A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
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Why Wendy Williams is Clapping Back at a Lawsuit Filed on Her Behalf
The Words Cassie Spewed in Audio Played at Diddy Trial Made Public, And What She Said May Shock You
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The New Middle Passage
On this Juneteenth, I am thinking of those who are not yet free. Most of them are girls. Born in America. Every year in this country, between 100,000 and 300,000 children—most of whom are astonishingly between the ages of 11 to 14 years old— are sold for sex by pimp-captors, according to government statistics. Suspend disbelief…
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A Coup for the Cool One
Those who do not know boxing are always doubtful of a counter-puncher’s skill—until they see him serve a resounding, high-classed, painful whipping. Negative comments about the counter-puncher are often generated if he does not huff and puff like someone’s cartoon of a bad guy in professional wrestling. But after all of the criticism of President…
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Take Two Plaques and Call Us in the Morning
If ever anyone is in need of a grim yet unvarnished example of both America’s choked bureaucracy and her unwillingness to approach, grapple with and truly understand her horrifically racist past, they need only be directed to what took place in the Mansfield Room in the U.S. Capitol building on June 16, 2010, at 3:00…
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Seeking Environmental Justice in the Gulf
In President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday, he pledged to create a “Gulf Coast restoration plan” for families and workers whose lives have been negatively affected by the BP oil spill. “The plan,” said the president, “will be designed by states, local communities, tribes, fishermen, businesses, conservationists and other Gulf residents.” For that to…
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BP Chairman Eats Oil-Covered Crow
As if the BP oil debacle couldn’t get any worse, it has. BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg on Tuesday apologized for speaking “clumsily” by referring to those hurt by his company’s oil spill as “small people.” Come again? Svanberg apologized, saying that he was trying to say that he “understands how deeply this affects the lives…
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MD Town Still Bans Blacks and Asians From Property Ownership
Cape St. Claire, Md., has some explaining to do. It seems that in 2010, the town still has language in the books barring blacks and Asians from owning property. Cape St. Claire Improvement Association board members are working to remove racially discriminatory language from covenants that date back to the 1940s. The language reads: “At…
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Your Take: We Call These Projects Home
Public housing in this country is rapidly becoming endangered, and with it, the lives of low-income people. Public housing provides a safety net for the working poor and those on a fixed income, which is critical in today’s housing market considering that as of 2008, there was no county in the United States where an…
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Uruguay Beats South Africa 3-0
Uruguay handed Bafana Bafana, South Africa’s national team, a loss that may push them out of the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. The World Cup is being held on African soil for the first time in the history of the tournament. Bafana Bafana is considered a “Cinderella team” because of its soccer ranking (83 out…
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Police Brutality or Civilian Stupidity?
By now if you haven’t seen the video of the Seattle police officer cold-cocking a 17-year-old black girl, you might want to check your Internet connection. There were certainly enough cameras capturing every moment when police officer Ian P. Walsh attempted to arrest Marilyn Ellen Levias for jaywalking. Things went from the mundane to the…
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Put Up and Shut Up: Redskins Want $21 Million From Haynesworth
The saga continues with the Redskins’ prima donna Albert Haynesworth, who failed to show for mandatory mini-camp. The two-time All Pro defensive tackle is refusing to suit up and has gone on a public relations blitz to be traded to another team because he feels “betrayed.” How so? Redskins coach Mike Shanahan switched to a…