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Beheadings of US Journalists Helped Obama Sell His Military Plan to the Public
In Prime Time, Obama Declares Campaign Against Sunni Militants Outrage at the beheading of two American journalists buttressed public support for the kind of U.S. action against terrorism outlined Wednesday night by President Obama, according to commentators analyzing the president’s speech. “The public has decided that people who cut off the heads of journalists are…
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Contractors Who Witnessed Michael Brown Shooting Say the Teen Had His Hands Up
Two contractors have come forward with their own details surrounding Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in early August in Ferguson, Mo., corroborating other witness reports that insisted the teen had his hands up in surrender before he was killed by police Officer Darren Wilson, CNN reports. In exclusive video obtained by CNN, taken by an unknown…
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Mike Tyson Goes Mike Tyson on a Reporter After ‘Convicted Rapist’ Remark
There’s a harrowing moment in Mike Tyson’s one-man stage play, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, when he describes how he was accused of, tried for and eventually convicted of raping 18-year-old Desiree Washington in 1992. He talks—sensitively—about how he wasn’t the first person Washington had accused of rape and how his agent at the time, Don King, hired…
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Exactly How Racist Was Atlanta Hawks Owner Bruce Levenson's Email?
It was quite a weekend in sports. Serena won again, the NFL proved (again) that we’re all hypocrites, and Steph Curry decided to go all Steph Curry against Mexico. He must be racist. For me, though, the most interesting sports-related item was the news that Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson would be selling his share…
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For Those Still Saying ‘Don’t Judge Ray Rice’: Get Your Head Checked
Editor’s note: Shortly after this story was published, the Baltimore Ravens terminated Ray Rice’s contract. Read the story here. Earlier this year, just after Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his fiancee, Janay Palmer, were arrested and charged with domestic assault over Valentine’s Day weekend, his lawyer described the incident as “a very minor…
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A Video Survey of Police Interactions: Inequality in Black and White
“There is a difference this time; this time there’s a video,” the Rev. Al Sharpton told the crowd at Eric Garner’s funeral in July. “Go to the tape. The tape tells what you did and what you didn’t do.” He was referring to the footage of the last living moments of the unarmed black New York…
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How Media Have Shaped Our Perception of Race and Crime
How Media Skew Our Views of Race, Crime Distortions Bolster Harsher Penalties, Study Finds “Skewed racial perceptions of crime — particularly, white Americans’ strong associations of crime with racial minorities — have bolstered harsh and biased criminal justice policies [PDF],” the nonprofit Sentencing Project reported Wednesday, outlining the role played by the news media in skewing…
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Even Hollywood Knows the Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing ta F–k Wit
So, technically maybe Tinseltown doesn’t know, but a YouTube user meticulously took cuts from various Hollywood movies to make the greatest supercut of a Wu-Tang Clan song ever. Warning: This is definitely NSFW. You know, there’s the f-bomb and what-not. Jukka-Pekka Bohm says he used Subzin to compile the quotes to make out Wu-Tang’s hit…
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Have Faith in Aaron McGruder’s Black Jesus
Just about everyone in Black Jesus is selfish. But Black Jesus still has faith. Jesus’ flawed, albeit loyal friends (disciples?)—ex-con Fish (Andra Fuller), slacker Jason (Antwon Tanner), gal-pal Maggie (Kali Hawk) and drunkard Boonie (Corey Holcomb)—his curmudgeonly neighbor Vic (Charlie Murphy); even Lloyd, the conniving and cantankerous homeless drunk played by John Witherspoon. They all…
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New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of…