Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
After Dissing Black Americans For Years, African Immigrants Want Us To Care As Trump Tries to Deport Them. A Professor Explains What We should Do
This Alabama City’s First-Ever Black Councilwoman Receives Letter Calling Her N-Word, and That’s Not All
New Development for White Michigan Karen Who Lied and Said Two Black Men Assaulted Her
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George Sodoni Felt Slighted by Interracial Romance
I blogged earlier today about George Sodini and the LA Fitness slayings. Even though I’m still disturbed by the idea of a gunman walking into a gym and killing innocent women, I thought I was finished meditating on mass-murder for the day. Now Jill Tubman over at Jack & Jill Politics has brought something else…
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Violated, Too: Congo's Male Rape Victims
From the NY Times: GOMA, Congo — It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa’s hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet, six inches tall. He tried to fight back, but said he was quickly beaten down.…
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The Russian Obama
From The AP via The Grio: SREDNYAYA AKHTUBA, Russia (AP) — An African-born farmer is making an improbable run for office in Russia, inspired by President Barack Obama and undaunted by racial attitudes that have changed little in decades. Joaquim Crima, a 37-year-old native of Guinea Bissau who settled in southern Russia after earning a…
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Gunman Opens Fire at PA Gym, 4 Dead
From CNN: A gunman walked into an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned off the lights and fired off 50 rounds, killing three women before killing himself Tuesday evening, police said. The man didn’t speak but was carrying a gym bag with a note inside it. He was found dead in the gym lying…
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Hillary Arrives in Kenya; Does Not Save Any Journalists
From Al Jazeera: Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has arrived in Kenya as part of an African tour to push her government’s commitment to tackling the continent’s trouble spots. The seven-nation trip comes three weeks after Barack Obama, the US president, visited Ghana in an effort to bolster ties with the nation. Clinton kicked off her 11-day tour from Kenya, which…
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LA Fitness Gunman Posted Plans on Website
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No Sex In The Conference Room
Forgive me for my naïveté and current work-from-home position, but I had no idea loads of people [really] had sex on the job. I thought that was a figment of a television writer’s imagination. But, after stumbling along a piece published on Business Insider, I see that indeed many of you were partaking in office…
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HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: A Poet Responds
As HIV/AIDS continues to spread across the globe, one project, “Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica,” commissioned by the Pulitzer Center, aims to show the full lives of people who face the disease daily. Poet Kwame Dawes, who has written several books and is a champion of the arts, traveled to the place…
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Billy Clint to the Rescue! Freed US Journalists Back Home
From CNN: Two American journalists, detained in North Korea since March, arrived Wednesday morning in California after former President Clinton helped secure their release. An aircraft carrying Clinton, Euna Lee and Laura Ling touched down shortly before 6 a.m. PT (9 a.m. ET) amid tight security at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank outside Los Angeles.…
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Man Charged in Death of Ex-Champ Forrest
From ESPN: ATLANTA — A 20-year-old Atlanta man was charged Tuesday with murder in the shooting death of ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest, although authorities said they do not believe he was the triggerman. Demario Ware was also charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery, Atlanta police Lt. Keith Meadows said. The 38-year-old Forrest was shot…