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#NetNeutrality: Supreme Court Hands Over a Major Victory for Open Internet Advocates
Every time I see a picture of Ajit Pai, I want to kick him in his Reese’s cup. In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that favored the 2015 net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration Federal Communications Commission. Several internet providers took…
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Supporters Raise More Than $90,000 for California Teacher Who Fought His Student
In a now infamous video that has gone viral online, a Los Angeles-area teacher was captured fighting one of his students after the teen repeatedly called him the n-word and threw a basketball at him. The incident happened Friday at Maywood Academy High School, and the teacher—64-year-old Marston Riley—was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.…
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#ElectionEve: My Personal Plea For You To Get Out and Vote Tuesday
On the eve of the 2018 midterm election, I wanted to take a moment to urge everyone to get out and take advantage of their right to vote. I am not going to shame you for not voting. I am not going to threaten you or tell you that you are stupid if you don’t.…
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Rebel, Rebel: For White Women Who Block Black People on Twitter Because Apologizing Is Too Damn Much [Updated]
Before this weekend, I never really paid very much attention to Rebel Wilson. I knew she existed and had caught glimpses of her in a few things. I knew enough to know that her usual schtick is playing the funny, goofy or dorky fat girl in white comedies, but in my mind, she wasn’t as…
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White Student at HBCU Law School Antagonizes Her Black Classmates With Racist Comments
What in the world would possess a white woman who doesn’t really care for or about black people to enroll in a law school program at a historically black college in North Carolina? What would possess that same woman to go on Facebook and make racist comments using the n-word that her classmates would be…
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Michael Cohen Is Still Snitching on His Boy Donald Trump, This Time Outing His Racist Rhetoric
There was a point in time when many of us thought Michael Cohen would turn out to be the hero we need. He turned his back on his old friend Donald Trump—a man for whom he had cleaned up many a mess. He started telling tales out of school, letting us know bits and pieces…
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Former Rutgers Football Player Charged In Murder Plot He Allegedly Confessed To
This story is just weird. Know that up front. Izala Bullock is a 22-year-old former linebacker for Rutgers University. On Tuesday, he was charged with two-counts of first-degree attempted murder and two counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder after police and prosecutors say he “initiated a plot to murder the family members of an…
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The Bad Boys Sequel Is Officially Happening. Will Smith Said Y’all Ain’t Ready
After many fits and starts and one of the stars saying the project may never see the light of day, it appears that the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s Bad Boys II is finally happening. Are you ready? The film’s two stars—Will Smith and Martin Lawrence—both posted on their Instagram accounts that the movie is a…
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Don Lemon: White Men Are the Biggest Terror Threat in This Country
Don Lemon is fed up. Who knew a year ago that CNN’s Don Lemon would turn out to be the most outspoken and militant black man in television news media? Continuing his trend of calling it like he sees it, Lemon went on a tear during a segment on Chris Cuomo’s show Monday night and…
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Kanye Claims He Is Back From the Sunken Place … Again
Kanye West (or someone tweeting from Kanye West’s account) took to Twitter this afternoon to announce that he is stepping back from talking about politics and will now be completely focused on being creative—something everyone has been urging him to do for a while now, but he just wouldn’t listen. Ye (or someone using his…
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