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The Deadening of Blackness in the Age of Obama
After George W. Bush ran the country into the ground, we all clearly and desperately wanted change. Black voters, especially black women, overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama for president. Certainly, as a self-identified African American, his candidacy was historic, but he won the black vote because he professed an agenda that we believed would be good for…
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30 Years of MLK Day: What We’ve Gained and What We’ve Lost
As the United States celebrates the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we take a look at some of the gains and losses of the civil rights movement since the holiday’s enactment. America elected its first black president in 2008, but the assailment of unarmed blacks, and efforts to repeal voting rights and…
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Finding Your Roots: Shonda Rhimes, Maya Rudolph and Keenen Ivory Wayans Learn Shocking Facts About Their Families
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the PBS series that takes a very deep dive into the ancestry of famous people, never fails to surprise, but in the third episode this season, which airs Tuesday, it shocks. The show focuses on the family histories of actress Maya Rudolph, TV showrunner Shonda Rhimes and…
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A Call For African Americans to Join a Study on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Scientists recognize that a person’s gender and ancestry play a large role in determining risk for certain diseases. For instance, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including both Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, and a recent study suggests 36% of those are African American – and the number of diagnosed African Americans…
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After Outrage, Publisher Pulls Happy-Slaves Children’s Book
Editor’s note: Amid growing criticism of this children’s book depicting happy slaves baking a cake for George Washington, publisher Scholastic announced late Jan. 17 that it is pulling the book from retailers. In a statement to the Associated Press, Scholastic said this: While we have great respect for the integrity and scholarship of the author,…
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Stand With Her: Black Men as Anti-Rape Activists
In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, I often wonder where are the black men mobilizing against sexual violence against black women? Have we hidden—like the biblical David—away from the eyes of our communities because we are secretly invested in rape culture? Are we afraid because we do not actually know what sexual…
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FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Bank Robber Nabbed in Colo.
After about a month on the run, the jig is up for a 25-year-old who landed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. An FBI SWAT team took Myloh Jaqory Mason into custody without incident early Friday evening at a Motel 6 in Thornton, Colo., according to the New York Daily News. Mason is…
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Ga. Doc Arrested After 12 Patients Overdose on Prescription Meds
A Georgia doctor has been arrested after 36 of his patients died, a third of them from confirmed prescription medication overdoses, reports WSB-TV Channel 2. Nearly 40 Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the office of psychiatrist Narendra Nagareddy on Thursday in Jonesboro, Ga. Nagareddy is accused of violating Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act with his “pill…
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Almost 2 Dozen Confirmed Dead in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
An al-Qaida-affiliated group is taking responsibility for the siege of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital, reports CNN. The country’s security forces—with logistical help from U.S. and French troops—stormed the Splendid hotel in Ouagadougou early Saturday morning, trading gunfire with the militants and freeing 126 hostages, half of whom were hospitalized, according to CNN.…
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23 Cops Called Before Laquan McDonald Federal Grand Jury
Recently released records show that nearly two dozen officers were called to testify in the Laquan McDonald case, including the lead detective and officers on the scene whose initial reports conflicted with dash-cam video later released, according to the Chicago Tribune. The records—released after a Freedom of Information Act request—show that the officers began testifying…
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