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  • South Los Angeles Street Gets Renamed After Barack Obama

    In 2007, Barack Obama was a young and spry freshman senator from Chicago who made South Los Angeles, Calif., his first stop during his presidential election. In 2008, he became the first black president and successfully won a second term four years later. In honor of the former president, the L.A. City Council voted to…

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  • Pennsylvania High School Students Under Fire for Playing N-Word Hangman

    The young wypipo are at it again, and this time a school district in Pennsylvania has gotten a lesson in just how racist some of its students can be once a teacher leaves the classroom. A group of high school students in the Hollidaysburg Area School District thought it would be a great idea to…

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  • Kanye West Paid $85,000 to Use Photo of Whitney Houston’s Drug-Covered Bathroom on Pusha T Album: Report

    In today’s news from the sunken place, Kanye West reportedly paid $85,000 to use a photo of Whitney Houston’s drug-covered bathroom as the album art for Pusha T’s latest release. Wait, let’s call this the “How Low You Can Go News From the Sunken Place.” In an interview with Angie Martinez, Pusha T said the…

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  • Mugshots.com Owners Arrested on Extortion Charges

    They made profits from mug shots, but isn’t it ironic that the owners of Mugshots.com could end up on their own site? On Wednesday, Sahar Sarid, Thomas Keesee and Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie—three out of four alleged owners of Mugshots.com—were arrested and charged with extortion, money laundering and identity theft, according to the Washington Post. The infamous…

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  • Ohio 4th-Grader to Receive Kidney From Teacher

    A teacher in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is giving a student at her school a gift that could save her life. Tanya Thomas, a fourth-grade teacher at Slate Ridge Elementary, came across a Facebook post about a student who was looking for a kidney donor. Little did she know that the student, 10-year-old Eva Brown, was a…

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  • Aunt of Wakeisha Wilson, Woman Who Died in LAPD Custody, Throws Niece’s Ashes at Chief

    In 2016, Sheila Hines-Brim’s niece Wakeisha Wilson died in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department. During an emotional meeting Tuesday with the Los Angeles Police Commission, Hines-Brim threw Wilson’s ashes at Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. “That’s Wakeisha. She’s going to stay with you,” Hines-Brim shouted after she threw the ashes, according…

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  • Teen Stabs Classmate With Scissors After He Pulls Up Her Dress

    Two Memphis, Tenn., high schoolers have been issued juvenile summonses after a stabbing incident. A female student stabbed a male classmate after he lifted up her dress, according to Fox 13. Authorities say the student at Central High School grabbed the scissors after the young man lifted her dress and attempted to stab the male…

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  • Attorney for Former Fort Valley State University Employee and AKA Adviser Says She’s Not a Pimp

    A Fort Valley State University employee has resigned amid allegations that she ran a prostitution ring using members of the school’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alecia Johnson resigned last week after an anonymous source told Rolling Out that the AKA adviser and the newest members of the Alpha Beta chapter were involved in…

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  • University of North Texas Dining Hall Employee Fired After Labeling Student’s Receipt With N-Word

    A University of North Texas dining hall employee will now be standing in the unemployment line after labeling a black student’s receipt with the n-word. Chelsea Shaw posted the receipt she received from the campus’s Krispy Krunchy Chicken to Twitter: According to Bill McNeace, executive director of Retail Dining Services, the student-employee, a cook, was…

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  • Ohio Firefighter Fired After Sharing Racist McDonald’s Meme on Facebook: Report

    A Springfield, Ohio, firefighter won’t be putting out any fires anytime soon, after being fired for sharing a racist meme on Facebook, authorities say. According to the Springfield News Sun, Bradley Baugh, who was hired less than two months ago, shared a meme that used a racial slur directed toward black people and mocked fast-food…

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