culture
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LA Clippers Owner Apologizes After Backlash
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling issued an apology Saturday for a racist rant that is being attributed to him, TMZ Sports reports. The move follows a backlash over the comments from civil rights leaders, social media users, and current and former NBA players. In a statement released by the Clippers to TMZ, Sterling says…
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There Is No Room in America for Donald Sterling
Damn, I was pissed at LeBron James when he took his “talents to South Beach.” And I write this from a hotel in South Beach watching the Miami Heat compete in the playoffs on television, as my beloved New York Knicks are finished for the season. At the time, I was pissed because I had…
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What Happened After a 16-year-old Chose FAMU Over Harvard
There has been a swarm of media reports celebrating young African-American teenagers who have been killing it in college admissions. There are the DC-area triplets deciding between Columbia and University of Pennsylvania, the North Carolina young man who got into seven Ivy League schools and the New York teen who got accepted into all eight…
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LA Clippers Owner Allegedly on Tape in Racist Rant
Updated Saturday, April 26, 4:30 p.m. EDT: The NBA announced Saturday that it is conducting a “full investigation” into Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling after TMZ released a recording of a man alleged to be him going on a racist rant, Buzzfeed reports. Updated Saturday, April 26, 12:20 p.m. EDT: Civil rights leaders Saturday…
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Teacher Accused of Performing Lap Dance for 15-Year-old Student
A 42-year-old middle school teacher in Houston, Texas, was arrested last week for allegedly performing a seductive lap dance for a 15-year-old boy in front of a class two months ago, KHOU 11 reports. The teacher, Felicia Smith, 42, was charged with improper relationship with a student, according to a statement from the Aldine Independent…
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Photographer George Hallett Captures the ‘Dignity’ of Apartheid
Beauty, humanity and dignity are, sadly, not the first words that spring to mind when you think of apartheid-era South Africa, with its pernicious brutality and the callous, systematic dehumanization of its nonwhite citizens. And yet the joyful, aesthetically sensitive and uplifting images taken by George Hallett—a Coloured Capetonian and arguably the most talented photographer…
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The Ultimate Performance-Enhancing Drug? Sleep
Editor’s note: Arianna Huffington has spent years building a media empire that includes the popular website Huffington Post, and she is, by any measure, a success. But in 2007 she collapsed at her desk from stress and exhaustion, breaking a bone in her face and injuring an eye. That trauma was the beginning of a…
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Chicago to Name High School After President Obama
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans on Thursday to build a high school and name it after hometown hero President Barack Obama, the Associated Press reports. The Barack Obama College Preparatory High School, which is slated to open for the 2017-2018 school year, will be a selective-enrollment high school. Officials at Chicago Public Schools told…
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Teen Charged With Attempted Murder After She Poisoned Easter Collards
A Fayetteville, N.C., teen was upset that her grandmother had taken her cellphone as punishment, so she spiked the Easter Sunday collard greens with insecticide, Breaking 911 reports. Tyt’ana Lisa-Nicole Johnson, 17, is now charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after her grandmother Gaylon Moody and a friend of Moody’s ate the collards. According…
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DC-Area Triplets Deciding Between Ivy League Schools
Competition is sweet to the Jones triplets, who use their friendly rivalry to egg each other on and bring out the best in each other—a mindset that has landed them straight on the path toward an Ivy League education, NBC Washington reports. Silver Spring, Md., residents Malik, Ahmad and Kahlil Jones are still deciding whether…