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Aunt Creates Teen Facebook Profile to Spy on Niece and Learns of Murder Plot
Marissa Williams is a real person. She is 19 years old and had lived with her aunt in Fosters, Ala., since April. Then Williams’ aunt learned that she was inviting boys she met online to her house, and their relationship became uneasy. Williams’ aunt told her that she didn’t want her going to parties with…
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Detroit Man Reportedly Beaten at Motor City Pride Festival
Christin Howard, a 20-year-old gay man, was taking a photo with a friend at Detroit’s Motor City Pride event on Sunday when some men approached him making negative comments about his long hair and calling him homophobic slurs. Howard told WXYZ-Detroit that the young men started closing in, threatening violence and then they attacked. At…
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Starz Unveils Trailer for LeBron James’ New Sitcom Survivor’s Remorse
Before LeBron James would take the court in Game 3 of the NBA finals, Starz was busy pumping James’ upcoming television show on its network. According to the Associated Press, the official trailer of Survivor’s Remorse indicates that the show is about the story of a basketball player who turns pro and makes boatloads of money and…
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Wal-Mart Driver in Tracy Morgan Crash Takes to Twitter to Claim Innocence
Kevin Roper, the Wal-Mart truck driver who has been charged in a crash that left one person dead, and comedian Tracy Morgan and three others hospitalized, apparently isn’t sitting back and waiting for his trial to proclaim his innocence. On Tuesday, a series of tweets emerged from an account linked to the 35-year-old who was…
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Cheryl Miller Reveals How Tough It Was to Find a Coaching Job
Cheryl Miller spent a year and a half trying to get someone to return her phone calls, but no one wanted to take a chance on the Hall of Fame basketball star as their women’s basketball coach. That is until Langston University, a small HBCU in Oklahoma, decided to give her a shot. In a…
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Is There Anything Wrong With Passing for Black?
I have curly dark hair and am of Indian and Caucasian descent. I have a really diverse group of friends, and because of my hair and my skin tone (a deep tan/brown), I find that people often assume I’m black. I feel awkward correcting them, so I just go with it. Is that wrong? A black…
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My Son’s 14-Year-Old Killer Deserved a 2nd Chance
My only son, Ronald D. Simpson III, was murdered on Father’s Day 13 years ago. Ronald was 21. His killer was a 14-year-old boy. We were devastated, as any parents would have been. Despite this, my son’s mother and I did not want our son’s killer to spend the rest of his life in prison.…
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Learning to Live With Internet Haters
Judge me. Last night I watched VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta. When it comes to the image of black people on TV, it gets no worse than most—but not all—of the cast. (Exhibit A: This season’s leading storyline involves an allegedly homemade sex tape that really resembles a slickly produced porno.) Let me plead my…
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Gay Black Men’s Salaries Are on Par With Those of Straight White Men. Progress?
Anyone who knows anything knows that it is hard to be a black man in America. There’s endless data that backs up this declaration, from the disproportionate number of men of color targeted by law enforcement to programs like stop and frisk and the shooting of unarmed black boys like Trayvon Martin. Because of the…
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Stevie J Arrested, Reportedly Owes More Than $1 Million in Child Support
Reality-TV star and onetime hit producer Stevie J has been arrested after racking up what TMZ reports is a “million-dollar child support debt.” According to the gossip site, the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star is currently in jail after he allegedly stopped paying a court-ordered $8,500 monthly child support payment in 2001. According to a criminal complaint seen…