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Just Kidding, We Lied: White House Admits There’s No Evidence of Voter Fraud in 2016 Election
Remember how, in the days leading up to the 2016 election, when it seemed like Donald Trump might lose to Hillary Clinton, he kept insinuating that there was some mass voter-fraud scheme happening? Remember how, even after he won, he held on to that myth and created a controversial voter-fraud commission to investigate it? Then…
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Police Bust Religious Group Accused of Using Child Slave Labor to Run Fish Markets
A traveling minister and his disciples in North Carolina have been accused of using child slavery to fund their “alternative religious group” and its operations for years, authorities say. Police in North Carolina have arrested four people—and have open warrants on six more—in a case of suspected child slavery. According to multiple outlets, an “alternative…
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Drake Apparently Has Kevin Durant and Steph Curry Tattoos, Which Might Be the Most Lightskinneded Thing Anyone Has Ever Done
Of course, there will be people who will read the title of this piece and immediately be compelled to ask three questions that are only tangentially related to Drake, the subject of said piece: Wait, there’s such a thing as a “lightskinneded thing”? What does “lightskinneded” even mean in this context? Isn’t that offensive? (There…
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It’s All Love! We’re in Love With Serena Williams’ Slamming February Vogue Cover (With Beautiful Baby Alexis Olympia!)
Power. For me, that word defines Serena Williams. I love her body—it’s invincible. I also love that none of her seemingly superhuman attributes were given to her or easily attained. Everything she has, she earned, one drop of sweat at a time. She and big sister Venus were their own mini-civil-rights movement as they fought…
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Obama Had Officials Pay for Their Own Makeup Before TV Appearances; Trump Has the Taxpayers Doing It
If you’ve ever wondered to yourself, “Who is the person who makes Kellyanne Conway look less like a corpse?” Or, “Who makes Sarah Huckabee Sanders look less like a goofy troll-like succubus?” Well, I have the answer: It’s the White House’s full-time hair and makeup artist, Katie Price. That’s right. President Donald Trump’s White House…
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Serena Williams Covers Vogue With Daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
For your daily dose of adorable, Serena Williams and her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., are on February’s Vogue cover. In the interview, Williams discusses everything from her post-birth health emergency to the emotional ups and downs of motherhood. Shortly after giving birth, Williams complained about having shortness of breath, and with her history of…
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Rachel Dolezal Is Selling a ‘Coolest Prince in the Hood’ Hoodie to Protest H&M’s
Rachel Dolezal is now selling “protest” hoodies to counter H&M’s “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” hoodie that went viral for all the wrong reasons. And it’s because her own son was called a monkey in school. Or because she wants to make a fast buck. Dolezal, a formerly Caucasian woman (JFC, do I have to…
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What Was Oprah Really Saying?
Writer Hears Speech as Call to the Rest of Us. . . Black Women Want Return on Their Investment Gilbert Cruz Named N.Y. Times Culture Editor ‘Latinas in Journalism’ Draws 1,400 Members MSNBC Wins Black Viewers in Primetime Cable Omarosa Gets Passing Reference in ‘Fire and Fury’ Anti-Trump Land Ignored by Mainstream Media Pot Crackdown…
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‘Black Journalists Only, Please’
Request After Erica Garner’s Death Prompts Debate Essence Sold to Black-Owned Firm U.S. Muslims Projected to Outnumber Jews by 2040 Simeon Booker Services Set for National Cathedral Kotb Won’t Make Near Lauer’s Salary on ‘Today’ Henderson to Return to Detroit Public TV Marshall Project Makes Diversity a ‘Central Pillar’ K.C. Star Forces Release of Chilling…
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Greek Life: Founders & Pearls Custom Sorority Boxes Have the Swag You Want
Editor’s note: Since we published this article, Founders and Pearls has informed us that it has unfortunately shut down its business. Celebrating its first year in business, Founders & Pearls is a bimonthly subscription box service delivering fly-girl African-American sorority-specific swag to your doorstep. Created by Ngozi IzE Ahanotu, a member of Theta Nu Xi,…