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Director Phil Lord: Jay-Z's a 'Dupe'
Following Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s well-publicized recent trip to Cuba and the MC’s subsequent song, film director Phil Lord, son of a Cuban refugee, wrote an open letter to Jay-Z. In it, Lord calls him a “dupe” for not being smarter about his island vacation, according to the Huffington Post. But for me, Cuba is not…
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Louisiana Parish Bans Sagging Pants
A Louisiana Parish Council recently voted to make sagging pants illegal and punishable by fines of up to $100, writes Gawker. The Council of Terrebonne Parish (a council that sounds mystical and awesome, but is being totally uncool here) has brought comfort to old people everywhere who somehow believe that the unstoppable whims of fashion…
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Kobe Bryant's Career-Ending Injury?
On Friday, Kobe Bryant suffered a popped Achilles tendon during a Los Angeles Lakers game and his trainer announced on Saturday that he will be out for the rest of the season, reports CNN. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant will be out for six to nine months after rupturing his Achilles tendon, a Lakers…
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Why Obama's Base Is Angry at Him
In a piece at CNN, former White House adviser Van Jones argues that the president’s base is angry because instead of asking for more from the rich to shore up Social Security, his budget proposal would take more from the middle class and poor. … Some may call this a knee-jerk response from liberals who…
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Parenting Our Gay Children: Choose Love Above All
The Tom Joyner Morning Show’s Nikki Woods writes at BlackAmericaWeb.com that parents should choose love upon learning that their child is gay or lesbian, citing as an example Magic Johnson’s support of his son Earvin Johnson Jr. Last week the world learned what basketball great Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie had known for many…
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The NRA's Terror Campaign Against Congress
Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues in a piece at his blog that the NRA is poised to use its considerable influence to water down a gun control bill, holding out 2014 as a carrot for a number of GOP House members and senators who will be facing re-election campaigns in several conservative strongholds. There are two…
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Cory Booker and Newark: Clock's Ticking
(The Root) — With approximately 450 days left as mayor, Newark, N.J.’s Cory Booker must use his charisma to charm all of New Jersey if he indeed runs for Senate. But during Tuesday’s media breakfast for black journalists, it was clear that his first order of business is to make Newark an example of his…
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Easier Access to Plan B: Bad for Black Girls?
(The Root) — If Susannah Baruch were in charge of the nation’s biggest chain pharmacy stores, she’d issue orders today. They would read: Make room on store shelves, somewhere between the pregnancy tests and the condoms, for another form of effective, over-the-counter birth control. “That’s exactly where emergency contraception should be, between the condoms and the…
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Judge: AKAs Tampered With Witnesses in Howard Case
The Washington City Paper is reporting on a development in the case of two Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hopefuls’ lawsuit against the organization and Howard University. In it, they allege that AKA wouldn’t honor their legacy status and refused to admit them, in part because they refused to be hazed. (Read The Root’s previous coverage…
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Watch This: Child Shames GOP Lawmaker Into Dropping Welfare Bill
A Tennessee lawmaker has dropped a bill linking academic performance to a family’s welfare benefits after an intrepid 8-year-old girl followed him around the state Capitol, relentlessly questioning him about the measure, the Raw Story reports. State Sen. Stacey Campfield was greeted by Aamira Fetuga, a homeschooled 8-year-old, who presented him with a petition signed…
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