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Another Jury Finds Link Between Baby Powder and Cancer
For the third time this month, pharmaceutical conglomerate Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its baby powder causes ovarian cancer. The Associated Press reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $70.1 million to Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, Calif., who was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer…
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Mary J. Blige Opens Her Concerts With Headlines of Kendu’s $129K Alimony Ask
In more “Kendu be buggin” news … It appears that on her current King and Queen of Hearts Tour with R&B crooner Maxwell, singer Mary J. Blige is opening her shows with photos of tabloid headlines from her divorce drama. Her estranged ex, Kendu Isaacs, says that such public displays are a “campaign to destroy” his…
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Trump Calls Black Supporter a ‘Thug,’ Throws Him Out of NC Rally
An African-American North Carolina man was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night and called a “thug” by the Republican candidate himself. No surprise there, except that Rocky Mount, N.C., resident C.J. Cary is a rabid Trump supporter and has even faced off with his neighbors over his choice in this year’s presidential…
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Rikers Island Guards Convicted in Beating and Cover-Up
Four guards at New York City’s Rikers Island jail have been convicted in connection with the beating of an inmate and a cover-up effort, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, Christopher Huggins, 34, and Michael Dorsainvil, 36, were convicted of filing false records and assault; Ronald Donnelley, 63, and Mark Anglin, 38, were found guilty of…
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Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?
I am trying to trace the roots of my paternal great-great-grandfather, Lucien Joshua. He relayed to the census taker in 1900 that his parents were born in South Carolina. At the time of the census, he lived in Ascension Parish. According to oral history accounts given by older relatives in my family, Lucien changed his name…
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Md. Nanny Force-Fed 8-Month-Old Until Baby Died: Report
Eight-month-old Enita Salubi died after her nanny, Oluremi Oyindasola, 66, allegedly force-fed the baby until she became unresponsive and died, the Washington Post reports. Oyindasola, of Glenarden, Md., was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in death and other charges, the Prince George’s County, Md., Police Department announced Wednesday. Oyindasola was…
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15-Year-Old Admits to Shooting 17-Year-Old in DC: Report
Kevin Jackson, 17, was shot Sept. 1 after an argument with a 15-year-old foe on a Southeast street in Washington, D.C., according to the Washington Post. That night, the 15-year-old left the argument but returned with a gun, shooting at Kevin a few times, the Post reports. Kevin was hit once in the back of the head.…
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The Miseducation of the White Man: How Our Education System Failed White Voters
My first job after college was teaching kindergarten. For a decade I worked as a kindergarten teacher and then as an elementary school principal. Now I am a professor charged with preparing teachers and administrators. The 2016 presidential election is the first time that every one of my approximately 2,000 former K-12 students are of…
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How We Can Reap Reparations From Marijuana Reform
In September, a coalition of 60 organizations that collectively make up the Movement for Black Lives issued a series of six platform demands to promote black power, freedom and justice. Included among these demands is an end to the criminalization, incarceration and killing of black people in the name of the various named and unnamed…
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Report: Hairstylist Pepper-Sprays Unhappy Customer
A hairstylist, Maryam Simpson, 35, was arrested Monday, almost two weeks after authorities say she pepper-sprayed a client after she expressed that she was unhappy with the haircut Simpson gave her, according to the New York Daily News. Simpson, who advertised her hairstyling services online, was working at the client’s apartment when the two began arguing…
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