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14-Year-Old Who Livestreamed Suicide Was Abused, Rejected by Mother
Naika Venant, a 14-year-old foster child who hanged herself in a shower stall at her latest foster home and livestreamed it on Facebook Live, had reportedly suffered years of sexual abuse; was regularly beaten by her mother, whose love she desperately sought but who routinely rejected her; and was bounced around between homes before she…
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Demonization of Simone Biles' Birth Mother Shows National Addiction to Shaming Black Women [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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