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Black People 3 Times as Likely to Die in Police Chases: Report
In a first-of-its-kind investigation, USA Today found that black people in the U.S. have been killed in police chases at a rate nearly three times higher than anyone else. The rub is that this included both those fleeing law enforcement and innocent bystanders. The outlet was able to thoroughly and meticulously illustrate yet another example of…
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Fidel Castro’s Last Wish: No Monuments or Memorials in My Name
Cuban President Raúl Castro said Saturday that Cuba will not name any streets or erect an public monuments in honor of his brother Fidel, in keeping with the former leader’s expressed desires, reports The Guardian. During the last stop on Fidel’s funeral procession, which began in Havana and ended in the eastern city of Santiago’s…
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33 Confirmed Dead in Oakland, Calif., Warehouse Fire
Updated Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at 11:55 p.m. EDT: Searchers have now found 33 bodies in the rubble of the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, Calif., the New York Daily News reports. Some of the victims have been identified, including a 17-year-old, but many are burned beyond recognition, and authorities will need more time…
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Jill Stein Drops, Then Resumes, Pa. Recount Bid
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said early Sunday that she was moving forward with her recount efforts in the state of Pennsylvania after announcing the day before that she would drop it. On Saturday, Stein cited a $1 million bond as the reason she would not move forward with the recount effort in the…
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Fidel Vive! A Cuban-American Activist Reflects on El Comandante
I am a Cuban Muslim in Miami in mourning for Fidel Castro Ruz. And I have been wearing my black armband all week long. I first learned the news of Castro’s transition to the realm of the ancestors from Cuban journalists who broke the story. I was shocked and saddened by the news of the inevitable fate that awaits us…
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Inventor of General Tso’s Chicken Dies at 98
We don’t know exactly when the fried-chicken chunks bathed in a sweet, spicy sauce became such a hit, but there is no denying that our people love some General Tso’s chicken, and you’d be hard-pressed not to find it in any black neighborhood from East Coast to West. Sadly, many of us butcher the name (is…
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Charles Barkley Donates $2,000,000 to 2 More HBCUs
About a year and a half after brash sports pundit and NBA legend Charles Barkley gave Morehouse College $1 million in support the school’s new sports and journalism program, he is doing the same for two other HBCUs. Barkley announced on Giving Tuesday that he is donating $1 million to Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Ala., and $1 million to Clark-Atlanta University…
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Harlem Becomes Site of Only Public Gender-Affirming Clinic in NYC
An East Harlem, N.Y., clinic dedicated to the needs of transgender individuals will expand its services to that community, the city announced this week. Harlem Patch reports that the uptown branch of Metropolitan Hospital’s LGBT Health Center will now offer gender-affirming “top surgeries” and access to hormone therapy for transgender patients. Patients referred by their…
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Missing NJ College Student’s Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a 20-year-old Montclair, N.J., college student whose parents reported her missing days before Thanksgiving has been ruled a homicide, according to NJ.com. Family members reported Butler, a freshman at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, N.J., missing Nov. 23. She was last seen the night before, and the car she was…
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Tupac and the Producers of the Classic All Eyez on Me: Where Are They Now?
Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me was released in February 1996, shortly after the rapper was bailed out of prison by Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight. “Prison ain’t changed me,” Tupac says on the album. “It made me worse!” The double album had two No. 1 hits—“How Do You Want It” and “California Love”—and was…
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