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‘Terrorism’: Rihanna Calls the Pepper Spray Attack Against Migrants Seeking Asylum Exactly What It Is
I stan a queen. Don’t you? Rihanna has been busy basking in the glory of her successful Fenty business ventures, leaving her fans eagerly awaiting new music or some sort of sign that their president still loves them. She bestows that love in the form of a hot lingerie brand, cosmetics people can’t wait to…
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Putting More Cops in Schools Does Not Make Them Safer: Report
File this under “things we already knew but it’s good to have confirmation anyway”: a new report says putting more police officers in schools does not necessarily make them safer. Kenneth Alonzo Anderson, an associate professor at Howard University, conducted a study focused on North Carolina middle schools and found no relationship between increased funding…
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St. Louis Woman Faces 6 Months in Jail Over a Speeding Ticket She Already Paid and Served Time For
Our criminal justice system is a nightmare for those members of our society who are too poor to pay in. Traffic court systems in our local municipalities have become a feeder pipeline to a larger criminal justice system that can tie people up for years in the court system—all while providing local revenue and funding.…
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#StephonClark: Older Brother of Man Killed by Police Plans to Run for Mayor of Sacramento
As the city of Sacramento waits to find out whether or not District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert will press charges against the two police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark in March as he stood in his grandparents’ backyard holding a cellphone, Clark’s older brother has decided to run for mayor of the…
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Is This Your Queen? Ellen Pompeo, Growth and Performative White Allyship
There is a video circulating on social media currently that has people praising Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo as our new white shero. In the video, Pompeo is on stage being interviewed by Net-A-Porter alongside actresses Gabrielle Union, Emma Roberts and Gina Rodriguez. In the short clip, she is discussing how white people have a…
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How Do You Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey?
It’s two days before Thanksgiving, and today my sister called to ask me if I know how to cook a turkey. I don’t, and neither does she, but we are going to struggle through it together this week because by some dumb stroke of luck we have ended up with two of them. Yep. I…
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Green Book Has Great Acting, a Misleading Title and Palatable Racism for White People
When I sat down to watch the movie Green Book, I was expecting to get a visual education on the historical use of The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor Hugo Green. Green published the guidebook from 1936 to 1966 for black travelers in the Jim Crow era whose trips took them through areas that…
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Alleged Gunman, His Girlfriend, a Police Officer and 1 Other Dead in Shooting at Chicago Hospital [Updated]
One person is reported dead and at least three others—including one police officer—were wounded after a gunman opened fire at a Chicago hospital on Monday afternoon. The incident happened around 3:20 p.m. at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Tribune that the suspect was found inside the hospital. He…
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The Coronation of Our Queen Cicely Tyson at the 2018 Governors Awards
Last night, I had the privilege to attend the 2018 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif., and saw Cicely Tyson receive her honorary Oscar. She is the first black woman to ever win the honor. In a career that has spanned nearly 70 years, the 93-year-old actress has starred with some of the best and the…
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Mr. Big, Therapy and Creating Closure for Myself After a Toxic Relationship
You probably were not expecting another chapter in the saga of Mr. Big and, quite frankly, neither was I. That relationship ended on a less than cordial note, and I had put it behind me and begun focusing on working my own shit out. I tend to do that after intense situations. I always want…
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