culture
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College Athletes Look to Form Union
Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter had strong words for the NCAA, the governing body of collegiate sports, during a news conference on Tuesday in which he called the group “a dictatorship” while unveiling a proposal for college athletes to unionize, issuing the latest blow in the growing national debate over whether college players should be compensated,…
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Prince Seeks $1,000,000 Each From 22 Fans for Illegally Posting Live Shows
His purple majesty, Prince, who is notorious for controlling his musical image, is now suing 22 fans who he claims have illegally posted his live shows online, making them available for download, the New York Daily News reports. According to the Daily News, Prince Rogers Nelson filed a lawsuit in Northern District of California earlier…
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Missouri Death Row Inmate’s Life Spared on Eve of Execution
A 56-year-old Missouri death row inmate’s life was spared on the eve of his execution, the Associated Press reports. Herbert Smulls received word that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had signed the order that was sent out Tuesday night after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech. Smulls’ lawyers had been making last-minute…
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Against the Odds, Demaryius Thomas Made His Way to Football Greatness
They say some people are born into their destiny. They step into the world that their parents create and build their reality. For Demaryius Thomas, reality consisted of being born to a 15-year-old mother and an absent father who joined the Army after high school. Thomas’ early life was the stuff rappers rhyme about and…
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How Do You Prove Your Heritage to Skeptics? You Don’t
How do you prove your Mexican heritage to skeptics? In the latest Ask Me Anything on Reddit, our Race Manners advice columnist tackles this question and weighs in on concerns surrounding the fate of black-dominated music categories and the nature of her interactions with readers. Read the highlights here: PatrickBeccarra: I am the whitest, palest…
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Single Parents: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
When I was 10, after my parents divorced, my mother became a single parent, raising four kids practically on her own. I still don’t know how she managed at times, but she wasn’t without help. The one thing I can say that made a huge difference was the fact that, even before Hillary Clinton spoke…
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Duck Dynasty Star to Attend the State of the Union Address
Willie Robertson, one of the stars of Duck Dynasty, was invited by Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) to attend Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Deadline reports. Robertson, who is CEO of the family’s company, Duck Commander, will be one of the more “celebrity”-status individuals there. Another one will be openly gay NBA player Jason…
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NYC Man Found Dead in ER After Waiting 8 Hours
Jon Verrier, a 30-year-old New York City native, was found dead in Saint Barnabas Hospital’s waiting room, where he had been waiting for about eight hours to see a doctor, hospital officials have confirmed, the Raw Story reports. “He was found stiff, blue and cold,” an employee told ABC News. “He died because (there’s) not…
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Beyoncé Is a Grown Woman and Can Do What She Wants
When it was announced that entertainment’s “it” couple, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Jay Z, would be performing at the Grammys—the opening act, no less—I knew it wasn’t going to go well. They were undoubtedly going to perform their latest hit, “Drunk in Love,” an ode to liquor and the joys of marital sex, replete with raunchy…
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Quentin Tarantino Sues Gawker for Leaked Script
Things are about to get ugly for the folks over at Gawker. Quentin Tarantino has served the gossip and news website with a lawsuit for a post that linked readers to a leaked copy of the screenwriter’s latest film project, The Hateful Eight, the Associated Press reports. The lawsuit accuses Gawker Media LLC of contributory…