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You Won’t Believe The Dangerous Thing Halle Berry Did to Prepare for ‘Jungle Fever’
The Oscar winner reveals the extraordinary lengths she went to for her role as a ‘crack ho.’
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91 Percent of Inmates Freed by First Step Act Were Black. Should We Give Republicans Credit?
As soon as the U.S. Sentencing Commission released its new report on the effects of criminal justice legislation promoted by Jared Kushner, introduced by Republicans and signed by Donald Trump, the GOP immediately began taking credit. Trump will undoubtedly count the report showing that the First Step Act significantly reduced the sentences of more than…
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Louisiana Cops Wore Blackface to Sell Crack in a Black Neighborhood. But First, They Posed for Pics
A Louisiana police chief issued a formal apology after 25-year-old yearbook photos surfaced of an undercover sting in which white police officers painted themselves black to sell crack to black people. The community was shocked by the revelations, and many asked the same question: “Wait…Police departments have yearbooks?” Apparently, in Baton Rouge they do because…
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Watch: Freed After 20 Years in Prison, but Now the Government Wants to Send Him Back
Matthew Charles was released in 2016 after being incarcerated for more than 20 years. But now the Justice Department wants to send him back to prison. In 1996 he was sentenced to 35 years to life for distribution of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm. After the Obama administration reduced the sentencing disparity between…
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Woman Kills Thanksgiving Guest After He Didn’t Offer Her Crack: Report
In Minneapolis, what began as an invitation to a Thanksgiving meal ended in a bizarre death. Anenia Marie Hare, 47, is behind bars after authorities say she killed a dinner guest who had the poor manners to smoke crack at her Thanksgiving table—and not offer her any. As the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, Hare invited over…
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What A Stint In Rehab Taught Me About White People's Feelings About Black People's Pain
Every time I read about or see a news story on the opioid epidemic, I greet it with a resounding “So what?” It’s an admittedly vindictive stance that I am in no way ashamed of. When I see that whole towns are languishing under the tyranny of the needle, I couldn’t bring myself to care…
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John Singleton on How Crack Overtook L.A. in the New FX Series, Snowfall
Snowfall is proof that, more than 25 years after breaking through with his Oscar-nominated debut film, Boyz n the Hood, John Singleton hasn’t forgotten his roots or, most importantly, his responsibility. Different from Rebel, Singleton’s first scripted television show as an executive producer for BET earlier this year, Snowfall digs deep, very deep. Whereas Rebel,…
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Watch: Have We Been Lied to About Drugs?
Should all drugs be decriminalized? Is tobacco more addictive than crack cocaine? Are we being misinformed so that the “war on drugs” can stay alive? The controversial neuroscientist Carl Hart, who has been researching drug use and addiction for more than 25 years, shares drug facts vs. drug myths. He is the author of High…