culture
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Ex-NFL Lineman Jason Brown Left Football to Pursue His Dream of Becoming a Farmer
To the casual observer, Jason Brown had it all. At one point the former NFL center had a five-year, $37 million contract with the St. Louis Rams—but then one day he decided to walk away from it all, CBS News reports. “My agent told me, ‘You’re making the biggest mistake of your life,’ ” Brown…
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Brooklyn Man’s Shooting by NYPD Rookie Is Called an Accident
The New York City Police Department is calling the shooting of an unarmed 28-year-old man by a rookie officer an “accident,” emphasizing that the victim was “a total innocent,” the New York Times reports. According to the report, Akai Gurley was shot in a stairwell in the borough of Brooklyn late Thursday night, reportedly without…
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Scandal Recap: 5 ‘Say What?!’ Moments From the Winter Finale
Thursday night, Scandal’s winter finale aired—an event so highly anticipated that President Barack Obama moved up his immigration speech to accommodate it. Thank you, Mr. President. Now, if only Shonda Rhimes could get the network to hold all commercials until the end of the show, we would greatly appreciate it. Seriously, why are there so many…
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Fire Chief Reportedly Tells Sheriff’s Deputy ‘We Ain’t Taking No N–gers Here’
A Kentucky fire chief is under scrutiny after a shocking video showed him apparently refusing to assist a black family after a traffic accident and laughing while saying, “We ain’t taking no n—gers here,” WDRB reports. In the video, reportedly recorded on the body camera of a county sheriff’s deputy and obtained by WDRB, Southeast…
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Daniel Handler Finds Himself In a Lemony Snicket After ‘Ill-Conceived’ Watermelon Joke
Updated Fri., Nov. 21, 11:45 p.m. EST: Dan Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, issued yet another apology on Friday for a joke he made while hosting the National Book Awards ceremony about black author Jaqueline Woodson being allergic to watermelon. In his new apology, as a gesture of good intentions, Handler donated $10,000 to We…
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Ferguson: Michael Brown’s Father Calls for Calm Amid More Clashes
Updated Friday, Nov. 21, 11:20 a.m. EST: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder promoted the Justice Department’s new guidelines for law enforcement on how to maintain order during First Amendment-protected events on Friday, saying that they “minimize needless confrontation.” “The Justice Department encourages law-enforcement officials, in every jurisdiction, to work with the communities they serve to…
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Florida State Shooting Suspect Was Troubled
Myron May, the Florida State University alumnus who has been identified as the gunman behind Thursday’s shooting at the school, was dealing with financial troubles and experiencing paranoia that the government was spying on him, officials reported Thursday, according to USA Today. He had apparently recently quit his job as a prosecutor at the district…
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I’m a Married Mom and I Feel Like I Missed My Sexual Prime: What Should I Do?
Dear Demetria: I am against cheating. I won’t do it, but it feels like I haven’t truly lived. I went to school, got married, had a baby. I feel like my husband’s had a full life. He’s traveled all over the world, done two deployments and is settled. I haven’t even started. I feel like…
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Watch Toni Morrison Drop Knowledge on Stephen Colbert
On Wednesday, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison appeared on The Colbert Report. With her thoughtful and acerbic wit, she successfully broke down race and racism in our society. Morrison and host Stephen Colbert jokingly agreed that since President Barack Obama was an admirer of hers, they could consider calling the Obamacare health insurance…
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If Those Allegations Are Lies, Cosby Should Sue His Accusers, but Here’s Why That Won’t Happen
Bill Cosby is the subject of more sexual assault allegations than any one celebrity in recent memory. At last count, we know about 15 alleged victims—that’s a whole lot of women with similar accounts about being attacked by Cosby. Most of the claims appear to involve alcohol, possibly drugs and some accusers not remembering everything,…