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8,000 Starbucks Stores Shut Down Today for 4-Hour Nap … I Mean Anti-Bias Training
Some may say it’s too little, too latte, as 8,000 Starbucks prepare to shut down Tuesday for anti-bias training. About 175,000 Starbucks employees will attend the anti-bias training on the heels of the coffee chain facing backlash after two black men were arrested for sitting in a store without ordering right away. But what will…
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Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union Speak About Their ‘Petty’ 17-Year Feud
Sometimes two people can be mad at each other for years, and then realize they have no idea why they were ever beefing to begin with. It doesn’t even matter if you’re two of the most famous black actresses in Hollywood—and that’s the case with Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union. After 17 years of…
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Grocery Store Cashier Shames Woman on WIC, Won’t Allow Customer to Help Pay: ‘They Keep Getting Handouts’
A woman at an Albertsons store in Gresham, Ore., attempted to help out a fellow shopper when she came up short at the register. But according to Jacki Carroll, a white woman, the cashier refused to let her help the African-American woman who was using WIC (federal food stamp benefits specifically earmarked for women, infants…
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How to Watch Under the Cherry Moon in Philly With The Root and Jay Smooth. Plus: a Surprise From Questlove
A little purple mathematics for you: On April 21 of 2016, planet Earth lost a magical, musical unicorn in what can only be explained as the rapture of a singular genius—one who left us 40-plus years of (released) music by which to remember him. On July 29, 2018, the purple family with gather to honor…
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Talon of God
My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” —Psalm 42 Prologue “Spare some change for a veteran?” His words were empty, barely loud enough to be heard over the trains thundering on the elevated rail overhead. Some days, Lenny didn’t know why…
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Oakland, Calif., Police Confirm Identity of Cookout Hater Who Blocked Us [Updated]
Updated: Sunday, May 27, 2018, 8 a.m. EDT: The official Oakland, Calif., police log from the Lake Merritt incident has been released, and it has identified Jennifer Schulte as the woman who called to complain about the people barbecuing. The log shows that Schulte also lied about being pushed by the woman filming the incident,…
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Leslie Uggams Said President Lyndon B. Johnson Tried to Get Her Into Lincoln’s Bed
We’ve all heard stories about President Lyndon B. Johnson’s vulgar ways: from his obsession with his dick to that time he held a press conference on Air Force One naked. But Deadpool 2 actress Leslie Uggams says she had the unfortunate experience of seeing Johnson’s skeevy actions firsthand. In a recent interview with People magazine,…
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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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Tomi Lahren Says Underneath Her Racist Skin She’s a Real Person With Feelings … No One Believes Her
Tomi Lahren appeared on Hannity to speak out about the vicious water attack she endured while trying to partake in a Minneapolis brunch Saturday. As a result, Tonka wants people to know that she’s human and has feelings, too, guys! But in the words of Jay-Z: “We don’t believe you; you need more people.” How…
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Idris Elba to Score and Star in Netflix’s Hunchback of Notre Dame Adaptation
It may not be James Bond, but Idris Elba is about to take on the task of becoming Quasimodo in Netflix’s modern adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Forget the fact that a lot of us are still waiting for the Luther episodes we were promised a long time ago. But I digress. According…
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