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  • Alex La Guma: The Greatest Novelist Whose Name You’ve Never Heard Before

    Editor’s note: The spelling of the ethnic term “Coloured,” used within the context of South African history and culture, reflects the writer’s preference. October 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s great novelists, arguably the greatest Africa—let alone South Africa—has ever produced, a man who was not only a prodigiously…

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  • Chicago Mayor Blames Rising Murder Numbers on Viral Videos of Cop Violence

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is blaming his city’s murder rate on what he calls “the chilling effects of high-profile protests against police brutality and officers’ fear of cell phone videos of their actions going viral,” according to CNN. “We have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence,” Emanuel said…

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  • Conservative Website Posts Photo of Malia Obama at Brown University Near Beer Pong Game

    First daughter Malia Obama whipped social media into a frenzy last weekend when she visited Brown University in Providence, R.I., for a tour of its campus, according to BuzzFeed. While the visit was worthy of social media posts, it was a Snapchat photo that sent fingers flying across keyboards about the high school senior, who…

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  • NYC Mom Accused of Tossing Infant Out of 6th-Floor Window

    A 27-year-old Bronx, N.Y., mother who was once licensed to operate a home day care center has been charged with murder after allegedly tossing her infant daughter from a sixth-floor apartment window, according to NBC 4 New York. Tenisha Fearon is accused of dangling her 6-month-old daughter, Janillah Lawrence, from the window of their home…

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  • 2 Ex-Ga. Deputies Cleared of Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Matthew Ajibade

    A jury in Savannah, Ga., on Friday cleared two former Chatham County sheriff’s deputies of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Matthew Ajibade, a 22-year-old mentally ill college student who died earlier this year in police custody, according to CNN. Jason Kenny, 31, and his former supervisor, Cpl. Maxine Evans, 56, were found guilty of…

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  • No More Fear: It’s Time to Reform Policing in Baltimore

    On the evening of April 31, 2012, someone broke into Ashley Overbey’s home in Northeast Baltimore. When Overbey returned from work and noticed her home was awry, she called the police. The responding officers were rude, according to Overbey. They told her, “You live in Baltimore; what do you expect?” She called to file a…

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  • Lamar Odom Regains Consciousness and Reportedly Said This to His Estranged Wife

    There are reports circulating Friday that Lamar Odom’s condition has improved drastically. Odom was found unconscious in a brothel Tuesday with cocaine and other substances reportedly in his system. He was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors. Sports Illustrated is reporting that Odom regained consciousness Friday and was able to squeeze the hand…

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  • Janet Jackson Secretly Poses as a Statue and Surprises Fans

    Janet Jackson’s superfans who paid extra money to attend her pop-up museum before her concert got the surprise of a lifetime. They thought they were looking at a statue of Jackson, alongside her paraphernalia, but instead, it was Jackson in the flesh. Jackson posed as a statue of herself and then came to life, startling her…

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  • Lupe Fiasco Is Funding Start-Up Businesses Created by Working-Class Entrepreneurs

    Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has teamed up with a tech executive to start a charity fund called the Neighborhood Start-Up Fund, which supports entrepreneurs from working-class communities, Complex reports. The idea is that aspiring entrepreneurs from these communities have great ideas that would improve conditions in their neighborboods, but they need the resources and the…

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  • Sean Combs Is Producing an ABC Comedy Inspired by His Small-Town Personal Assistant

    Puffy—Sean Combs will always be “Puffy” or “Puff” to me—became inspired by his personal assistant who left her small town and began working for one of the world’s biggest entertainment moguls, with a lifestyle unlike anything she’s ever experienced. According to Deadline, he’s producing a comedy with ABC that’s inspired by her experiences, called The…

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