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One Woman's Twitter Story About How She Put a White Coworker in His Place Goes Viral
Twitter stories are the newest thing to hit social media. From Zola’s story, to one woman being trapped in the closet, people have been recounting their most humorous and even lesson-learning stories on social media and going viral in the process. Meet Tora Shae. She had a story to tell, and of course there’s not better…
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Natalie Cole Dead at Age 65
Natalie Cole, the singer who followed in the foosteps of her famous father, Nat King Cole, passed away Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 65. The official cause of death, according to TMZ, was congestive heart failure, but the website reports that she had underlying issues of complications from a kidney transplant. Cole…
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The Moments in 2015 That Made Us Realize Racism Isn’t Going Anywhere
If there’s one thing that 2015 has taught us, it’s that racism isn’t a thing of the past; it’s a thing of the present. The idea of a post-racial America is just that: a novel idea, but one that isn’t going to become reality anytime soon. National incidents and specific people put racism in the…
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Steve Harvey Could Be Back to Host the Miss Universe Pageant in 2016
They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, and if it weren’t for Steve Harvey naming the wrong Miss Universe Sunday, chances are no one would even have known the pageant existed. And it’s that mistake that may have him back in the hosting seat in 2016. According to Deadline, Mark Shapiro, chief content officer…
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Lisa Nicole Carson on Living With Bipolar Disorder: ‘I Don’t Look at My Life as Tragic; I Look at It as Miraculous’
Lisa Nicole Carson was more than Ally McBeal’s best friend on the popular Fox television show of the same name. Not only was she one of the few black actresses on prime-time TV at the time, but she was also someone a lot of black women could relate to. Whether it was her natural hair or her…
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NBA Star DeMarcus Cousins Gave a Family a New Car and Took 200 Kids Shopping for Christmas
Sacramento Kings player DeMarcus Cousins is spreading holiday joy and giving back, not only to his hometown of Mobile, Ala., but also to people in Sacramento, Calif. Cousins took 100 kids from both Mobile and Sacramento on a Christmas shopping spree. “I grew up in these kids’ shoes. Not as fortunate. Didn’t have the best…
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Quentin Tarantino on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Former Police Superintendent: ‘They’re All Bad Apples’
Quentin Tarantino has been vocal when it comes to how he feels about the police. So vocal that police have seemingly waged war against the director and threatened to boycott his upcoming film, The Hateful Eight. The threats of a boycott came after Tarantino spoke at a rally against police brutality in New York City.…
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Women in the Marines Can Now Rock Locks and Twists
It was a hard battle, but women in the Marines now have more options when it comes to hairstyles, thanks in part to Staff Sgt. Cherie Wright’s efforts. Wright, a supply chief with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C., who wears her hair in locks, challenged the Marine Corps Uniform Board 215, which…
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Bill Cosby Sues Beverly Johnson for Defamation of Character
Last December, former model Beverly Johnson shocked the world when she came forward and stated that she, as so many other women allege, was drugged by Bill Cosby. Johnson recounted her story in an essay in Vanity Fair. “Cosby said he wanted to see how I handled various scenes, so he suggested that I pretend…
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R. Kelly Walks Off HuffPost Live Set After Being Questioned About His Fondness for Underage Girls
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. In some corner of New York City, at this very moment R. Kelly is probably wishing he’d never dropped an album. Wishing he’d never put out a video asking for people to support his album. And wishing he had a better P.R. team that…
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