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National Enquirer Exposes Hulk Hogan’s Racist Rant
Hulk Hogan Fired After Reporters Expose Racist Rant Reporting by the National Enquirer — a supermarket tabloid long scorned by the mainstream media for its sensationalistic stories and questionable journalistic practices — was credited Friday with prompting World Wrestling Entertainment to terminate the contract of its star Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan. “Hulk…
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On Being Young, Black, Liberal, And…Catholic
As a product of 14 years of Catholic education, I often have a hard time explaining what my educational experience was like as there aren’t many relevant pop culture references. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Curtis Sittenfield seems to have nailed the prep school scene, Josh Schwartz and the producers of Laguna Beach had Southern California down,…
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How Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Botched #BlackLivesMatter
Being a politician is a tough job because unless you’re in a dictatorship, of royalty or Dr. Doom, you actually have to deal with dissent, disagreement and protests from the people you rule. Is it fun? Of course not, but just about every elected official in America, right or left, has to deal with it.…
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Fox News MIA in Uproar Over Sandra Bland’s Jail Death?
Social Media Elevate Tragic Case of Sandra Bland A social media campaign demanding attention to the case of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail has borne fruit in the mainstream media, with pieces on Friday’s “CBS Evening News” (video) and “ABC World News,” but, according to Scott Eric Kaufman, writing Friday for Salon,…
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White Supremacists Look for ‘Vast Black Conspiracy’ in Nickelodeon Kids Show
Black folks in America have always had a funny relationship with conspiracy theories. Given the actual lengths and depths to which white racists actually have been willing to go to harm black folks, it makes us particularly susceptible to believing just about anything is possible if the man has it in his mind to cause trouble.…
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Russell Wilson and Ciara Aren’t Having Sex and It’s Everybody’s Business
Let’s talk about sex. Not the kind of sex you’re having, or want to have or think you should be having. Let’s talk about famous-people sex, which is the kind we’re always talking about and reading about anyway. Earlier this week Russell Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, was being interviewed in front of the congregation…
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Exonerated Death Row Inmate Now Oversees Crime Lab
The Houston Texas City Council voted on June 24 to appoint Anthony Graves (pdf) to the board of the Houston Forensic Science Center, NBC News reports. Graves, 49, is capturing headlines because he spent 18 years in prison—most of that time on death row—before his murder conviction was overturned in 2010. He has the full…
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Founder of Black Girls Pole: Pole Dancing Isn’t Just for Strippers
Dalijah Franklin’s move to New York City almost sounds textbook. The Warren, Ohio, native planned to become a commercial dancer in the Big Apple, and after graduating from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in nutrition science, she made the move to pursue her dreams. However, her journey in artistry unfolded in an…
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Nation of Islam Strongly Urges Black Calif. Lawmakers to Oppose State’s Proposed Vaccine Mandate
Nation of Islam Western Regional Minister Tony Muhammad warns members of the California Legislative Black Caucus of a political backlash from their community if they support a bill that would mandate childhood vaccinations, according to the Los Angeles Times. Voting in favor of the bill, which may come up in the Assembly on Thursday, would…
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Secondhand Smoke Is Making Us and Our Children Sick
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a study (pdf) describing nonsmokers’ exposure to secondhand smoke, the toxic vapors given off by a smoldering cigarette, pipe or cigar, or by a smoker exhaling smoke fumes. Even though blacks and whites smoke at approximately the same rate—and despite a two-decade-long public health…