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Beyond Trayvon: Black and Unarmed
Last year’s killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood-watch captain who deemed him “suspicious” and who claims that he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense sparked a heartbreaking national conversation about race and justice. His story is all the more tragic because it follows a familiar pattern. As George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder trial begins,…
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Cory Booker Formally Joins New Jersey Senate Race
The Associated Press is reporting that popular Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Saturday, saying, “We need someone in the United States Senate who’s actually had to work on difficult problems, who’s had to find people jobs.” He is hoping to fill the seat of U.S. Sen. Frank…
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'What's Love Got to Do With It' Cast Updates
Bassett played Tina Turner over the course of her eventful life — from Anna Mae Bullock, a small-town girl with a voice that was out of this world, to her discovery by Ike Turner at a St. Louis, Mo., bar and the formation of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. After a tumultuous relationship filled…
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Nashville Father of 22 Sued for Child Support
A Nashville, Tenn., man who has 22 children by 14 women has landed in hot water after failing to pay child support. He is being sued in what may be one of the city’s costliest child-support cases, according to the Huffington Post, which cites a report by CBS affiliate WTVF. In an interview outside court,…
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911 Operator Fired for Alleged Racist Facebook Posts
The Huffington Post is reporting that a 911 operator in Texas has been fired after allegedly making a series of racist remarks on her Facebook page. In Facebook posts that only her friends could see, 911 operator April Sims, 23, apparently compared black people to “animals” and said she could “count on one hand” those…
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'What's Love Got to Do With It': 10 Facts
It has been 20 years since the release of the epic biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It. Angela Bassett toned up and shook a tail feather as Anna Mae Bullock — a small-town girl from the Nutbush, Tenn., city limits, turned into Tina Turner, a husky-voiced singer leading the Ike & Tina Turner…
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Serena Defeats Sharapova to Win French Open
Serena Williams has handily defeated Maria Sharapova to secure her second French Open title, 11 years to the day after she beat her older sister, Venus, to win her first in 2002, USA Today reports. Top-seeded Williams beat No. 2 Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to secure her second French Open title, 11 years to the…
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Outrage, Condolences After Santa Monica College Shooting
The death toll currently stands at five after a shooting spree at Santa Monica College in California. The campus was put on lockdown Friday night after shots were fired in a classroom. The rampage reportedly began, however, at a Santa Monica residence and ended on the campus, with the gunman randomly firing at people along…
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Jesse Jackson Jr.: 4 Years in Prison?
The Associated Press is reporting that prosecutors have recommended to a judge that former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. serve four years in prison, following his guilty plea earlier this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. The government suggested an 18-month sentence…
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Why You Don't Mess With Michelle Obama
In a piece for xoJane, S.E. Smith breaks down why the actions of Ellen Sturtz — the woman now infamously known as the first lady’s heckler — were uncouth. You don’t interrupt while the adults are talking, folks. You just don’t. You do not attend an event with the express intent of interrupting it, being…
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