Media
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Tiffany Haddish Reveals She Was Raped as a Teen by a Police Cadet
It’s been said often enough to become cliché that humor is a kind of armor. For funny-woman Tiffany Haddish, that armor came at a cost. In the September issue of Glamour, the 38-year-old comedian opens up about a painful and life-changing sexual assault at the hands of a police cadet. Haddish was just 17-years-old at…
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Stacey Abrams, Who May Become the Country's 1st Black Female Governor, Lands Cover of Time's 'The South' Issue
Stacey Abrams, the Georgia politician whom many hope will be America’s first black female governor, graces the cover of Time magazine this week as the publication focuses its latest issue on the American South. At 44, the former Georgia state Senate minority leader has a proven track record. Time focuses on her gravitas and her…
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Black Journalist Groups Call Out TV Station for Airing Photo of Stabbing Victim Nia Wilson Appearing to Hold a Gun
Several prominent black media groups have slammed a local Bay Area news station for running a photo of Nia Wilson—the 18-year-old black woman stabbed to death at an Oakland BART station—that they say is unethical. The photo in question aired on KTVU Fox 2 on a noon newscast on July 23—not even 24 hours after…