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All of a Sudden My Boyfriend Doesn’t Believe in Marriage
I’ve been with my boyfriend for two-and-a-half years. We’ve discussed marriage and looked at rings, at his request. Recently he’s been conflicted about whether marriage (as an institution) is for him. He says he loves me and doesn’t want to break up. I don’t know if this is a normal fear and I should give…
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Kevin Young Named Director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The New York Public Library has chosen Kevin Young, a distinguished scholar and poet, to be the new director of its Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The research library focuses on documenting and sharing black life, history and culture around the world. Regarding Young’s appointment to head the library, NYPL President Tony Marx said, “The…
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Report: Ex-University Cop Beat Girlfriend to Death With Help From Best Friend
Aaron Wright, a former Temple University officer, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Joyce Quaweay. He has also been charged with aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, conspiracy to commit murder and abuse of a corpse. His best friend, Temple Police Officer Marquis Robinson, 41, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault…
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16th Street Baptist Church Bomber Is Denied Parole
Thomas Blanton Jr., 86, the last living convicted bomber in the 1963 attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., asked for his freedom from a parole board Wednesday and was denied, CNN reports. Blanton was a member of the Ku Klux Klan when the church was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963. The tragedy, which…
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Brutal Crackdowns, Hidden Poverty: How Preparations for the Rio Olympics Hurt Afro-Brazilians
In the next few weeks, Aug. 5-21, the city of Rio de Janeiro is going to host the 31st Olympic Games. Like a mother preparing her home for 500,000 tourists, Rio has swept the city’s poverty under the rug by increasing police and army presence in favelas. As a result, part of the local population…
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Not Voting for Hillary Because You’re Petty? Get Over It
To all those people of color who call themselves progressives and are “Bernie or bust” supporters, I’m really going to need you to wipe your tears, get your life right and get this through your head: Brown people do not have the luxury of living under a Donald Trump presidency. And that means you do…
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Milwaukee Man Arrested After Reportedly Drowning 3-Month-Old Son in Pond
Sean A. Flowers Jr. of Milwaukee allegedly drowned his 3-month-old son in a pond. He was taken into custody Saturday after he reportedly held his son underwater until the infant fell unconscious, according to the New York Daily News. Robert Amstadt, who witnessed the incident, said that the “baby cried all the way out into the…
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Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
Federal prosecutors are trying to obtain the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, who is charged with opening fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, killing nine black worshippers during their Bible-study session. Roof’s attorneys, however, are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that he therefore…
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Ga. Police Sergeant Terminated for Having Confederate Flag
In Roswell, Ga., a police officer was fired in July after a complaint was filed against her but is planning to contest the firing, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Former Sgt. Silvia Cotriss had a Confederate flag on display underneath the American flag outside her home. She had apparently been flying the flag for about a…
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#M4BL: New Policy Agenda Centers Black Demands as Presidential Campaign Hits Full Stride
August will mark the two-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown and the uprising of black youths in Ferguson, Mo. Many of us are asking ourselves, “What has changed?” Black people and our allies have since taken to the streets by the thousands, and a massive online movement proclaimed that “Black lives matter.” But two…
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