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Desmond Tutu Rehospitalized in South Africa
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after being released just days ago after a weekslong stay, according to CNN.The 84-year-old Nobel laureate and retired archbishop had spent three weeks in a Cape Town hospital after having minor surgery. On Saturday, Tutu’s family said that the surgical wound itself started showing…
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Iman Shumpert Raps That He Will ‘Take a Knee’ During Anthem
Iman Shumpert, whom half the population knows from basketball, the other half as Teyana Taylor’s boo (as seen in the shower in that sexy “Fade” video), has released a rap record saying that he’s going to “take a knee for the anthem.” Shumpert, of the NBA championship-winning Cleveland Cavaliers, has a new track called “His Story”…
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6 Rikers Guards Jailed in Vicious Inmate Beating
The shoe most certainly now sits on the other foot as six former New York City correction officers at Rikers Island, the city’s notoriously violent jail, were themselves jailed Friday after being sentenced for the ruthless beating of an inmate there, according to the New York Daily News. The six men convicted included a former…
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Man Who Shot at George Zimmerman Convicted of Attempted Murder
A Florida man was found guilty Friday of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at George Zimmerman in a 2015 road rage incident, CNN reports. Matthew Apperson, 27, was also found guilty of shooting into a vehicle and aggravated assault with a firearm, and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison because the crime involved…
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The Conversation on Slavery and Its Legacy Has a Place at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Thomas Jefferson. The mention of the name of our nation’s third president, for some Americans, brings to mind the Declaration of Independence, the founding of our country and Jefferson’s home, Monticello. For many others, his name is inextricably linked to a woman who could not access the independence guaranteed by the declaration he penned: Sally…
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Steve Jobs’ Widow Gives 2 Los Angeles Teachers $10,000,000 to Start School for Homeless and Foster Kids
Two teachers in Los Angeles—Kari Croft, 29, and Erin Whalen, 26—have won $10 million in XQ: The Super School Project, a high-school-redesign competition funded by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, according to the Los Angeles Times. The school will be geared to homeless and foster children. RISE, the name of the project, stands for Revolutionary…
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The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Chance the Rapper
We. Love. Chance. Chancelor Bennett, also known as Chance the Rapper, is a 23-year-old who is soaring high within the music industry, even without a record deal. From his first mixtape, 10 Day, which was released in 2012, to his 2016 release, Coloring Book, the artist has defied the odds as a self-released superstar. The best…
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Police Looking for Man Who Charged $12,000 on Stolen Credit Cards
This summer, a man stole two elderly women’s wallets on two different instances in Maryland and bought almost $12,000 worth of items on their credit cards, the Washington Post reports. The man stole a 71-year-old woman’s wallet in Bethesda in July and charged a $5,000 blue Santa Cruz bicycle to one of her credit cards.…
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Man Gets 9 Years for Assaulting Gay Couple at NYC Restaurant
Bayna Lekheim El-Amin, 42, received nine years in prison for assaulting Jonathan Snipes and boyfriend Ethan York Adams at a Dallas BBQ restaurant in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, the New York Daily News reports. Apparently Snipes thought he heard El-Amin call the gay couple “f—gots,” and so he hit him with his canvas bag…
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Hey, Donald Trump, Here's How to Win the Black Vote in 3 Easy Steps
Donald Trump, thank you for thinking about us in the black community so much over the past few weeks. It means a lot to know we’ve got a true winner fighting for us on the road to the White House. But listen: You’ve stumbled a few times before, so I want to make sure you’re…
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