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Akiba Solomon Is A Writing Ass Chick We Love
Akiba Solomon is the shit. This goes without saying, of course. You don’t become an editor at The Source and the person behind the political humor column “What the F@#k” while there…and co-edit Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts…and work for Jane, Essence, and Vibe Vixen…and currently…
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Wannabe Tulsa, Okla., Cop, 73, Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Death of Eric Harris
A volunteer Tulsa County, Okla., sheriff’s officer who shot and killed an unarmed man as he ran away has been found guilty of second-degree manslaughter. Robert Bates, 73, was an insurance broker who wanted badly to be a cop. According to the New York Daily News, he purchased “new cars for the department’s violent crime…
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Mizzou Professor Fired Over Protest Incident: ‘This Is All About Racial Politics. I’m a White Lady; I’m an Easy Target’
Melissa Click, the former University of Missouri media professor who rose to infamy after her tirade against a reporter during a racial protest on the campus last fall, now believes that she was fired because she is white. “This is all about racial politics. I’m a white lady; I’m an easy target,” Click told the…
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Why Is Hazing Still a Thing in Many Black Greek Organizations?
To her credit, my mother has always allowed me to go my own way in life, for better or worse. Even if she has something to say out the side of her mouth from time to time (like every black mama), she has never actively tried to block any of my movements. And there’s no…
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Why Black Women Should Have the 1st Glass of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Explained
What is Lemonade? Lemonade is my favorite fruit-related beverage. It’s great with everything—raspberries, artificial raspberry flavor, oranges, iced tea, gin, vodka, post-fellatio conversations about groceries, etc.—which makes it both versatile and delicious. It’s also both the title of Beyoncé’s new album and the hourlong film accompanying it. Wait … Beyoncé has a new album? How…
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Lil’ Kim’s Face Isn’t Anything to Laugh At
On Sunday night, Lil’ Kim posted a photo of her newest face to Instagram. And needless to say, it was met with, “Who dis woman, Harpo?” comments. Sure, we can sit and joke about how Lil’ Kim went from being a beautiful black woman to a white version of herself. That’s the easy way out.…
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Lemonade: A Searing Ode to Grown Black Womanness
Well, if anyone could move the conversation away from the tragic death of Prince this weekend, it’s Beyoncé, once a pop princess, now a fully grown queen who dropped her 12-track visual album, Lemonade, on HBO Saturday night (now available on Tidal). And far from being a “cool, refreshing drink,” Bey’s lemonade was a hot…
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Wis. Teachers Aide Arrested for Physical Abuse After Video Shows Brutal Beating of Student
A Wisconsin teachers aide has been arrested after being caught on video brutally beating a student inside a classroom Wednesday morning, WDJT reports. In the video, the 39-year-old staff member at Bay View High School in Milwaukee is seen roughly pushing a 14-year-old student onto a desk before holding him by the neck and pushing…
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Whole Foods Countersues Texas Pastor Who Claimed Employee Wrote Homophobic Slur on Cake
Whole Foods is fighting back against a gay Texas pastor who claims to be the victim of discrimination, denouncing his accusation that the grocery chain gave him a cake reading, “Love Wins F—,” the New York Daily News reports. The company is countersuing Jordan Brown for $100,000, saying that he made up his story. It…
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Texas Pastor Says Whole Foods Employee Wrote Homophobic Slur on Cake
An openly gay pastor says he ordered a cake from a Whole Foods store in Austin, Texas, that was only to have the phrase “Love Wins” written on it. When he returned to pick up the dessert, he says, he didn’t notice that the words written on the cake were actually, “Love Wins [F—].” In…