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All Hail Trump: NH Primary Shatters GOP Establishment
The New Hampshire primary results Tuesday both complicated and simplified the Republican race. Donald Trump won with a resounding 35 percent, winning his first state, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich at a surprising 16 percent. Rounding out the rest of the ballot was an essential three-way tie for the third-best loser, with Texas Sen. Ted…
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7 Stages of Buying Beyoncé ‘Formation’ Tour Tickets
Twenty-four hours after black America got our entire lives when we saw Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ video on Saturday, the Queen Bey slayed the nation with her “unapologetically black” anthem by singing about Negro hair and Michael Jackson nostrils. At. The. Super Bowl. Which is by far the largest viewed event in this entire nation. Beyoncé had…
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Even Black 5-Year-Olds Are Not Safe From Racial Bias
Research inspired by the alarmingly frequent deaths of young black people, particularly young men, in the U.S. at the hands of police suggests that even black children as young as 5 are thought to be aggressive and dangerous, a press release on Eureka Alert notes. The study, which is published in the February issue of…
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These Black Women All Have a Career in Common. Can You Guess What It Is?
It’s Black History Month, and there’s always something new to learn when it comes to our history. The women pictured above all went down in the history books at some point in their lives. One became a “first” when it comes to making history, and there’s no doubt she was an inspiration to the other…
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Ralph Bunche: A Diplomat Who Would Not Negotiate on Race
In April 1949, President Harry S. Truman offered Ralph Bunche a coveted position as the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern, South Asian and African affairs. The position would make Bunche, then the United Nations’ chief mediator between Israel and the Arab states, the highest-ranking African American in the federal government and would position…
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Report: NYPD Uses Obscure Law to Kick People Out of Their Homes
“The morning of May 4, 2011, Jameelah El-Shabazz watched out the window of her Bronx apartment as a team of police officers fanned across the rooftop of Banana Kelly High School,” Sarah Ryley wrote in a piece published jointly Thursday by ProPublica and the Daily News in New York, which participated in the reporting. “The…
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Interview: When She Didn’t See Depictions of Diversity in Comic Books, Jazmin Truesdale Created Her Own
The billion-dollar comic book industry is right up there with Hollywood when it comes to inclusion and diversity. Although the major hitters, like DC Comics and Marvel, have made strides over the years, there’s still much more work to be done. Sure, there’s some diversity, but if you’re a fan of comics and a woman—especially…
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Top 4 Political Reasons to Root for, or Against, a Team in the Super Bowl
Super Bowl Sunday can bring up a whole slew of emotions for people across the sports and nonsports spectrum. Decades of marketing have turned it into a de facto American holiday that everyone is supposed to care about. So even if you don’t care about football, you feel pressured to attend, like when you go…
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CNN Contradicts Ted Cruz’s Campaign, Says Network Never Said Ben Carson Was Dropping Out
Texan Cites Network in Spreading Falsehood About Carson “CNN has accused the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz of making false statements about the network’s reporting on the campaign of GOP rival Ben Carson,” Mark Joyella reported Wednesday for TVNewser. ‘Senator Cruz’s claims about CNN are false,’ the network said in a statement Wednesday…
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Black Feminists Don’t Owe Hillary Clinton Their Support
Over the course of the last few days, I have been accused of both protecting and vilifying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The reason for this is as simple as it is complex: People of color, especially black women, have to hold so many things in tension regarding race, gender and class that depending on…