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Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops the Mic on B.o.B’s Flat-Earth Claims: ‘The World Isn’t F–king Flat’
Neil deGrasse Tyson once again schooled B.o.B when it comes to the rapper’s flat-Earth claims. Over the last couple of days, the rapper has been challenging Tyson with his truther theories about the earth being flat. There were even diss tracks made in the process. Yes, diss tracks. But hopefully, after Tyson’s appearance on The…
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Straight Outta Compton Cast Not Invited to Oscars
Who knew that only people who receive Oscar nominations are invited to the show—even though, during every telecast, there are hundreds of people sitting in the audience? It’s this rule that will apparently keep the cast of Straight Outta Compton from attending, according to TMZ. Ice Cube, the executive producer of the movie, isn’t going…
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Kanye West in Twitter Beef With Wiz Khalifa, Tells Rapper He Owns His Child
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Kanye West should be worried about his upcoming album release that still has yet to be titled. But instead, on Wednesday afternoon, he was all in his feelings on Twitter and beefing with Wiz Khalifa. It seemingly started out over the following tweet Wiz…
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Gabrielle Union Explains Why Her Role in The Birth of a Nation Isn’t a Speaking Role
Gabrielle Union had a lot to say about Stacey Dash after the premiere of The Birth of a Nation. But to a lot of people’s surprise, Union is in the film but doesn’t have a speaking role. Union’s cameo as a slave in Nate Parker’s film is not only poignant but also touches upon the sexual abuse…
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Media Debates Whether to Show the Faces of White Teens Who Assembled to Spell the N-Word With Their Shirts
Some Blur Faces; Media “Cautious With a Hurtful Image” A photo of six white Arizona high school girls who arranged their shirts to spell “Ni**er” (with actual asterisks) when they stood together went viral over the weekend after they posted it on social media. The photo, taken Friday after the girls posed for their senior…
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Her Name Was Janese Talton-Jackson and She Was Killed Because She Said No
I did not know Janese Talton-Jackson on a personal level. There’s a chance I might have seen her before. And a lesser chance I might have spoken to her. But if I did either, I don’t remember. But after news of her death began to circulate on Facebook on Friday afternoon, and more and more…
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Texas Teen Suspended After Carrying Classmate Suffering From Asthma Attack to Nurse
A Texas mom is standing up for her 15-year-old son, who was suspended after helping a classmate suffering from an asthma attack, KCEN reports. Anthony Ruelas said that on Tuesday morning, his eighth-grade classmate sat in class wheezing and gagging for three minutes while no one did anything. Fed up with waiting, Anthony moved to…
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Latinos Are the Largest Nonwhite Group but Will Be Underrepresented Among Voters in 2016
Despite Numbers, Voting Influence Seen as Limited Latinos, now the nation’s largest minority group, will make up a record 11.9 percent of all U.S. eligible voters in 2016, pulling nearly even with blacks at 12.4 percent, the Pew Research Center reported on Tuesday. But “for many reasons, Latino voters are likely to once again be…
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30 Years of MLK Day: What We’ve Gained and What We’ve Lost
As the United States celebrates the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we take a look at some of the gains and losses of the civil rights movement since the holiday’s enactment. America elected its first black president in 2008, but the assailment of unarmed blacks, and efforts to repeal voting rights and…
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How Come Nobody Cares About En Vogue Anymore?
I could talk about music incessantly. I’m like Steve Hightower (of Steve Hightower and the High Tops fame): Music is my one true love. Or, at the very least, my first love. I used to steal tapes. I remember my first CD purchase. I’ve had full-fledged arguments with friends that nearly turned into brawls over…