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The Onion on Chris Beating Rihanna: Offensive or Funny?
Here’s an excerpt from a story The Onion published with the headline “Heartbroken Chris Brown Always Thought Rihanna Was Woman He’d Beat to Death.” After revealing yesterday that he had recently split up with longtime girlfriend Rihanna, a heartbroken Chris Brown tearfully told reporters that he always thought the 25-year-old singer was going to be…
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Cleveland Rescuer a Viral Sensation
Interviews Produce “Internet Hero We’ve Been Waiting For” “He likes to grill out, eat McDonald’s and listen to salsa music. Charles Ramsey has also just become famous not only for his actions Monday in helping three Cleveland women escape from years of being held captive in a Cleveland house, but also for his interview he…
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TJ Holmes: I'm a Free Agent
T.J. Holmes Says He’s Officially a Free Agent Black Entertainment Television finally acknowledged Thursday that it will not bring back T.J. Holmes’ “Don’t Sleep!” late night news/talk show, eight months after its initial launch. Holmes told Journal-isms on Friday, “I’m a completely free agent.” Holmes left his job as a CNN weekend anchor in December 2011…
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Watch This: Clarence Thomas: Obama Says What Elites 'Expect From a Black Person'
During a recent wide-ranging interview with C-SPAN, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took a swipe at President Barack Obama’s popularity among elites and the media, saying that Obama says “the prescribed things they expect from a black person,” Fox News reports. “Any black person who says something that is not the prescribed things that they…
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Children's March 1963: A Defiant Moment
(The Root) — Defying your parents’ orders not to march in Birmingham, Ala., in the 1960s could have meant a whipping for teens. Defying the police commissioner’s order not to march protesting segregation could have meant attacks by dogs, blasts from fire hoses and a lockup in jail. Fifty years ago in the spring of…
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Push to Change Washington Redskins' 'Derogatory, Racist Name'
Council of the District of Columbia member David Grosso is preparing to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins football team to change its name, the Washington Post reports. Grosso says that the current name is “derogatory” and “racist” (many would agree with him there), and that it’s “time we take a stand and…
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4 Tony Nods Each for 'Motown,' 'The Trip to Bountiful'
The 2013 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning in New York. Some highlights for African-American theater: Actresses Cicely Tyson and Condola Rashad are up for honors for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play and Best Performance in a Featured Role in a Play, respectively. Plus, the productions in…
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Tsarnaev Coverage Proves Labels Matter
“Since the identification and apprehension (both dead and alive) of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev (reportedly shot and run over with explosives strapped to him, amid unconfirmed reports he was clutching an ‘ACME Co.’ receipt) and [Dzhokhar] Tsarnaev (apprehended as a result of history’s first heroic nicotine fit), there has been a rush to…
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Is Retirement Really an Option Anymore?
In the years since the Great Recession, many 30-somethings have had to rely on their 401(k)s to keep them afloat. Danielle C. Belton, writing for Clutch magazine, points out that the idea of being “done” with the rat race might be reserved for superstars like Janet Jackson and her billionaire boo. How many of us…
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Uncle Luke Donates 5,000 b condoms to Miami Non-Profits
Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, formerly of the rap group 2 Live Crew and, b condoms, the only black-owned condom company have announced a partnership, Clutch reports. Campbell is donating 5,000 Platinum XL b condoms to a Miami, Fl area non-profit organization this summer. He will also donate another 1,000 Platinum XL b condoms through “Let…