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Chicago Teen Killed Two Days Before College Orientation
There were 82 people shot in Chicago over the weekend. One of them was 17-year-old Marcel Pearson, who was set to begin his freshman year at Western Illinois University. Instead he was shot down by a gunman in his South Side neighborhood. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. as Marcel walked around his neighborhood park,…
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Ray Nagin: ‘It’s Been Tough’ Since Conviction
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is facing federal prison in September, but the businessman-turned-politician, who was convicted on 20 out of 21 fraud, bribery and other charges, says he’s innocent. “I still maintain my innocence,” Nagin told WDSU TV, calling the situation “surreal.” “We’re going to appeal this thing, and it’s just something that’s…
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NC Man Sits in Hot Car to End Hot-Car Deaths
Terry Williams is tired of hearing that children have died after being left in a hot car, so he has taken his fight, and a challenge, to social media. “I’m sitting in the car with the windows rolled up ’cause I want to know how it feels to be left in the car,” the Greensboro,…
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Scandal and Orange Is the New Black Snag Emmy Nominations
Joe Morton, better known as the infamous “Papa Pope” on TV’s hit series Scandal, has secured a nomination for this year’s round of Emmy Awards. Thursday’s eagerly awaited reveal of the list of nominees was a huge nod to Game of Thrones, which secured 19 nominations, followed closely by Fargo with 18 and American Horror Story: Coven with 17.…
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Court Petition: Detroit Boy Found in Basement Was Repeatedly Abused
Charlie Bothuell V, the Detroit boy found alive in his basement after going missing, was repeatedly abused, forced to complete rigorous workout routines and subjected to beatings with a PVC pipe, according to a court petition and as reported by the Detroit Free Press in USA Today. The petition claimed that Charlie was forced to do 100…
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Ex-Ga. GOP Employee Claims Racial Discrimination
The Georgia Republican Party has been slapped with a lawsuit, with a former aide saying she was discriminated against based on her race. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Qiana Keith, who is black, said that she heard co-workers referring to her as the “house n—ger” and that they also disrespected and humiliated her. While Keith…
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Jay Z to Headline Anti-Poverty Concert in New York
Jay Z, much like his wife, Beyoncé, has a philanthropic streak and is set to wow a crowd at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival in the fight to end world poverty, Rolling Stone reports. The rapper, native to Brooklyn, N.Y., will be headlining the huge charity event in New York’s Central Park later this year…
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How Wall Street Can Make Money on Black Progress in America
In May the NAACP announced that Cornell Brooks, a 53-year old lawyer, minister and civil rights activist, would become its 18th president. Somehow, that news did not cause a ripple on the Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq or the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Imagine Wall Street’s reaction if the NAACP had announced a…
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13 Heroes of #HuskyTwitter You Shouldn’t Overlook
Prince Fielder’s ESPN the Magazine cover showed us a different—and more revealing—side of men who have a little extra to love when he posed nude for the Body Issue of the magazine. Whether it’s his style, smile or sense of humor, there’s something special about an extra-large man whom many admire. Fans using the #HuskyTwitter hashtag…
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Surprised? Even Poor Whites Have It Better Than Blacks
From birth, practically, we’re told—again and again—that education is the golden ticket to the American dream. This is a meritocracy! Study diligently, put the work in and you, too, can get ahead, leapfrogging over your parents on the social strata. All you have to do is grab those bootstraps and pull. Hard. Or not. For…