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Shanesha Taylor Left Sons in Car ‘in Moment of Desperation’
In a candid interview on the Today show, Arizona mom Shanesha Taylor said she left her sons alone in a car while she went on a nearby job interview in “a moment of desperation.” “It was me knowing my family was in crisis and knowing that I had to make a choice between providing for…
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HIV-Positive for 20-Plus Years: ‘Not Easy, but I’m One of the Lucky Ones’
Steven Watiti was diagnosed with HIV in 1993. His wife was pregnant with their second child when she died of the disease, along with their baby. “That left me with my daughter who was 4,” said Watiti, a Ugandan physician. He spoke on a panel at the recent International AIDS Conference about people who have…
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Kanye Is Boring Now
Something strange happened to me while reading GQ’s August cover story on Kanye West: I realized I didn’t care and couldn’t wait for it to be over. I’m not sure when this wave of can’t-be-bothered-ness happened, but suddenly, whenever I hear Kanye talk about how awesome he is, I find myself wanting to do other,…
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Watch: NYPD Cop on Desk Duty After Allegedly Stomping Suspect
Oh, no. Not again. New York City Police Department officials have stripped an officer of his gun and placed him on desk duty following allegations of excessive force, which was captured on viral video. Last week, Officer Daniel Pantaleo was removed from the streets after apparently tackling Eric Garner, 43, on a sidewalk in Staten…
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Eric Garner’s Widow Calls for Civil Rights Probe
After her husband’s public death last week when he was apparently put in a choke hold by an officer with the New York Police Department, Eric Garner’s widow urged federal prosecutors Friday to open a civil rights investigation, Reuters reports. While city officials have promised to investigate the death, the widow, Esaw Garner, says a…
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Aide: White House Taking Impeachment Threat Seriously
The Obama administration is not discounting the possibility that House Republicans could pursue impeachment of the president, Senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer told reporters Friday, the Associated Press reports. “I saw a poll today that had a huge portion of the Republican Party base saying they supported impeaching the president. A lot of people…
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The Catch Up: What You Missed This Week In Social Media Land
This week was filled with the good, the bad and the ugly. Jada Pinkett Smith stood up for rape victim Jada from Houston, Time tried to explain what the word “bae” means and Christian groups spoke out against a new show entitled Black Jesus. 1. #JusticeforJada Jada Pinkett Smith stood in solidarity with the 16-year-old…
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US Senator Touts Fed Gun Intelligence Center in Chicago
After a spate of shootings across Chicago that left over a dozen dead and nearly 100 wounded, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Friday toured a new federal Gun Crime Intelligence Center, saying, “You can’t fight a war without intelligence,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the…
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‘Mississippi Baby’ Still Represents Hope—and Heroism—for AIDS Community
It’s no surprise that the so-called Mississippi Baby was a hot topic at an international gathering of AIDS experts. Earlier this month, the world learned that the child, thought to have been cured of HIV after her July 2010 birth, had detectable levels of the virus in her blood. Quick as a heartbeat, “cure” was downgraded…
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HBCUs Grapple With Uncertainty
Dipping rates of student enrollment have placed the future of HBCUs in jeopardy. For generations, these institutions of higher education have played an instrumental role in educating black students, especially first-generation college students and low-income students. But in the last 20 years, five of them have shuttered their doors, and a dozen others have dealt…
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