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#StephonClark: When Reporting the News Becomes Personal
As journalists, we are taught that it is our job to deliver news and information objectively. Opinions are saved for editorials and commentary pieces. We have to look at the story and tell it without bias. Or so we are taught. But what happens when the story becomes personal? What happens when every fiber of…
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NYPD Officers Kill Mentally Challenged Black Man They Say Aimed a Metal Pipe at Them Like a Gun
New York City police officers in the Crown Heights section of New York’s Brooklyn borough shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon after mistaking a metal pipe he was wielding for a gun. (The “we feared for our lives” excuse is already past its prime like spoiled milk. Watch how they work this.) According to…
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‘I Hope That Doesn’t Offend Anybody,’ Says White Man Who Repeatedly Uses the N-Word
The city of Griffin, Ga., has a lot going on right now. On March 27, the Atlanta suburb declared the month of April to be Confederate History Month. That same day, the city commission had a meeting to allow the public to voice their concerns, comments and ask questions about the proclamation. One man’s comments…
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Man Who Landed Fatal Punch After Victim Called Him the N-Word Is Found Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
A Virginia man who says he punched a woman because she called him the n-word has been convicted of second-degree murder. On Monday an Arlington, Va., jury recommended that Robert Coleman, 27, serve 10 years behind bars for the death of Fedelia Montiel-Benitez, who died in July. But the circumstances of Montiel-Benitez’s death were hotly…
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How Sway? RG3 Just Got Signed to the Baltimore Ravens and Colin Kaepernick Still Doesn’t Have a Job?
Colin Kaepernick needs to walk into the National Football League’s hearings on whether or not team owners colluded to keep him out of the NFL and present the news that Robert Griffin III has been signed by the Baltimore Ravens to back up 11-year veteran Joe Flacco. Then Kaepernick should jump onto the conference table…
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This 27-Year-Old Mayor Is Giving Away Money to Realize MLK’s Last, Most Radical Dream
Soon after Michael Tubbs was sworn in as mayor of Stockton, Calif., he set his first objective: Disrupt the status quo. The city he grew up in, like so many others across America, had hit hard times, and the Stanford-educated native son sought to bring his millennial moxie and Silicon Valley bona fides to the…
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Teen Girl Was Sold to Pimp for $250 Before She Was Murdered: Report
Federal prosecutors have secured their first conviction in the brutal case of a 16-year-old Chicago girl who was murdered on Christmas Eve in 2016. On Tuesday, Charles McFee, 26, admitted to a judge that he delivered Desiree Robinson to an alleged pimp for a “finder’s fee” of $250 in December of that year. Within a…
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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Is Doing His Best to Make Joanne the Scammer Proud
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is out here living his best life on the taxpayers’ dime. First there were charges that he and his wife were flying first class with a security detail and using military planes like his personal Uber. In one month, Pruitt charged some $90,000 in first-class flights. Since that scandal,…
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Howard University Student in Financial Scandal: Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair
Life hasn’t been easy for Howard University student Tyrone Hankerson Jr. since an anonymous Medium post published last week accused him of embezzling some $429,000. According to CBS News, since then, “life has turned completely upside down” for Hankerson, even as Howard University students continue to protest over the alleged financial mismanagement. Six employees were…
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Parkland, Fla., Survivor Who Saved 20 Finally Released From Hospital
On Feb. 14, as a gunman wandered the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 15-year-old Anthony Borges was trapped in a classroom with 20 other people. As the gunman came upon the classroom and began shooting, Anthony barricaded the door with his body, preventing the shooter from entering. Everyone in that room survived, including…