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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Book Gets Endorsement From Toni Morrison, the Only One He Wanted
Ta-Nehisi Coates, the national correspondent for the Atlantic, is becoming the go-to guy on race relations for television bookers. He has been getting near-unanimous praise for his new book “Between the World and Me,” and Benjamin Wallace-Wells of New York magazine recalled on Sunday that he also won the endorsement that meant more than any other. “Late this…
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Cosby Show Actor Says He Fell for the Okey-Doke: ‘Of Course Cosby Is Guilty’
He was the dude on The Cosby Show whom Denise (played by Lisa Bonet) brought home and introduced to Dr. and Mrs. Cosby as her husband: Lt. Martin Kendall. The actor Joseph C. Phillips, now 53, wrote a lengthy post on his blog about how, although he has always idolized Bill Cosby, he has since…
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90-Year-Old WWII Vet Who Wanted to Stay in His Home Is Evicted on Stretcher
The story of Johnnie H. Hodges, a 90-year-old Navy veteran of World War II, and the home that he lived in for some 60 years is chock-full of sadness and missed chances. Hodges lived in his Buffalo, N.Y., home with his wife for decades. About four years ago, Hodges spent most of his income caring…
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Report: Nearly All of America’s Prosecutors Are White Men
Who’s Prosecuting? Almost Always, He’s White and Male Women of Color Said to Be Especially Vulnerable “While the nation’s prisoners are predominantly people of color, the officials who put them there are overwhelmingly white,” Emily Peck wrote Tuesday for the Huffington Post, “to an extent that surprises even those who study racial bias in the criminal justice…
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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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Court Documents: Bill Cosby Paid Off Accusers and Found Alleged Victims Through a Modeling Agency
“America’s Dad” Admits Giving Women Sedatives for Sex “Bill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and ‘other people,’ according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press,”…
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Columnist: It’s Nice That Univision Dumped Trump Over Mexican Insults, but the Network Doesn’t Reflect Those Immigrants
More Dump Trump Columnist Sees Irony in Univision’s Defense of Mexicans “Rapper Flo Rida, the Macy’s department store chain and football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith all had something in common on Wednesday: They’re the latest to distance themselves from Donald Trump following his remarks about Mexican immigrants,” David Bauder reported Wednesday for the Associated…
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7 Movies We Can’t Wait to See This Summer
It’s the summer of sequels and prequels, action and sci-fi, music and … minions. A movie theater is always a great place to escape the heat and get some (not-so-cheap) entertainment. The films planned for the rest of the summer offer a little something for all kinds of movie lovers. Take a look at a…
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Can Watching Racist Viral Videos Give You PTSD?
News of overwhelming racial violence has become all too common. It seems to never stop. This week, the FBI opened investigations into suspected arson at black churches in five Southern states. Last week, President Barack Obama eulogized South Carolina state Rep. Clementa C. Pinckney and other members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston who…