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NYC Man Who Forced His Girlfriend to Walk Naked Through Harlem Says She Volunteered to Shame Herself
Today in news of masculinity so toxic, you’ll want to cuss out your computer or phone screen: the case of a New York City man who is standing trial for forcing his then-22-year-old girlfriend to walk naked through the streets of Harlem in January 2016 because he suspected that she was cheating on him. In…
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Police Union Is Big Mad After Colin Kaepernick and His Protest Afro Visited Rikers Island Prisoners
I pray that when my infant son is old enough to attend college, there are courses devoted to the historical lineage inside Colin Kaepernick’s Afro. In the history of Afros, Kaepernick’s falls somewhere between Angela Davis and all of the men from the grossly underrated family soul group the Sylvers. On Tuesday, Kaepernick and his…
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With This Alabama Loss, Trump Is Becoming the Permanent Jordan Crying-Face Meme
President Lil Handsy von BackWash can never take his L like a man. After fully endorsing an accused pedophile for Congress, his candidate, Alabama’s own Roy Moore, who totally rode a horse to the voting station to vote, lost. He lost because black women, who are looking more and more like the real heroes in…
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DeRay Mckesson Sues Fox & Friends Host for Saying He Incited Violence Against a Cop
DeRay Mckesson filed a lawsuit against Fox & Friends host Jeanine Pirro for defamation on Tuesday for claiming that he incited violence against a Baton Rouge, La., cop during a 2016 protest. The suit was filed in New York County Supreme Court in Manhattan. As the New York Daily News reports, Pirro’s commentary stems from…
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Florida Middle School Teacher’s Aide Arrested in Solicitation of Nude Photos, Sex Acts From 2 Students
A teacher’s aide at a Tampa, Fla., middle school was taken into police custody Monday after being accused of soliciting nude photos and requesting sexual encounters from two underage girls at the school. According to the Bradenton Herald, 24-year-old Quinton Bradford is facing charges of obscene communication using computer/devices to solicit and lure children, and…
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Could an Ethics Investigation of 2 FBI Agents Derail Mueller’s Russia Probe?
Just when special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe appeared to be picking up steam, a report on the anti-Donald Trump text messages between two senior FBI officials affiliated with both Mueller’s investigation and the probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails has led to the launch of a Justice Department ethics investigation. According to the Washington Post,…
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#Flint: Congress’ Failure to Renew Child Health Insurance Program Impacts Flint, Mich.’s Pipe Replacement
As of Tuesday, it has been 1,327 days since the residents of Flint, Mich., have been able to use water directly from their faucets without relying on filters. Although reports say that the lead levels in the water are down, residents are still being cautioned to use filters and bottled water. In addition to the…
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Alabama Election: 1 Black Voter’s Experience at the Polls
Tuesday’s special election in Alabama is monumental for the people who live in the state as well as for the rest of us across the United States. Of the two men vying to take the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions in February when he resigned to accept his new job as U.S. attorney general, one…
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D.C. Police Reunite Toddler With Her Parents
Updated Tuesday Dec. 12, 2017, 5:29 p.m. EST: The parents of the toddler D.C., police found wandering alone Tuesday morning have been located. Police announced around 4 p.m. that the parents had been found, according to NBC Washington. The child wandered away while her mother was inside their home sleeping. No charges are expected in…