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Ga. Man Rescues 15-Month-Old Baby From Highway
The last thing one Georgia man expected to see during a routine drive down the highway was a 15-month-old baby crawling near the embankment. “What the hell is going on? A baby?” was Bryant Collins’ knee-jerk reaction to his unusual discovery, according to 11 Alive. Collins said he caught a glimpse of something out of…
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US Patent and Trademark Office Revokes Washington Football Team’s Name
The battle over the Washington, D.C., football team’s name has been decided in one fell swoop, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceling the federal trademark protection that the offensive name has enjoyed, calling it “disparaging to Native Americans,” the Washington Post reports. The particular groundbreaking case was filed on behalf of five Native…
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NC Teen Arrested for Calling 911 Because Mom Took Her Cellphone
North Carolina police arrested a teen after she called 911 because she was upset that her mother had grounded her and taken away her cellphone. According to ABC 11 News, police arrived at 16-year-old Jasmyne Keyonia Davis’ home a little after midnight Tuesday after the emergency operators received a call from a female who was…
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Alice Walker and Rosario Dawson Want Women of Color Included in My Brother’s Keeper
Updated Wednesday, June 18, 1 p.m. EDT: The White House has issued a response to a letter signed by various women and girls of color, including famed activists Alice Walker and Angela Davis, pushing for the involvement of women and girls of color in the My Brother’s Keeper initiative. The White House response—issued by Senior Adviser…
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New Video Shows Texas Police Fatally Shooting Handcuffed Man
The city of El Paso, Texas, after being ordered by the Texas Attorney General’s Office to obey an open-records request made by the El Paso Times, has finally released video detailing how body builder Daniel Saenz died while in police custody, the El Paso Times reports. In the video, released Monday, a police officer attempts…
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Gun Violence Is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
Fifty years ago America redefined its social, political and cultural landscape by guaranteeing civil rights—and voting rights the following year—for all citizens, irrespective of race or background. A half-century later, too many young people of color, especially black boys and young men, are routine victims of gun violence. And stemming this rising tide of gun…
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The Conspiracy to Whitewash Hip-Hop
When asked about Forbes’ claim that hip-hop is run by a white, blond, Australian rapper named Iggy Azalea, incumbent queen bee Nicki Minaj laughed hysterically. The financial magazine may be qualified to calculate the $250 million valuation of Nicki’s Myx Fusions Moscato wine coolers, Nicki reasoned, but only the hip-hop community can bequeath the throne to…
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The San Antonio Spurs Play the ‘Right’ Way? Here’s What Race Has to Do With It
Little did I know that sports, which I thought united men of all colors, would get me labeled a racist. I was watching the game Sunday night with some guys from work. I’m a Spurs fan and white. A guy from accounting, who I don’t know that well, is African American. We’re going back and…
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So What if Family Ties Got Malia Obama Her 1st Job?
President Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia, has landed her first job, and some people, despite the fact that it doesn’t affect them in any way whatsoever, aren’t happy about it. According to news reports, the 15-year-old rising first daughter recently worked for a day as a production assistant on the CBS sci-fi series Extant. The show features award-winning…
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Former Foster Child Defies Odds, Heads to UCLA Med School On Full Ride Scholarship
Growing up as a foster child, bouncing from one home to the next can be a traumatizing experience with long-term effects, but Festus Ohan hasn’t let his lot in life deter him from striving for more, but he did note that the wounds of his father abandoning him remain fresh. “I went to bed in…