Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
Should Black Americans Care That Trump Is Targeting African Nations For Deportation After Years of Africans Being So Damn Disrespectful To Us?
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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Harry Allen vs. Kirstie Alley
No reasonable person could possibly dispute that Harry Allen is the media assassin up in this joint, but I was a little perplexed by his most recent choice of targets on a recent Twitter hit. It seems Fat Actress Kirstie Alley is a fan of the Fat Boys (ironic, right?) and Black people in general…
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8-Year Old Girl Killed at a Pool Party
From NewsOne (via the AP) “A man put an 8-year-old girl in a headlock Wednesday and shot her to death, then shot himself in the stomach, authorities said. The girl’s father is dating Ricky Lee Blackwell’s estranged wife. Spartanburg County deputies said Blackwellshot the girl twice in the driveway of a home where he had taken her…
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Philly Swim Club Says No to Black Kids
So the Valley Swim Club on the outskirts of Philly is livid. A group of black and Latino summer campers showed up at their pool for a nice refreshing swim. However, the Valley Swim Club doesn’t want black or Latino children from the Creative Steps Day Camp in Northeast Philly in their pool. [Even if…
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Hung?
Ahem. In case you didn’t notice, the cold-blooded killers behind two of the worst, most shocking shooting rampages in recent times—Jiverly Wong, responsible for the lives of 13 at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., and Seung-Hui Cho, who took down 32 at Virginia Tech—had something in common. And let’s not forget Haiyang Zhu,…
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Go Global, America!
During his trip to Ghana, President Barack Obama will deliver a major address celebrating democracy. The speech comes at a time when the president’s efforts to improve America’s image in the world seem to be paying off. But if Obama is to succeed in turning around those negative perceptions of America—the consequences of which Americans…
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Young Bucks Get the Big Bucks
Back in the day, baseball statistician and writer Bill James wrote that it’s better to spend money on new publicity instead of on old publicity. Clubs were better spending money for players who have most of their highlight clips in their future rather than in their past. It has taken baseball personnel bosses a decade…
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Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? And Other Lit-Related Questions
Did you know that Michael Jackson was a Bibliophile? The LA Times recently chronicled the book-loving ways of the King of Pop. Jackson frequented a local Santa Monica shop, Dutton’s Books, where he was a fan of the poetry section. His favorite poet? Ralph Waldo Emerson. Jackson’s lawyer also told LA Weekly that the star…
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Marion Barry: A Real…Devoted Kind of Guy
From Washington CityPaper: “In mid-June, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt had an encounter with Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry. Watts was driving around, taking care of some personal business, when Barry caught sight of her. He made a point of getting her to pull over, and the two quickly got involved in an intense discussion. The exchange hinged…
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VIDEO: Pool Boots Kids for Coloring the Water
Outta Philly: “I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,'” said camper Dymire Baylor. The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club…
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LeBron Dunked on at his Own Camp!
From Deadspin (via CBS Sports): “Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would’ve circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk…