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Sen. Marco Rubio Has Thoughts on Kanye West, Pusha T and Drake … Random, Confusing Thoughts
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) posted a video of himself on his social media accounts talking about Kanye West’s new album. And it was pretty odd. “I don’t know anything about Kanye West’s new album other than I guess he premiered it out there in Wyoming and invited a bunch of people,” Rubio said. “He’s an…
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Bernie Sanders Spoke to a Crowd of Black Folks and He Didn’t Screw It Up This Time
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) not only rocked the house here at the National Action Network Convention on Friday morning but also may have been the crowd favorite among politicians who’d stopped by over the past three days. Audience members shouted, “Ber-nie! Ber-nie!” as the Rev. Al Sharpton escorted him to the podium. The atmosphere had…
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A Word About Louis Farrakhan and Tamika Mallory
Women’s March Co-President Tamika Mallory’s public image has been taking a drumming all week since news broke of her attendance at the Nation of Islam’s annual Saviour’s Day, during which Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a speech with anti-Semitic commentary. The speech was delivered at the end of February, but Twitter went ablaze last weekend after…
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Colorado Teen Charged With Murder After Allegedly Stabbing Stepdad and Posting Video on Snapchat
A Colorado teenager has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing his stepfather Friday night at their home in the city of Aurora and posting video of the dying man on Snapchat, according to the Denver Post. In the video, Nickolas Vinson, 19, is seen saying, “Hey, guys, I just killed him. I just…
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Violence Against Black Transgender Women Goes Largely Ignored
Elle Hearns was hoping to share in the collective pain other black people were feeling during a Trayvon Martin rally in Columbus, Ohio, in April 2012. But instead of feeling embraced, she said both men and women around her engaged in very loud, transphobic conversations and encroached on her personal space. “It made me feel…
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Detroit’s Black Resiliency Will Be the Key to Its ‘Comeback’
When I visited Detroit in October for the first time since 2009, I saw neighborhoods full of dilapidated homes and the economic devastation that has been widely discussed in documentaries and mainstream media reports over the past five-plus years. But what overwhelmed me was the black pride and black resiliency of Detroiters—the pride that comes…
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Why Are Some Black Men Dismissing Black Women’s Criticism of Bill Cosby?
It’s about time for black men to take a long look in the mirror and ask how our male privilege can be harmful to black women. During the most turbulent of times, it seems that when black women raise their voices to discuss their unique experience with racism and sexual violence, too many of us…
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Well-Traveled, Intelligent Black Man, 34, Seeks ‘Sista’ OK With Him Making Less Money
When I tell my friends that the last time I had a girlfriend was during my freshman year in college in 1998, they respond with disbelief. For them it’s bemusing to fathom that a man who is well-traveled, gainfully employed, bilingual, degreed, childless, not living in his mother’s basement and debt-free could go 16 years…
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Finding Dad on Facebook
Typing his father’s name into Facebook, NewsOne contributor Terrell Jermaine Starr wasn’t sure what he’d find. But thanks to technology, Starr was reunited with a man who held the key to his past and hope for his future. When I was at the weakest point in my life, the man who I thought I would…
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Dear Forbes Writer: Google Didn't Get Me Out of Poverty
In an entry at News One, blogger and Fulbright scholar Terrell Jermaine Starr writes that what Gene Marks’ Forbes column failed to discuss is that overcoming poverty is not only about achieving academic success but also about making a cultural shift away from harmful friends and family. … I was a poor black kid once.…
