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The New York Post is reporting that a 25-year-old African-American male diner in New York City’s West Village tried to help a white, drunk male who had bumped into his table, but ended up punching him out when he used the n-word. Douglas Reddish, 25, ate with his girlfriend at Benny’s Burritos on Greenwich Ave.…

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington has flat out denied reports that he and his wife of 30 years, Pauletta Pearson, are on the brink of divorce, according to the Huffington Post. Star magazine had reported that the “Training Day” star and his wife of 30 years, Pauletta Pearson, were on the brink of divorce amid rumors…

Jordan Rice and Jessica Moreland both became widowed in their 20s, ABC News reports. But they found love again after mutual friends suggested that they meet because both had experienced overwhelming heartache at such a young age. “Jordan and I talked about this the first time we met — never feeling like we could be…

CNN interviews Channa Lloyd, the mysterious African-American intern who’s been assisting George Zimmerman’s attorneys throughout the trial. Her very presence at the defense table has raised questions in the racially charged case and set Twitter abuzz. But the 34-year-old, third-year law student in Orlando, Fla., tells CNN that before accepting the volunteer position, she asked…

(The Root) — At last, the prosecution on Friday delivered for those demanding justice for Trayvon Martin. Before six women began to deliberate the fate of Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman, the state’s attorney, took them to church. “The human heart,” prosecutor John Guy began, “moves us … motivates us.” To figure out what led Zimmerman…

Saying he wishes “someone would make it stop,” Eugene Robinson writes at the Washington Post that watching Republicans try to persuade themselves that crushing immigration reform actually helps the party is almost like observing someone crash and burn. Self-delusion is a sad spectacle. Watching Republicans convince themselves that killing immigration reform actually helps the GOP…

Pointing out that the last major race riot in the U.S. occurred 21 years ago in Los Angeles, Marc W. Polite writes at Time magazine that early calls for calm before a verdict is rendered in George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder trial run “counter to recent history, and may be akin to racial fear mongering.” As the trial…

The GOP’s allegations of voter fraud in South Carolina, including claims of “zombie” voting, were debunked by findings in a recent report, ColorLines‘ Brentin Mock reports. As reported by Corey Hutchins in the Columbia Free Times, state Rep. Alan Clemmons, a Horry County Republican, ran with Shwedo’s unsubstantiated claim, telling the public, “We must have certainty in…

(The Root) — Gavel-to-gavel news coverage with a promise that viewers “won’t miss a moment.” A televised re-enactment of deadly events. A virtual army of lawyers, writers and jury consultants, analyzing every comment, every witness and nearly every moment of the George Zimmerman trial. The courtroom scene in Sanford, Fla., where Zimmerman faces second-degree-murder and…