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Morehouse College Announces New President
After a tumultuous year that included three different presidents, a lawsuit filed by members of the Student Government Association and a change in the entire leadership of the institution, Morehouse College has named David A. Thomas as its 12th president. Thomas is the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and…
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#MeToo Highlights the Disturbing Prevalence of Sexual Harassment and Assault
If you were online Sunday, chances are your timelines were flooded with the hashtag #MeToo, a social media campaign that highlights how common and widespread sexual abuse is by giving people the space to affirm their experiences with harassment and assault. The viral hashtag, which appeared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, has been credited to…
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Ga. 2-Year-Old Denied Lifesaving Kidney Transplant Because Father, Who Is Perfect Match, Violated Probation
At Atlanta 2-year-old is in desperate need of a lifesaving kidney transplant. As luck would have it, his father is more than a perfect match, but surgeons at Emory Hospital are refusing to do the surgery—at least for now—until his father can prove he can stay out of trouble for a few months. However, little…
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Staffer Working on Trump’s Voter-Suppression Commission Arrested on Child-Porn Charges
A Maryland man working on Donald Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (aka “Trump’s voter-suppression commission”) has been arrested on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. Ronald Williams II of Suitland, Md., was arrested last week on 11 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography, the Washington Post reports. A senior administration…
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Colin Kaepernick Files Grievance Against NFL Owners for Collusion: Report
Unsigned NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is preparing to file a grievance against NFL owners for collusion and has hired high-profile attorney Mark Geragos, according to reports. Bleacher Report’s Mike Freeman first tweeted news of the grievance Sunday afternoon, adding that Kaepernick will be releasing a statement. According to Sports Illustrated, “Collusion occurs when…
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Apple’s Diversity Chief Apologizes After Being Called Out for Saying a Team of White Men Can Be ‘Diverse’
Denise Young Smith, Apple’s vice president of inclusion and diversity, sent out an apology to her team Saturday after being dragged for comments she made on diversity at a conference in Bogota, Colombia, last week. “I regret the choice of words I used to make this point,” said Smith in the memo, referencing the comment…
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Anita Hill on the Weinstein Scandal: This Type of Shit Happens Every Day
One of the first faces of sexual harassment in the workplace (you’re welcome, white women), Anita Hill, now a professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University, has spoken out in light of this week’s unfolding Harvey Weinstein scandal, wherein dozens of women have come forward to say that the 65-year-old former…
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Miss. School District Axes To Kill a Mockingbird Because It Made Some People ‘Uncomfortable’
As further evidence that the United States is descending into an authoritarian state, a school district in Mississippi has removed Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from a junior high school reading list. Biloxi, Miss., administrators pulled the novel from the eighth-grade curriculum this week after getting complaints from parents. The decision made was an…
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Corey Long, the Black Man Wielding a Flamethrower to Protect Another Man in Charlottesville, Va., Is Arrested
Corey Long, the black man captured in the most iconic photo from the white nationalist march on Charlottesville, Va., two months ago, has been arrested on charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Police Lt. Stephen Upman, a Charlottesville police spokesman, said that the disorderly conduct charge is related to the makeshift flamethrower Long…