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Flight Attendant Who Ran From LAX Airport, Leaving Behind Gucci Shoes and 70 Pounds of Cocaine, Surrenders
A JetBlue flight attendant, who is accused of leaving behind some 70 pounds of cocaine after Transportation Security Administration officers at Los Angeles International Airport pulled her aside for a search after deeming her suspicious while she talked on a cellphone, has surrendered to federal drug agents in New York City, KTLA reports. According to…
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To Black Men Who Have Survived Sexual Assault: We Have to Speak Up
Author’s note: The following piece is not me trying to silence or dismiss the suffering of other communities. This stems from my longing for an intersectional conversation on sexual violence. It is my attempt to talk about the pain that is inflicted when rape culture and toxic black masculinity converge. I do not know what you…
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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: We, the Jury … Have Had Enough of This Mess
At the district attorney’s office, Christopher Darden is getting ripped a new one by his big boss Gil Garcetti, who calls the glove demonstration “the most colossal disaster I’ve ever seen in courtroom practice.” Marcia Clark tries to help Darden out by looking at the bright side: They still have the DNA—which, Garcetti yells, no one…
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I Think My Facebook Is Too Black
Do you remember a few months ago when people were unfriending folks left and right because they found out their friends were Donald Trump supporters or über-conservative or even sometimes closet racists? Yeah, that never happened to me. In fact, I’ve only had to side-eye a few people because of their pseudo-support for Bill Cosby,…
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Cardi B’s Mixtape Is … Kinda Not That Bad
I think it’s fair to say that my appreciation for consumption of entertainment of the avian element is quite well documented. My favorite celebrity couple is Cam’ron and Juju. Close second? Remy and Papoose. I have been known to hit the chicken head and the toe wop in the club in this year of our…
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Famed Civil Rights Photographer Dies at 85
Famed photographer Bob Adelman, whose portfolio captured many moving moments during the civil rights movement, died Saturday in Miami. He was 85 years old. “He was an amazing man with a passion for civil rights, a sweetheart of a guy,” Adelman’s attorney told the Miami Herald. Adelman’s most iconic work happened during the 1960s, documenting…
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The Story Behind President Obama’s Cuba Policy
It all began with a chance encounter between two men with a bad habit. Officially, Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba on Sunday is the culmination of almost three years of intense diplomacy between former Cold War foes. Behind the scenes is another more human and less well-known story, of a rising black politician and…
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Gayle King Shuts Down Rumors That Oprah and Tyler Perry Are Feuding
Gayle King took to Instagram to clear up those rumors that Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry aren’t on good terms because they’re not working well together. A source said that Winfrey has been sending Perry critiques about his three shows on OWN and he isn’t taking the criticism too well. King said no such thing…
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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: It Doesn’t Fit
Bob Shapiro is at the courthouse offering a “Good morning” to Gil Garcetti, who is not here for any of Shapiro’s shenanigans. “We barely recovered from the Rodney King riots of two years ago, and now you and Johnnie are standing in a damn pool of gasoline playing with matches,” Garcetti snaps. Shapiro insists that…
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Ben Carson Endorsed Donald Trump for a Job, Which Is One of the Blackest Things He’s Ever Done
You can say many things about Ben Carson, the back-ordered, decaffeinated coffee machine who recently dropped out of the presidential race. Iconic surgeon. Popeyes enthusiast. Vigilante. Black History Month book-report muse. Delusional motherf—ker. But one thing you cannot do is doubt his blackness bona fides. Yes, his actual politics, if enacted, would have put America back to 1953.…