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Top Aide to Sen. Kamala Harris Resigns After Reports of Settlement in Gender Harassment and Discrimination Case
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) accepted the resignation of one of her top aides Wednesday after it was revealed the California Department of Justice paid $400,000 to his former executive assistant to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit on his behalf last year. Larry Wallace was a senior advisor in Harris’ Sacramento, Calif., office. Prior…
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Merry Christmas: Tyler Perry Pays Off All Layaway Accounts at 2 Atlanta Walmarts
Playwright, actor, director and producer Tyler Perry just added one more title to his already long list of accolades: Secret Santa. In a move meant to make Christmas a little bit brighter for some Atlanta families this year, Perry paid off all the layaway accounts at two Atlanta area Walmart stores, to the tune of…
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Cardi B Just Shared a Picture of Baby Kulture. She’s Gorgeous
You guys! On the heels of announcing her separation from husband Offset, Cardi has shocked the internet by posting a photo of her daughter Kulture. Kulture is gorgeous! Cardi posted the little beauty’s picture with the caption “My heart.” Does separating from Offset have anything to do with the big photographic reveal? The couple had…
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Is Mueller’s Sentencing Memo for Michael Flynn a Veiled Warning for Donald Trump?
Robert Mueller is still doing his job. Despite all the criticism from the “president” and his cronies, Mueller has continued to press forward with his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. On Tuesday, the special counsel’s office released a court sentencing memo (pdf) in which Muellersaid because of former national security…
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Surviving R. Kelly Screening Evacuated Following Phoned in Gun Threat
Guests gathered at NeueHouse Madison Square in New York Tuesday night for a screening of the upcoming Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly were evacuated when a gun threat against the venue was reportedly phoned in. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, writer and cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux, journalist Kierna Mayo, author and social worker Feminista Jones, a…
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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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