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America’s ‘Black Borat’ Attempts to Explain Russia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Obama
A few insults, an illegal invasion—throw in a visual jab involving bananas and a spanking—and the relationship between Russia and the United States has seen better days. At first glance, many Russians seem to delight in attacking President Barack Obama personally and racially in a way that is shocking even for a people known for…
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Report: Nigerian Suicide Bomber Dressed as Student Kills 48
A suicide bomber dressed up as a student is responsible for the deaths of dozens of people at a school in northeast Nigeria, according to the Associated Press. The bombing, which occurred Monday at the Government Technical Science College in Potiskum, reportedly killed an estimated 48 individuals and left approximately 79 injured, the report notes.…
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Nearly Half of Those Who Will Not Vote Are Black and Hispanic
“Vast Gulf” in Finances Between Voters, Nonvoters “With just four days before the midterm elections, the spotlight understandably is focused on the estimated 40% of voting age adults who are expected to show up at the polls next Tuesday,” the Pew Research Center reported on Friday. “There has been less attention on the much larger…
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Dominicans Embrace US Journalists After Thieves Heist Equipment
Dominicans Embrace Americans After Equipment Stolen “There are few circumstances in which good journalists want to become a story rather than cover one, but through no fault of their own two Post-Dispatch staffers became the center of attention while reporting on developments this week in a foreign country,” Dan Caesar reported Friday for the St.…
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Fla. Man Running for Local Office Posts Phony Obama Endorsement Letter to Facebook
Turns out that not everyone running for office is trying to distance himself from the president. An Orlando, Fla.-area construction-company owner who’s running for local office proudly boasted a letter of endorsement written by President Barack Obama and posted the letter on his Facebook page. There was only one problem: The president didn’t write the…
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Maine Nurse: Stop Ebola Quarantine or I’ll Sue
They say the CIA ain’t got nothin’ on a woman with a plan. The nurse who returned from West Africa and was quarantined by the state of Maine because of concerns that she might have contracted Ebola while treating patients overseas defied her state’s orders to stay inside her home and went for a bike ride…
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Dee From What’s Happening Reveals Cancer Diagnosis and Smithsonian Honor
One of the most memorable lines from the ’70s sitcom What’s Happening came from Raj’s bratty little sister, Dee. In at least every episode, Dee, played by Danielle Spencer, had her “Ooh, I’m gonna tell Momma” moment. What’s Happening had a successful run and even a spinoff called What’s Happening Now, but Spencer stepped away from…
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African Journalists Are Disinvited From US Speaking Engagements Because of Ebola
Universities of Ga., South Fla. Cancel Invitations to Africans “Officials at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg uninvited 14 journalists from African countries to visit for three weeks on Oct. 31 for the annual Edward R. Murrow Visiting Journalists program. The program is organized by the US Department of State for foreign journalists to…
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Did a Black Man Invent Crest Toothpaste?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 96: Which…
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How One Man Hopes to Diversify the Tech Industry Through His ‘Platform’
When you think “tech,” chances are you don’t think black people, you probably don’t think brown people and you surely don’t think women. This is a disturbing trend that Hank Williams, the founder of Platform, noticed about three years ago while he was living in the tech mecca of California’s Silicon Valley. “I was part…