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Boston Police Department Celebrates Black History Month by Honoring White Man
Apparently unable to find 28 black Bostonians worthy of recognition, the Boston Police Department decided that it would commemorate Black History Month by honoring the legacy of one of its most notable heroes: the great and noticeably Caucasian Celtics Coach Red Auerbach. Before you start calling this seemingly intentional oversight racist, allow me to explain.…
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Omarosa Fired From White House for Using Executive Car Service Like a Personal Uber: Report
Who didn’t see this coming? Seriously, I tried to warn y’all that Omarosa Manigault Newman was in the White House like the friend of the guy who got drafted first round in the NBA. You know the friend whose job it is to be the friend. He’s the guy who gets paid to coordinate the…
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Infant 20 Years Ago, Raising Child as Her Own
In 1998, Gloria Bolden Willians sneaked into the neonatal nursery of a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital dressed as a nurse. After telling a brand-new mother that she was going to place the child in an infant seat, she walked out of the hospital with Kamiyah Mobley, a newborn baby girl. Williams then went to her South…
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Freddie Gray’s Stepfather, Richard Shipley, Dead at 60
Richard Shipley, who called for “peace in the pursuit of justice” as family and community members demanded answers in the police-involved death of his stepson Freddie Gray, died earlier this month at the age of 60. According to the Baltimore Sun, Shipley, who was also known as “Rick,” died Feb. 6. Family attorney Billy Murphy…
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The Trump Administration Wants to Bring Back Gov’ment Cheese, Blue Apron-Style
In a push to return to the good ol’ days of slavery, the Trump administration wants to cut funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps, and send recipients a box full of food that they didn’t ask for. According to NPR, the push to return to the horse-and-buggy era is just one…
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There’s a Reason a TV Station Mixed Up P.F. Chang’s and Pyeongchang—and It’s Predictably Trash
Asian Americans are killing it at the Olympic Games so far, which would be a great story for one Chicago-area news station to cover—if it could just remember where the hell the Olympics were happening. Hint: It’s not gotdamn P.F. Chang’s. Now, before you hit me with Anne, no one is seriously mixing up P.F.…
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Racist Republican Running Against Paul Ryan Banned From Twitter
The Republican candidate vying for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s congressional seat was kicked off wypipo Twitter Monday for posting a racist meme about actress and Prince Harry’s bride-to-be, Meghan Markle. You know how some white people are low-key racist? Well, Paul Nehlen is known for being high-key, shout-at-the-top-of-his-lungs racist. The “alt-right” candidate from…
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Florida News-Station Producer Fired After Being Caught Yelling Racial Slur at Neighbor
A Miami news-station producer found herself out of a job mere days after celebrating her second work anniversary at the station after being caught hurling the n-word at her neighbor over an argument about street parking. According to the Miami Herald, 49-year-old Robin Cross, who was working with WSVN-TV, had been a figure in South…
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Former Missouri Police Officer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pregnant Mother While On Duty
A former St. Louis police officer is facing charges after he allegedly forced a pregnant mother of four into a sex act while he was on duty back in 2015. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, John Stewart is facing charges of sodomy in the case. According to the report, the woman called police around…
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A Community Reels After the Police Killing of 16-Year-Old Anthony ‘A.J.’ Weber in Los Angeles
There is a familiar grief ritual when a young person dies, especially from violence, especially in poor, black communities. It is communal, emotive and performative, as black people are wont to be, and much the same the world over. After news of the death spreads, people pour out of their homes to a common area—a…