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Man Killed for His Beats by Dre Headphones
A 21-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed yesterday over a pair of Beats by Dre headphones while children play nearby, NBC 10 reports. Christian Massey was on his way to his friend’s house when he was approached by a man who demanded his headphones. Massey ran and the man opened fire shooting five times.…
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Track Star Jesse Owens’ Olympic Medal to Be Auctioned
An Olympic gold medal won by African-American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens is being auctioned off, the Associated Press reports. The medal, won at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, is currently held by SCP Auctions, one of the largest auctioneers and private sellers of important sports memorabilia, and represents a significant part of African-American—and world—history. When…
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Hasidic Man Latest Victim of ‘Knockout Game’
The “knockout game” has claimed another victim, this time a Hasidic New York man was sucker-punched while walking along a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, street Sunday night, the New York Post reports. While details are sparse on this most recent attack, according to the New York Post, this makes the 10th victim in the city in a…
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Shoppers Flock to Malls Over Holiday Weekend, Don’t Buy Much
The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is traditionally considered the biggest shopping period of the year. To get shoppers into the mood to burn through cash, retailers cut prices dramatically. But this year, a record number of buyers made their way to malls, and instead of spending dough, they browsed. According to the Associated Press, a…
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NBA Rookie Can’t Touch Salary in Trust Fund
Michael Carter-Williams transition into the NBA wasn’t long. In his first game with the Philadelphia 76ers, he finished with 22 points, 12 assists, 9 steals, 7 rebounds and just one turnover in 36 minutes, in the season-opening victory over the Miami Heat. His nine steals were an NBA record for a rookie in his first…
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The Pitfalls of Parenting
Hitting your child is bad. (But don’t yell at me for writing it. Yell at science. Multiple studies say so.) Most school districts have moved away from corporal punishment entirely, and even though you will find some very staunch pro-“whoopings” enthusiasts, they remain greatly outnumbered by the multitudes who think that any hitting of a…
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Was a Black Man on the Titanic?
Editor’s note: This article was originally published Dec. 2, 2013. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an…
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Hey, Media: White People Are Poor, Too
Fact: Most poor people in the United States are white. According to Census figures in 2013, 18.9 million whites are poor. That’s 8 million more poor white people than poor black people, and more than 5 million more than those who identify as Latino. A majority of those benefiting from programs like food stamps and…
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Bob Dylan Charged With Racism
Bob Dylan is being sued by a Croatian community group in France on charges of racism for remarks that appeared in Rolling Stone, according to Business Insider. Dylan, who was among a coterie of folk-rock artists involved in the civil rights movement, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2012. The medal is the country’s…
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Jonathan Martin Out for the Season
Miami Dolphins’ Jonathan Martin on Saturday was placed on the non-football-injury list, amid a simmering scandal involving teammate Richie Incognito, the Miami Herald reports. That essentially writes him off for the rest of the season. The move comes nearly a month after Martin, the team’s starting right tackle, garnered national headlines with explosive charges of…