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C'mon, Son! Cris Carter Is Mad That ESPN Fired Him and Moved on With Stolen 'C'mon, Man' Bit
Cris Carter is in his feelings after ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown debuted a new lineup without him. ESPN let Carter walk before the 2016 season began and introduced a whole new team with Steve Young, Randy Moss, Trent Dilfer, Matt Hasselbeck and Charles Woodson. One of Carter’s signature segments was “C’mon, Man,” in which they…
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Was My Ancestor a Free Afro-Hispanic of Color?
I am wondering if you can give me any advice on how to research one of my family lines: the Driggerses. I have learned that the Driggers family was one of a few free African-American families in the South during slavery. I didn’t know that was even “a thing” until I read about it. My…
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Student Killed Herself After University Failed to Fully Investigate Rape Claims: Lawsuit
A mother has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s William Paterson University in which she blames the school for her daughter’s suicide, alleging that the school failed to fully investigate her claims of rape, NJ.com reports. Cherelle Jovanna Locklear, 21, was found dead by her roommates inside a dorm bathroom on Nov. 22, 2015, about…
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ASNE Ends Disclosures of Diversity at Individual News Outlets
The American Society of News Editors has ended its longstanding practice of listing the number of journalists of color at individual news organizations, a tool in measuring each news outlet’s progress on diversity, Adam Maksl, who has directed ASNE’s annual diversity survey for the past four years, told Journal-isms Friday night. “We will be posting…
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Political Prisoner Chelsea Manning Goes on Hunger Strike Over Lack of Medical Treatment
Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising and a national prison work strike to raise awareness about inhumane conditions, political prisoner Chelsea Manning, 28, has begun a hunger strike, citing lack of proper medical treatment and “high-tech bullying.” Manning’s act of resistance begins one week after political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, 62,…
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Man Faces 20 to Life in Fatal Beating of Child With Belt
Darrell A. Reynolds, 29, appeared Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court in Illinois, where he was arraigned on charges he beat his 4-year-old daughter to death with a belt, CBS News reports. Reynolds, of Decatur, Ill., had been giving his daughter beatings for some two years, authorities say. On Aug. 31, paramedics arrived at the Reynolds home…
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Did Fear of Trump Prevent a Hispanic Debate Moderator?
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt has been chosen to moderate the first of four presidential debates, and Elaine Quijano, a CBS News correspondent, will moderate the vice presidential matchup, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday. The choices — which also include Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Anderson Cooper of CNN and Chris…
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Trump Leaves Media Scrambling With Mexico Trip
“Donald Trump went to Mexico City without his press corps on Wednesday, leaving media organizations scrambling to get reporters on the ground to cover his joint press conference with the Mexican president,” Dylan Byers reported Wednesday for CNN Money. “And then Trump took just two questions from the press. “Following a toned-down statement in which…
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The Definitive Ranking of Obscure and Defunct Sneakers
It’s back-to-school time, and if you’re black and of a certain age, you know you can’t start school without a fresh pair of new shoes. Some of us mowed lawns or babysat our bad-ass cousins to save up some bread for some fresh J’s or a pair of crispy Reeboks. Others of us weren’t so…