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Stop-and-Frisk Whistle-Blower Cops Say They're Harassed
The night shift, hovering bosses, poor work evaluations — officer Pedro Serrano told the Washington Post that he’s suffered all of these things for speaking out against the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies. Serrano claims he’s been harassed, micromanaged and eventually transferred to a different precinct and put on the overnight shift. “It hasn’t…
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Chris Brown's Dad: I Don't Want Chris and Rihanna Together
For Clinton Brown, life was better for his son, Chris Brown, when he was not dating on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna, according to the Daily News. “I personally really didn’t want him and Rihanna back together,” said Clinton Brown, 48. “You have to have a balance in a relationship. You have to have someone who is…
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The Root's 'Nerd Prom' Highlights
(The Root) — At this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama’s speech poked fun at Congress, Fox News and the GOP’s minority-outreach efforts. But some of the biggest laughs came when he joked about himself and the stubborn negative perceptions of him that some Americans still hang onto. Entering to DJ Khaled’s “All…
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Does Young Black America Even Need a Leader?
In the shadows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, many black folks have wondered, “Who’s to be our next leader?” On the Black Youth Project, Jonathan Lykes asks that question of his own generation. As we move further away from the 1960’s civil rights movements I think it is important for individuals in the…
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Fighting Felon Disenfranchisement and Winning
In a victory for voters’ rights, felon-disenfranchisement laws are being overturned in Deleware, and NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous writes on the Huffington Post that it’s high time for the rest of the country to follow suit. The amendment, passed at the urging of the Delaware NAACP, allows people with nonviolent felony convictions…
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How Adoption Taught Me to Surrender
Adoption can be grueling for hopeful parents, writes Shonda Rhimes in the Daily Beast. Yet the process, says the creator of Scandal, brought her a deep understanding of the meaning of surrender. I’ve never wanted to be pregnant, never suffered through the infertility that devastates some of my friends. Since I was 9 years old,…
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Black-White Relationships: Which Gender Does It More?
Damon Young writes: While the vast majority of the black people I know date/marry other black people, I personally know more black women my age with white boyfriends/husbands than black men my age with white girlfriends/wives…and I bet most of you do too. Actually, for me, using “more” is somewhat misleading because, well, I don’t…
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Nelson Mandela's Grandsons Bring His Words to Big Screen
Every April evening in the few minutes before midnight, the words of Nelson Mandela take over the billboards in Times Square. The Power of Words , a short video that displays select quotes from Mandela’s speeches, fills up select screens from 11:57 p.m. to midnight. The Power of Words is a preview of a project…
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When Dad Asks Your Fiance for a Credit Check
What if all men had to obtain marriage approval from a girlfriend’s father by providing their credit reports, bank statements and medical records? Would men approach life and marriage preparation a little bit differently? These are questions Steve faced as a reality when asked for these very items by his girlfriend’s father. What started off…
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