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Google Looks to Train More Black Engineers, but Will It Hire Them?
Google created Howard West last year as a three-month residency program for rising junior and senior computer science majors at Howard University. Students attended the program on Google’s Bay Area campus and were taught by senior Google engineers as well as Howard faculty. TechCrunc reports that after the success of the first program, the company…
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#NetNeutrality: California State Senate Approves Bill Protecting Open Internet Rules, Despite FCC Order
On Monday, the California State Senate approved a bill that would impose net neutrality restrictions on internet service providers doing business in the state. As Ars Technica reports, the Federal Communications Commission’s new order includes a provision to prevent any state and municipal governments from enacting net neutrality legislation at the local level, but that…
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DMX Headed Back to Jail After Failing Court-Mandated Drug Test
I have wanted DMX to win ever since I heard his studio album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. He rapped with so much force and aggression, it was hard not to champion whatever cause he was yelling for. This is why it saddens me to find out that DMX is on his way back…
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Are Female Orgasms Elusive or Easily Attainable?
During a recent #TheRootAfterDark Twitter chat on masturbation, there was some discussion about women masturbating because they don’t achieve orgasm with their partners. This is not an uncommon phenomenon, and there are many who believe that bringing a woman to orgasm is some sort of sorcery you have to learn from a magician—but is that…
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Joe McKnight’s Killer Faces Up to 40 Years in Prison After Manslaughter Conviction
The answer to the question of whether or not a jury with only one black person on it would be able to mete out justice in the killing of former NFL running back Joe McKnight is “sorta.” After seven-and-a-half hours of deliberation Friday, a jury in Louisiana found Ronald Gasser, 56, guilty of manslaughter in…
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Dear Kim Kardashian: You Have Cornrows, Not ‘Bo Derek Braids,’ You Bird
I usually try not to pay attention to the Kardashians, because they are a family full of well-known stunt queens. They have proved time and time again that they will do anything for a storyline and attention—whether that attention is positive or negative. Kim’s latest stunt is no exception, but it deserves to be addressed…
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Blake Griffin Just Got Traded to the Detroit Pistons for a Scratch-Off, an Expired EBT Card and a Pack of Newports
Imagine you are Blake Griffin. You are the franchise player of the Los Angeles Clippers—the one who actually got people in L.A. interested in the Clippers again, to be exact. You are an All-Star. You are a pivotal member of the team. You are the star of Kia ads, and you are known for your…
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Black Writers Telling Black Stories and Doing Black Journalism Are Important
It cannot be said enough: Representation matters. It matters in our schools. It matters in our workplaces. It matters in the television shows and movies we watch as well as in the music we listen to. And it definitely matters in the media. Journalists are considered primary sources as far as history is concerned, and…
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#NetNeutrality Explained as if It Were Burgers, and Other Random FCC Repeal Updates
There are some news topics I cover that are especially near and dear to my heart. Net neutrality is one of them. The existence of an open internet is essential to our ability to communicate and exchange ideas. The repeal threatens that, and makes it inevitable that internet service providers will have control over both…
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Cops Get Away With Everything
Speaking of cops who escalate things for no reason, remember the story of the off-duty Los Angeles police officer living in Anaheim, Calif., who pulled out his gun and fired it during a scuffle with a 13-year-old boy last year? In case you don’t remember, Officer Kevin Ferguson was upset that some teens in his…
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