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NYC Pilot Program Will Have Medical Professionals Respond to Mental Health Calls Instead of NYPD
In recent years, we’ve seen countless tragedies result from the response by police officers to people suffering a mental health crisis. New York City is set to launch a pilot program next year that will see healthcare professionals responding to these cases instead of the New York Police Department. NBC New York reports that the…
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Mike Tyson Reveals How He Dodged Drug Tests: a Prosthetic Penis and Pilfering His Own Child’s Urine
If you’re looking for some slightly disturbing Mike Tyson trivia, urine luck. (I’m not sorry for that, not even a little bit.) The 54-year-old former heavyweight champion opened up—arguably a bit too much—on the latest episode of his podcast Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, discussing how he would evade positive drug tests during his fighting days.…
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LSU Football Player Koy Moore Says He Was ‘Violated Numerous Times’ by Baton Rouge Police Officers
Three Baton Rouge police officers are on leave this week after a confrontation with Louisiana State University football player Koy Moore, during which Moore said he was “violated numerous times.” Moore, a freshman wide receiver for the team, posted a statement Sunday afternoon to his Twitter and Instagram accounts about the incident, which happened on…
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Bucks Player Sterling Brown Reaches $750,000 Settlement With City of Milwaukee Over Use of Excessive Force During 2018 Arrest
There seems to be this misplaced belief among Black capitalists that a certain level of success and money will protect you from the racist horrors America was built on (See: Ice Cube, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, any nigga who made a little coin and thought it was a golden ticket to whiteness). Nearly three years…
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Viola Thee Davis Talks Black Lives Matter, Coping Through the Pandemic and More for InStyle Magazine
It’s not often I get my wig snatched midday on a Monday, but when I do—it’s because of Viola Davis. The How To Get Away With Murder star shines in a fire-ass houndstooth suit for InStyle and all I want to know is—does it come in my size and is express shipping available? (Really, I…
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Days After Brother’s Death, DaBaby Urges People to Seek Therapy for Mental Health Issues: ‘I’m Bouta Get a Therapist My Damn Self’
Content warning: This article discusses and refers to a potential suicide. DaBaby is encouraging people to seek therapy after losing his brother earlier this week. The 28-year-old rapper, born Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, reflected on his sibling’s death on his Twitter account Thursday. TMZ reported earlier this week that Glenn Johnson, DaBaby’s older brother, died by suicide.…
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3rd Time's the Charm? Mike Tyson Is Down to Throw Hands with Evander Holyfield One Last Time: 'I’d Love to Do It'
On November 28, Mike Tyson will make his triumphant return to boxing with a exhibition match vicious ass beating against Roy Jones Jr. at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Those eager to see Iron Mike’s return to the ring might be in for a treat, however, as it appears that his upcoming bout might not be…
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NBA, Players Close to Agreement on December 22 Start Date for Truncated 72-Game Season
We’re not even a month removed from the Los Angeles Lakers winning their 17th championship, but it looks like that won’t stop the NBA from carrying on its tradition of treating us to games on Christmas Day. Thanks to the coronavirus, the NBA’s 2019-20 season was suspended indefinitely back in March. Eventually, the league was…
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'We Have to Be Willing to Resist': Marc Lamont Hill on the Precariousness of Blackness, the Presidential Election and the Struggle for Freedom
“Even if Trump loses, the fact that this is a contested race—a race so tight that we couldn’t call it on election night— tells you everything you need to know about America.” —Marc Lamont Hill, professor and author text Professor and author Marc Lamont Hill was never one to mince his words. In his new…