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Donald Trump Says He’ll ‘Win the Latino Vote’
Not only did Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump say that he had “nothing to apologize for” in characterizing Mexican immigrants as rapists who are bringing their crime to the U.S., but the real estate tycoon predicts that his jobs program will lure Hispanics back to his corner come Election Day. “I’ll win the Latino vote…
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The Sex-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline: How Girls of Color Are Unjustly Arrested and Incarcerated
In 2014, President Barack Obama announced My Brother’s Keeper, a desperately needed initiative to create educational and economic opportunities for black and brown boys and men. In addition to My Brother’s Keeper, there has been a new and emerging recognition that mass incarceration must come to an end, along with the school-to-prison pipeline that relegates…
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Get Your Kicks, Sneakerheads: Museum Exhibit Explores the Rise of Sneaker Culture
Sneakerheads, who have often been mocked and ridiculed for standing in long lines and spending hundreds of dollars—all for a pair of sneakers—may at long last get some vindication for their passion with the latest exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. Enter “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” a curated collection of about…
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Former NYC Inmate Receives $750,000 Settlement After Inadequate Medical Treatment for His 6-Day Erection
Rodney Cotton, a former inmate at New York City’s Manhattan Detention Center, was awarded $750,000 after suing the city for failing to provide him with adequate medical care when he complained that his penis was erect for six days after he took medication, the New York Daily News reports. In his lawsuit, Cotton says that his…
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Caribbean Flags?
You love the islands, but do you know their national flags? Take our quiz and try matching the right Caribbean countries with the right colorful flags.
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Fla. Woman Is Arrested After Reportedly Telling Teens: ‘I Hang Your Family From My Tree’
Lisa Marie Elberson, 29, of Lake County, Fla., spent the last day of her Fourth of July weekend in a county jail, the the Orlando Sentinel reports, after allegedly chasing a group of teens down a block wielding a baseball bat. She also allegedly yelled a racial slur at them. Elberson was apparently finishing her…
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Texas Makes Changes to History Textbooks: No Mention of KKK or Jim Crow, and the Civil War Was Fought Over States’ Rights, Not Slavery
A change is coming to public school education in Texas, a change that was voted for in 2010 and will take effect when students go back to school come fall. It’s happening in history class—in the new social studies textbooks that students will be using to learn U.S. history. New state academic guidelines changed some…
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Sorry, There’s No Easy Way to Win Her Back After You Stopped Calling
Help me out, D. I was dating a woman long distance, and things started to head into relationship territory pretty fast (three months). I felt pressured and basically stopped hitting her up as much and being less responsive to slow things down. She reacted terribly and cut me off for being inconsistent. I was relieved…
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A Mentor, a Coach, a Sponsor: Why You Need All 3
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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Black NC Woman Denied Library Card in 1942 Returns at Age 92 to Get One
Pearl Thompson was a student at Shaw University in 1942 when she walked over to a public library in Raleigh, N.C., to check out a book she was assigned to read for class. But instead of issuing a library card to Thompson and allowing her to check out the book, the library staff at the…
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