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Thousands of Black Lives Mattered in Nigeria, but the World Didn’t Pay Attention
From a bombed NAACP office in Colorado to the decimated town of Baga, Nigeria, acts of terrorism against black people and institutions have failed to generate much attention in the United States this past week. Most of the Western world and its political leaders have, instead, turned their eyes to No. 10 rue Nicolas-Appert, Paris,…
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Faith and Service Motivate Notre Dame’s 2010 Valedictorian
When Katie Washington-Cole was growing up in Gary, Ind., with its jagged industrial skyline, she dreamed of following in her parents’ footsteps and entering the medical field. Her father was a physician and her mother was a nurse. Both encouraged academic achievement and taught young Katie, among other things, the importance of giving back to…
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Upcoming Ruling Reminds Us of the 1 Thing Hurting MLK’s Legacy: His Fighting Children
How do you solve a problem like the King kids? Since the deaths of their mother, Coretta Scott King, and eldest sibling, Yolanda King, the surviving children of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. have engaged in some publicly destructive and embarrassing behavior. Lawsuits abound in this King Lear-ish plot as brothers Dexter Scott…
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New Video Shows Montana Cop Sobbing After Shooting Unarmed Man
Grant Morrison, a Montana police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in April, sobbed several minutes after the shooting occurred once he realized that the man didn’t have a gun, a dash-cam video recently released to the public reveals. Morrison shot and killed Richard Ramirez, a 38-year-old man who was sitting in his car…
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French Assailant Appears in Video Justifying the Attack Against Charlie Hebdo
Amedy Coulibaly—one of the assailants responsible for the wave of attacks that claimed the lives of journalists, police officers and hostages in France last week—appears in a video released to the public on Sunday in which he attempts to justify the attacks. “What we are doing is completely legitimate, given what they are doing,” Coulibaly,…
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Va. Family Killed in Crash With an 18-Wheeler
Five members of a Virginia family, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in a tragic accident Saturday morning after colliding with a tractor trailer en route to Maryland, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, Travis Straton, 25; his girlfriend, Regina Ayres, 24; and Ayres’ two children, 7-year-old Jordan Ayres and…
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2 Tuskegee Airmen Die in Los Angeles the Same Day at Age 91
Two members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the renowned all-black group of military pilots who fought bravely in World War II, passed away the same day, both at the age of 91, the Associated Press reports. Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey, longtime friends who had enlisted in the legendary group together, died Jan. 5 in their…
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Diversity Targeted in ‘White Genocide’ Billboard Near Birmingham, Ala.
Commuters driving along Interstate Highway 59, located near Birmingham, Ala., are once again being greeted by a billboard bearing a racially charged message steeped in segregationist belief, AL.com reports. It is the second time in less than a year that such a billboard has popped up in the area. This latest one reads, “Diversity means chasing…
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If You’re Mad That Selma Didn’t Win More Golden Globes, You’re Going to Hate Oscar Night
It’s great that John Legend and Common won a Golden Globe on Sunday night for their song “Glory,” featured in the movie Selma. It’s an excellent song and it deserved to win. But Selma’s shutout in the other categories for which it was nominated—best director for Ava DuVernay, best actor for David Oyelowo and best…
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NYC Cops Told No Vacation Time Unless They Issue More Tickets: Report
New York City police officers have been issued a stern warning from their higher-ups: Either get back to enforcing minor infractions or don’t expect to take vacation or sick days, according to several unnamed officers who spoke with the New York Post. The Post notes that officers are now being ordered to hand in “activity…