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Can Someone Please Tell Me Why Sneakers Cost So Much Damn Money?
I try to be mindful (annoyingly mindful, according to some of my friends) not to allow nostalgia or an emotional connection to the past cloud my assessment of the present. One, because people are usually wrong about that stuff, and I enjoy not being wrong. It’s fun. But also, remembering the past in an historical sense is…
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Zimbabwean Authorities Seek American Dentist Reportedly Responsible for Killing Famed Cecil the Lion
Zimbabwean authorities are seeking an American dentist as part of an investigation into the killing of Cecil the lion, a well-known and favorite attraction in Hwange National Park, CNN reports. Two Zimbabwean men were expected in court Wednesday regarding the slaughter of the famed animal. According to CNN, two locals—Theo Bronchorst, a professional hunter, and…
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Thanks to the Supreme Court, Traffic Stops Can Become a Gamble Between Life and Death
As we delve deeper into every minute of the infamous Sandra Bland traffic stop seen around the world, experts (as expected) are clawing into every legal nook and cranny to ask one of the most pressing questions of 2015: Exactly how many rights do you have should you see the popo’s red and blue lights…
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Report: Hulk Hogan Caught on Tape Referring to Black Men as N–gers; WWE Severs Ties
Updated July 24, 11:54 a.m. EDT: Hulk Hogan has issued an apology via People magazine: Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it. This is not who I am. I…
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Former Daily Show Writer Tells How Jon Stewart Told Him to ‘F–k Off’ When He Voiced Concerns About Racial Issue
As Jon Stewart preps for his last show Aug. 6, many fans will remember the host as one who never bit his tongue and pushed the envelope when it came to successfully mixing politics and comedy. But one person who worked as a writer on Stewart’s show remembers an incident that involved anger, humiliation and…
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Sandra Bland’s Controversial Police Encounter and Death Led ABC, CBS, NBC Evening News Shows
Interaction in Police Stop, Past Suicide Attempt at Issue The ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs led with new reports Wednesday about the death in jail of Sandra Bland after police released a video of her interaction with a Texas state trooper that prompted criticism that the officer had acted improperly. David Montgomery and Michael…
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The Most Confusing Questions to Come Out of the Sandra Bland Case
It’s been 10 days since Sandra Bland was found dead in her cell at a Waller County, Texas, jail, and still media—social and news alike—are searching for the answer as to what exactly happened to Bland. Throughout the outright demands for answers, suspicions have been incredibly high, given the number of officer-involved shootings and in-custody…
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Trump Employee to Co-Worker: ‘All You Motherf–king Immigrants Are Coming to This Country F–king Us Up’: Report
A Trump employee has accused co-workers of targeting him with derogatory statements. He filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission racial-discrimination claim back in 2013 in an attempt to address the situation, the Daily Caller reports. He also filed a lawsuit in federal court earlier this year. Bryan Lambert, who is originally from Jamaica, claimed that…
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Ala. Editorial on Removal of the Confederate Flag: Have Some Sympathy for the Average White Southerner
“It Was a Ragged, Besmirched Flag, but It Was His” An astonishing number of Southern newspapers are calling for retiring the Confederate battle flag from public places and for re-examining the monuments, memorials and street names that exalt Confederate figures. In Anniston, Ala., on Sunday, however, H. Brandt Ayers, publisher of the Anniston Star, mourned the…
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Why African Americans Should Be 1st in Line to Cuba
Havana: On a small cut of land at the corner of 23rd Avenue and F Street in the Vedado section of this city stands a monument to two heroes of the Cuban people. But the faces carved into the imposing marble-and-granite structure are not those of Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara, icons of the…