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Well, This Is Awkward: Watch Leaked Obama Workout Video
Video and photos of President Barack Obama getting in a workout at a Polish hotel gym have made the rounds on the Internet, but to make one thing absolutely clear, the Secret Service says the president was never in any danger, Fox News reports. According to the news site, a Secret Service spokesman said no…
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OITNB: Today’s Best Black Show Has a White Star
Orange Is the New Black premieres all episodes of its second season on Friday, June 6. Plot specifics aside, if the message of the next iteration of the critically acclaimed Netflix drama is anything like the first, there’s one takeaway we can look forward to, and it’s this: Criminals are people, too. Sometimes they’re white…
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3 Things People Didn’t Understand About #YesAllWomen
With more than a million tweets since it was created by Twitter user Kaye on May 24, the #YesAllWomen hashtag dominated Twitter last week. The awareness campaign—launched in response to Elliot Rodger’s murderous rampage in Isla Vista, Calif.—inspired what, to many, was a long-needed conversation about violence, sexism and misogyny. Here’s what everyone understood: Rodger was accused of…
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The Baby as Accessory: This Ridiculed Mom Didn’t Start It
On one level, I can see how Shona Carter-Brooks got it twisted. Carter-Brooks is the Tennessee bride who decided that the “something new” to include in her wedding-day wardrobe would be her 1-month-old daughter. So she fastened the infant in the folds of her bridal gown as if she was adding a tulle bow or…
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NYC Cops Raid Harlem Housing Projects, Make Some 100 Arrests
Dozens of police from across New York City stormed two Harlem housing projects, arresting some 100 people they believe have been at the center of a deadly gang feud that included the 2011 killing of an 18-year-old woman destined for basketball greatness. According to the New York Daily News, police dressed in full combat gear…
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Fort Hood Sex-Assault Prevention Officer Was Behind Base’s Prostitution Ring, Witness Claims
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen picked his targets based on his knowledge of their tight financial situation is what one female soldier claimed. McQueen, who ironically was a sexual assault prevention officer at Fort Hood, Texas, is facing charges including pandering, conspiracy, adultery and sexual assault for his alleged part in running a prostitution…
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Watch: NY Man Records Racial Confrontation in Parking Lot
Editor’s note: Tweets that were previously attributed to the woman in this video were not genuine. “You’re a n—ger!” This is allegedly what the woman said, pointedly and vehemently, to the man recording her from his car window as she called her husband to tell him to come and deal with him. Apparently the confrontation…
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Mannequin Wearing Obama Mask Hung From Overpass Near Kansas City, Mo.
Police were called in on Monday to investigate a fully clothed mannequin hanging from a highway overpass a few miles outside of Kansas City, Mo., that was wearing a Barack Obama mask, Reuters reports. Interstate 70 was closed down for a short time as a bomb squad investigated the mannequin, which hung from a bridge…
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Cotton Gin Boss Threatens to ‘Hang’ Black Workers Who Drink From ‘White’ Water Fountain
African-American workers at a cotton gin in Memphis, Tenn., have filed a federal discrimination complaint claiming that they were subjected to racism and Jim Crow conditions that included a supervisor longing for the old days when they could “hang” black men who drank out of the wrong water fountain, Raw Story reports. According to…
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Man Accused of Attacking V. Stiviano Arrested, Charged With Hate Crime
Police arrested a Long Island, N.Y., man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting V. Stiviano, who became the center of media attention following her recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly making racist comments about black people, which ultimately led to his lifelong ban from the NBA, Reuters reports. Dominick Dorio, a resident of…