only logical that you would come up with a hair care product line made specifically for women who share the same mass of tumbling, tangling, curling locks like you. If you are Tracee Ellis Ross, you may have been…
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Lupita Nyong’o Stuns on Vanity Fair’s October Cover
There is no debate when it comes to the beauty that actress Lupita Nyong’o exudes every time we see her. In a word, her looks are flawless, and she serves them just as well as she serves up any acting role she is given. From Patsey in 12 Years a Slave—a role for which she…
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Brother of Gymnastics Phenom Simone Biles Arrested and Charged With Triple Murder
The brother of U.S. Olympic gymnast and multiple record-breaker Simone Biles was arrested and charged with murder Thursday, in connection with a shooting at a New Year’s Eve party in Cleveland, Ohio. NBC News reports that 24-year-old Tevin Biles-Thomas, an active-duty member of the U.S. Army, was arrested at Fort Stewart in Georgia following an…
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No Charges Filed Against NYPD Cop Who Said 50 Cent Should Be Shot on Sight
Last summer, NYPD 72nd Precinct Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez filed an aggravated harassment complaint against rapper 50 Cent after 50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, aimed criticism at him on Instagram. According to the New York Daily News, 50 was commenting on a lawsuit that alleged that Gonzalez had a part in shaking down…
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Oh, He’s RACIST Racist: Anthony Scaramucci Says He Can No Longer Support Trump for President
Anthony Scaramucci lasted just 11 short days as Donald Trump’s White House communications director during the summer of 2017. Like many others handpicked by the “president,” he was ousted and sent on his merry way to become one of many people who briefly worked for the revolving door that is the Trump administration before finding…
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I Played Grand Theft Auto V Nightly for 3 Years. Here’s a List of Things I Never Did as a Result
In trying to shift the blame of white domestic terrorism from the actual white people committing it and the “president” who champions and enables it, there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of video games. Listen. I played one of the most violent video games, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V online, nightly…
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White Woman Caught on Tape Calling 2 Black Women the N-Word Says She’s Not Racist, But She’d Do It Again
One has to wonder, is she ashamed of her actions or ashamed a video of showing her actions has gone viral and exposed her for being the racist she is?
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Chicago Police Have Been Compiling Dossiers on People Who Speak at Police Board Meetings
Why would the Chicago Police Department be running background checks on people who sign up to speak at public meetings of the city’s police disciplinary panel? That is what many people want to know after a public records request conducted by the Chicago Tribune revealed that since January 2018, CPD has collected information on at…
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Kamala Harris Is Seeking to Decriminalize Cannabis at the Federal Level
Although 35 states in the union plus the District of Columbia have either legalized, decriminalized or made cannabis accessible for medicinal purposes, it is still illegal at the federal level. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is seeking to change that by introducing a bill that would decriminalize the possession of cannabis overall. As Vox reports, the…
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Trump Administration Seeks to Literally Take Food Out of Poor People’s Mouths
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 36 million Americans were receiving an average of $121 monthly in food stamps as of April of this year. If the Trump administration has its way, that number will be cut by at least 3 million when proposed new regulations are released on Tuesday. Bloomberg reports that the…