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Suspended PBS Host Tavis Smiley Vows to ‘Fight Back’ Against Claims of Sexual Misconduct
Suspended PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley took to Facebook to issue a strongly worded statement against claims of sexual misconduct against the network. PBS suspended Smiley’s show Wednesday, citing “multiple, credible allegations of conduct that it said were inconsistent with its values,” ABC News reports. “I have the utmost respect for women and celebrate…
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Texas Mom Accused of Putting Healthy 8-Year-Old Son Through 323 Hospital Visits, 13 Major Surgeries
A Dallas woman is facing charges of injury to a child along with serious bodily injury after being accused of putting her healthy 8-year-old son through 323 hospital visits and 13 major surgeries in his short life. Kaylene Bowen, who now goes by the name Bowen-Wright, was arrested earlier this month. For years she claimed…
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Former NFL Player Warren Sapp Thought Buying Co-Workers Vibrators Was OK Because They Were Cute Vibrators
NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is proving to be a trash human being. Never forget that Sapp was arrested in 2015 in Arizona after he chased prostitutes down a hotel hallway naked. Sapp claimed that after paying the women some $600 for services, they wanted a tip, and Sapp ain’t out here tipping no…
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Meet the Former Sharecropper Who Helped Push Alabama’s Historic Black Voter Turnout
In a long-overdue (and, frankly, yet to be seen) declaration, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez recently acknowledged the importance of black women to newly elected Alabama Sen. Doug Jones’ victory. “Let me be clear: We won in Alabama and Virginia because black women led us to victory,” Perez said. “Black women are the backbone…
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Washington State Bar Manager Brutally Attacked While Defending Black Bartender From Racist Customers
A Spokane, Wash., bar manager is recovering from his injuries after he was attacked last week in his establishment while trying to remove two customers he said were hurling racial slurs. “Right away, when they came in, they were dropping the n-word,” Jade Cardwell, who was managing Barracho’s the night of Dec. 5, told news…
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Missouri City Official Facing Charges After ‘Teasing’ Co-Worker With Gun
So a city official walks into work one day and allegedly pumps a shotgun toward his “liberal” co-worker. When the cops come a-calling (because, you know, what the entire fuck), he claims he was just “teasing” the female clerk. I kid you not. This is not a joke. According to the Associated Press, Poplar Bluff,…
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#NetNeutrality: Black Women Saved Alabama on Tuesday; Now Let’s Save the Internet
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past year, you have heard net neutrality mentioned in the news over and over again, especially in the last month. Because unless we do something to stop it, Federal Communications Committee Chairman Ajit Pai is determined to push a vote Thursday that will completely dismantle…
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How Come No One in the Justice Department Can Explain the ‘Black Identity Extremists’ Report to Rep. Karen Bass?
The FBI created a 12-page document that ostensibly targets the Black Lives Matter movement titled, “Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers.” It claims that the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., was the tipping point for widespread anger and violence. Yet when members of the Justice Department appeared…
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Iowa Cheerleader Who Quit Team After Being Ordered to Stand During Anthem Finds Racial Slur Written on Dorm Door
You might remember Alyssa Parker. She’s the Buena Vista University cheerleader who took a stand for racial injustice and quit her cheerleading squad after the school issued a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. It seems that everyone was impressed by Parker’s upstanding character and her willingness to stand by…