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In Whitest Tweet Ever, PETA Compares ‘Anti-Animal’ Language to Racism
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants you to know that if you say things like “Don’t beat a dead horse,” it’s the exact same thing as calling a black person the n-word. In the whitest, dumbest, most clueless and socially irresponsible tweet ever, PETA likened what they call “speciesism” or “anti-animal” language to…
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Fred Hampton’s Death Is Just One Example of the Government’s Covert Disruption of Black Lives
In the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago police—acting at the behest of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation—burst into headquarters of the Chicago Black Panther Party and rained a hail of gunfire. When they were done, chapter founder and chairman Fred Hampton, 21, and member Mark…
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Joe Biden Says He’s the ‘Most Qualified Person in the Country’ to be President
Former Vice President Joe Biden has people buzzing about whether or not he will run for president in 2020 after he declared himself “the most qualified person in the country to be president” and said he will make a decision within the next two months. The death of Biden’s eldest son, Beau, from brain cancer,…
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Black Pastor Encourages Those in Need to Take From the Collection Baskets Because the ‘Lord Told Him To’
The relationship between black people and the black church is long, storied and full of the type of dysfunction usually reserved for immediate family. We were fed Christianity during the time of slavery, and since then the church has been both a beacon of hope and an institution of oppression for black people. Still, every…
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Secret Santa Spends $29,000 to Pay Off Every Single Layaway Account at a Pennsylvania Walmart
Christmas is just 22 days away, and undoubtedly a good number of people have been rushing around, overextending their budgets and trying to figure out how to make a dollar out of 15 cents as they put together a happy Christmas for the family and friends. For some people, the work to build up a…
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This Idiot Put ‘President Trump’ in Quotes Because Not Even He Can Believe This Shit Is Real
You can tell Donald Trump is at least a little bit nervous about what may be waiting for him behind the curtain of the Mueller investigation. Nearly everyone who was formerly associated with him has in some way, shape or form fallen, turned on him or decided to take a plea deal because the weight…
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Former President George HW Bush Dead at 94
He served as Vice President of the United States for two terms under Ronald Reagan prior to serving one term as President of the United States. He saw his son and namesake rise to the office of the president and serve two terms. George Herbert Walker Bush died Friday at 10:10 p.m. CST. He was…
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Murder Was the Case That They Gave Her, But Will It Stick?
A grand jury in Dallas indicted former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on a murder charge for the shooting death of Botham Jean. Nearly three months after the 26-year-old Jean was shot in his apartment while minding his own business, the wheels of justice seem to be turning just a bit. But will there be…
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Black Panther Mural on Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles Defaced With Swastikas
As you cruise down the portion of Crenshaw Boulevard that traverses South Los Angeles from Stocker Street all the way down to Slauson Avenue, you can see murals honoring black history and culture on the walls. Everyone from Malcolm X to Martin Luther King Jr. is represented in visual form for all to see. The…
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Viola Davis Will Be Channeling Her Inner Shirley Chisholm in Upcoming Film
When you are making a film about Shirley Chisholm, you are making a film about a black woman icon who was not afraid to see her own power and go for what she wanted. It only makes sense to cast an actress that has the teeth to make us feel that pride, power and persona…
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