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Jeb Bush Is Wrong on Voting Rights Act, and It’ll Cost Him
On Thursday morning, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told a group of voters at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines, Iowa, that he doesn’t support reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He said that the federal government no longer needs to watch over states’ voting practices “as though we’re living in 1960” because…
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10 Drake Songs Matt Barnes Was Probably Playing While Driving to Fight Derek Fisher
Two thoughts immediately came to mind as I was reading about how Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to confront and fight Derek Fisher for hanging out with Barnes’ estranged wife, Gloria Govan. First: On the list of the “bout it”-est light-skinned black men of all time, considering Barnes’ history, he has to be No. 1…
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Kanye West: I Felt Discriminated Against in the Fashion Industry for Not Being Gay
Kanye West is turning homophobia on its head and arguing that in the fashion industry, heterosexuals are the outsiders and have a harder time succeeding. “I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay,” West said during an interview with SHOWstudio. He explained that most times it’s the other way around, that…
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Journalist Sidmel Estes Dies at 60; Friend Says Unstable News Industry Impacted Her Access to Solid Health Care
Lack of Medical Insurance Complicated Treatment Options Sidmel Estes, who became the first female president of the National Association of Black Journalists in 1991 while working as executive producer and co-creator of WAGA-TV’s “Good Day Atlanta,” died Monday night in an Atlanta hospital where she was being treated for a mystery illness, a friend, Ce Cole…
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Calif. Woman Sues City of Carlsbad for Brutal Police Beating
A California mother is suing the city of Carlsbad, Calif., after she says she was pinned to the ground and repeatedly punched in the head during a 2013 arrest, CBS Los Angeles reports. Cindy Hahn calls July 31, 2013, a “horrific day,” a day when a simple inquiry reportedly led to her getting on the…
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F. Gary Gray Will be Directing the Next Movie in the Billion-Dollar Fast and Furious Franchise
Whenever an African American gets hired to direct the next film in a billion-dollar box-office franchise, every black person ought to grab the nearest cup and toast that man. Congratulations are in order—yet again—for F. Gary Gray. He’s the guy slated to direct Furious 8, Deadline is reporting. Fast & Furious lead actor and producer…
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Racist Jokes About This Photo Got People Fired and Sparked the Hashtag #HisNameIsCayden
There is a man who goes by the name of Geris Hilton on Facebook (reportedly not his real name) who used to have a job. “Hilton” used to work at Polaris Marketing Group, according to AtlantaBlackStar, but his employment status changed after he posted a photo on Facebook Sept. 16. In the photo, Hilton was…
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Jesse Williams Discusses Biracial Privileges and Social Justice: ‘Black Americans Are Not Angry. They Are Hurting’
It has always been a pet peeve of mine when biracial people seem to ignore their white side and act as if the world perceives them as black through and through. I always felt that in their determination to identify solely and sternly as black, they were missing out on an opportunity to share some…
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Man Uses Facebook to Brag About Sexually Assaulting His ‘Friend’
While I was scrolling through Facebook posts Tuesday, between pudgy, dancing babies and the latest political debate, one status stopped me cold. According to the post, in response to a woman who shared that she had recently been date-raped, a man decided to explain the mind of an alleged rapist by detailing how he had…
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Woman to Bear as It Attacks Kayak: ‘It’s the End of September. Why Are You Here? You’re Supposed to Be Asleep’
Black bears are interesting creatures. They enjoy the occasional romp in a pool. They destroy your trash if you leave it outside, and occasionally they’re a hiker’s worst nightmare. Just ask Mary Maley. Maley was on a hiking trip in Alaska when she came across a black bear. In the YouTube video that has since…