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President Obama Outlines His Greatest Hits on Twitter
President Barack Obama and his family return to White House from their annual Hawaiian vacation today, but the president still managed to hit his Twitter account on the first day of the New Year. As with the rest of us, the president may realize that he is really looking at his last days in office. For…
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Beyond the Hashtag: Black Films Have Shown Much Promise Since #OscarsSoWhite
As remote as 2015 now feels, it’s hard to forget, as the award season rolls around again, the groundswell caused by the hashtag that became the David to Hollywood’s Goliath. After the Academy Award nominations in February 2016 essentially shut out people of color in several categories two years in a row, social media erupted…
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Watch: Condola Rashad Gets Engaged on NYE
Condola Rashad, the daughter of our favorite TV mom, Phylicia Rashad, and TV analyst Ahmad Rashad, has seen her star rise in the last few years, putting in serious work in the acting arena. Now it looks as if she is ready to embark on a new part of her life. Sebastian!!!!!!!!!!!The surprise!! The shock! My…
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Mariah Carey’s NYE Performance Prompts Last Twitter Dragging of 2016
Whatever the future of Twitter, it will be remembered fondly for giving us the guffaws of life. And so it was when the folk from all around the world weighed in on singer Mariah Carey’s performance on ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. Decked out in a glittery leotard and forever-inch heels, Carey looked great but…
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Colin Kaepernick Voted Most Courageous Player by 49ers
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who defied professional football’s usual fear of confronting racial unrest, was voted the 49ers’ most courageous and inspirational player by his teammates, the NFL club announced Friday, the New York Daily News reports. Kaepernick, who knelt during the national anthem in protest against police brutality this season, was…
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Puff, Puff, Push? Texas Officer Gives Teen 200 Pushups for Smoking Weed
As we all know, police officers have a lot of discretion as to whom they choose to stop and whom they let go with a warning or worse. An African-American North Texas police officer recently gave a teenager the option of being cited for marijuana possession or doing 200 pushups after the boy was caught…
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Trey Songz Arrested in Detroit for Giving Cop Concussion
As with many union venues, when your time is up, they will shut you down. And so it was with R&B star Trey Songz, who reportedly tore up the stage of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit after his mic was cut. “He told us how they said that he was taking up too much…
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Donna Brazile Says Obama Response to Russia ‘Insufficient’
Donna Brazile, interim chairperson of the Democratic National Committee, said that the Obama administration’s retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking Democratic groups are “insufficient,” according to The Hill. Brazile and the DNC definitely have skin in this game, since it was DNC emails that were hacked and released, forcing DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign,…
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Ronda Rousey Knocked Out in Just 48 Seconds
Welp, that was quick. Ronda Rousey was (technically) knocked da f—k out in less than a minute Friday night as she fell to bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. Unfortunately for Rousey, the 28-year-old Brazilian was relentless from the very beginning and ended the fight in about 48 seconds. The New York Daily News…
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19 States Will Increase Minimum Wage in 2017
Indeed, 2017 will be a great reprieve for many who are happy to see 2016 go, and it will be especially sweet for some of America’s lowest-paid hourly workers. Nineteen states will ring in the year with an increase in the minimum wage. Increasingly, states have had to step in where the federal government has…
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