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Ain’t Nobody Going to Trump’s Inauguration, Including Former US Presidents
Although we have more than a few living U.S. presidents, only one is confirmed to attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump. Jimmy Carter is, thus far, the only former POTUS who will be attending the inaugural on Jan. 20, 2016. Carter, 92, is probably the sweetest of the U.S. presidents and has been away…
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LAPD Working to Identify 35 More Possible ‘Grim Sleeper’ Victims
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying 35 women who may have been killed by “Grim Sleeper” serial killer Lonnie Franklin, who earlier this year was sentenced to death for 10 murders in the South Los Angeles area. He reportedly got his nickname because he appeared to have taken…
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Tiger Woods Tees Off With Donald Trump in Fla.
Embattled sports star Tiger Woods blessed Donald Trump with a round of golf at the president-elect’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course Friday. Woods and Trump teed off at Trump International Golf Club along with unidentified two club members, according to Golf Digest, which tweeted a photo of Woods sporting a substantial salt-and-pepper beard. ESPN…
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Safety Pin Box: White People Can Now Pay for Those 'How Not to Be Racist' Lessons
During the Election Cycle That Shall Not Be Named, white liberals experienced feelings—so many feelings. White liberal women in particular really had a rough go of it, what with Pantsuit Nation and the ghost of Susan B. Anthony failing to bring it home for Hillary Rodham Clinton. But something beautiful did emerge from the rubble…
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The Cast of Dreamgirls: Where Are They Now?
It’s been 10 years since audiences were mesmerized by Jennifer Hudson’s Academy Award-winning performance as Effie White in Dreamgirls. Based on the Broadway production of the same name, the film adaptation also featured the characters Deena Jones (Beyoncé) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) as the Dreams, an R&B trio out of Detroit who are managed by Curtis…
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Glendon Scott Crawford: White Supremacist Receives 30-Year Sentence for Plot Against President Obama, Muslims
Glendon Scott Crawford, 52, a Navy veteran and Ku Klux Klan member, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe in Albany, N.Y., on Monday to 30 years in prison for his plot to assassinate President Barack Obama and kill Muslim Americans, The Guardian reports. Crawford was found guilty in 2015 of conspiring with Eric Feight, 58,…
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Black Children and Teens Exposed to Most Junk Food Advertising: Study
All American kids see junk food ads, but preschoolers (2 to 5 years old), children (6 to 11 years) and teens (12 to 17 years) of color see more ads per week on average than their white peers, according to a new study. The Washington Post reports that a recently released study on junk food…
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Bernard Hopkins Knocked Out … of the Ring in Final Fight
As a finale to a truly illustrious career, the Bernard Hopkins “retirement” fight Saturday was supposed to celebrate the 51-year-old pugilist. Instead it ended with a thud. A literal one, it turns out, as Hopkins was knocked out of the ring at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Hopkins fell to his much younger opponent, Joe…
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CeeLo Green’s Exploding-Cellphone Video Confirmed Fake
CeeLo Green, who had a bit of a topple from grace over sexual assault claims and his commentary about them over the last few years (funny, because he kind of looks like Humpty Dumpty), was back in the news as footage of a cellphone exploding in his face circulated this weekend. Given the very…
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Trump Says Michelle Obama's ‘Not Having Hope’ Comment Not About Him
In a rare display of restraint, and perhaps even grace, President-elect Donald Trump praised the Obamas, and first lady Michelle Obama specifically, spinning her recent quote, “Now we’re feeling what not having hope feels like,” as referring to the past. As reported by The Root on Friday, portions of Obama’s upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey…
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