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Jeff Sessions Won’t Hold Bad Police Departments Accountable, so California Is Doing It on Its Own
In September 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided that under his leadership, the U.S. Department of Justice would focus more on bolstering police morale than it would on correcting issues in problem police departments. To that end, the DOJ ended an effort put in place by the Obama administration to investigate and publicize police department…
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This Mom Just Walked Out of Her Son’s Televised College Announcement and I Have Questions
On Wednesday, aka National Signing Day, aka one of the biggest days in college football, aka the day that Midwesterners and Southerners wait for all year, the day top high school players stop dating and make it official with the college of their choice. There are usually cheers and tears and smiles and bitter beer…
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Color Me Surprised: Someone Was Actually Arrested During That Philly Super Bowl Celebration
Don’t look now, but it looks like raucous, white sports fans just trying to have a good time by destroying property actually can get arrested. WPVI-TV Philadelphia reports that police have arrested a 20-year-old man on charges he damaged a Nissan Rogue SUV that was flipped over during the over-the-top and destructive celebrations in the…
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Scientists Reveal That Britain’s Oldest-Known Skeleton Had Dark Skin, and Twitter Has a Field Day
Well, well, well. It’s always nice to know from where we originated, but one particular scientific discovery that was unveiled Wednesday at London’s Natural History museum took social media by storm. It was revealed that one of the United Kingdom’s earliest men, nicknamed “Cheddar Man,” was actually dark-skinned. You hear that? That was the sound…
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How Last Year’s Hurricane Season May Have Decimated the Virgin Islands’ Middle Class: Report
Back-to-back strikes from two major hurricanes last year, Irma and Maria, have undone years of economic and social growth in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a new report from the Washington Post finds. The storms have so thoroughly disrupted the islands’ economy, education and health systems that “a generation of Virgin Islanders” may have been “blown…
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Donald Trump Jr: My Dad Isn’t Racist Because He Takes Photos With Rappers
For years, the race between Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for the dumbest Trump offspring wasn’t a race. In fact, it could’ve. been argued that Eric Trump was about to lap the field when Trump Jr. yelled out, “Hold my coffee,” and ran to the press to exclaim that his dad isn’t racist because…
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Charleston, SC, Black Lives Matter Leader Dies After Being Shot in Louisiana
A Charleston, S.C., Black Lives Matter leader—who made headlines last year after being seen jumping over yellow police tape in an attempt to snatch a Confederate flag—has died after being shot in New Orleans. Muhiyidin d’Baha, whose legal name was Muhiyidin Moye, died Tuesday morning, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed, according to Live5News. Police…
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Boyce Watkins Responds to Article by The Root’s ‘Negro Annihilator’
On Tuesday, Boyce Watkins took time out of his busy schedule of going on Facebook Live to explain how busy he is, and logged into Facebook Live to respond to The Root’s article detailing the uproar over his Black Business School. For the sake of transparency, I must admit that I did not watch the…
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Attorneys for Bullied Gay Teen Want Manslaughter Charges Dismissed After Cellphone Video of Attack Emerges
The video is grainy, and it’s difficult, at first viewing, to tell what exactly is happening. But the crucial nine seconds it catches—of three teens engaged in a disruptive fistfight—is enough, defense attorneys say, to get manslaughter charges against their client Abel Cedeno dropped. Cedeno made headlines last year after stabbing two classmates, Matthew McCree…
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‘I Didn’t Want to Kill Anybody, but I Didn’t Want to Be Killed’: 83-Year-Old Homeowner Shoots Intruder
An elderly Maryland man defended himself and shot an intruder who broke into his Mitchellville home last week. According to WJLA-TV, Prince George’s County police were called to the man’s home around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 31. Police say the suspect, who remains unidentified, broke into the home through a basement window before making his way…