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University of Mo.’s Black Culture Center Sign Is Vandalized
A sign for the University of Missouri’s Gaines-Oldham Black Culture Center was vandalized early Thursday morning, apparently the latest tinder cast to the flames as the school continues to grapple with racial threats since the ousting of President Tim Wolfe, the Los Angeles Times reports. The sign in front of the center was reportedly spray-painted…
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Figuring Out Why a Va. Man Was Tasered and Then Died While in Custody
MSNBC Videos Show Death in Police Custody Tasered Man Pleads, “Please Don’t Do This to Me” “Today, MSNBC aired and released an exclusive investigation of the repeated tasing and in-custody death of a Virginia man who was taken to a hospital for medical care by police, reported and led by MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari…
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University of Mo. Campus Police Apprehend Suspect in Social Media Threats Against Black Students
University of Missouri campus police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect on charges of making a “terrorist threat” to black students on campus via social media, the university announced on Wednesday, USA Today reports. The white suspect, identified as Hunter Park, was arrested at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, where he is a student.…
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Conn. Teacher Fired After Yanking Chair From Underneath a Student
A Connecticut middle school teacher was fired and could face charges after being caught on video violently pulling a chair from underneath a student, sending the child to the floor, WFSB reports. A criminal investigation was launched against David Pfaff, who taught science at Bailey Middle School in West Haven, after a student shot cellphone…
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University of Mo. President Resigns, Proving That #SportsLivesMatter
The University of Missouri football team just got the school’s president, Tim Wolfe, to resign. Usually when you hear about a college president resigning in relation to athletics, a scandal has occurred and a combination of money, drugs and criminal behavior by some college players has forced him or her to step down. In this…
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This Painting Of Ben Carson And Jesus in Ben Carson's Home Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week
So many questions from this picture, discovered during a recent tour of Ben Carson’s home, including… 1. Who painted this? Do you think the people at the portrait store laughed when Ben Carson walked in and asked if someone could paint him and Black Klingon Jesus hanging out in a YMCA sauna, or do the people at…
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Politics, Lies and a Mixtape? The Unlikely Rise and Probable Fall of Ben Carson
How do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson? Even better, how do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson in our 24-hour news cycle, which is amped by the media methamphetamine that is social media? When I first started this story Wednesday, it was going to be an in-depth look into how Ben Carson,…
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Ben Carson, aka the Negro Pat Robertson, Should Own His Homophobia
If there’s anything more annoying than a bigot, it’s a bigot who can’t own his prejudice. During last week’s CNBC Republican presidential primary debate, Ben Carson was asked why he would sit on the board of a gay-friendly company such as Costco, given his views on homosexuality. (He resigned from that board, as well as…
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Finding Your Roots Curriculum Receives $659,000 in Grants; PBS Series Returns in Jan.
A new curriculum based on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s popular PBS documentary series, Finding Your Roots, received two grants this week: one for $355,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to create Genetics and Genealogy Summer Camps for Middle School-Aged Youth; and one for $304,000 from the National Science Foundation to establish a college program,…
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Can You Outsmart a 4th-Grader in STEM Knowledge?
Imagine an industry in which there are jobs and nobody to fill them, while African Americans continue to face double-digit rates of unemployment. It’s clear that the job market belongs to those who can master science and math. Among the fastest-growing job sectors are those in STEM careers—science, technology, engineering and math. Not only are…