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Best Part of Congressional Black Caucus Week? Exclusive Footage of Marvel’s Black Panther
These are some of the things the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference is known for: policy talk for the black community, mixed in with big parties, behind-the-scenes shenanigans and profilin’ outfits. This year was the same, with one huge exception : The panel put together by first-term Rep. Val Demmings (from Florida’s 10th…
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C-SPAN Caller Sheds White Tears, Just Can’t Watch Football Anymore Because of NFL Players’ Protest
“Sharon” from Williamstown, N.J., just can’t take the disrespect of the American flag from football players during the national anthem. She, like most other tone-deaf white Americans, still believes that taking a knee during the national anthem is about this stupid flag and that racist-ass song, so she called the “independents line” on C-SPAN’s Washington…
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The Burgeoning Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
While the Demented Cheese-Grit-in-Chief’s war against black athletes dominates headlines and social media feeds in the United States, Puerto Rico faces an increasingly desperate situation after Hurricane Maria devastated the island Thursday. Supplies and aid are headed to the island from the U.S. mainland Monday, but without power and the ability to communicate (CNN reports…
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Fla. Man Who Punched 12-Year-Old’s Teeth Out and Called Him Racial Slurs Claims Self-Defense, Is Not Arrested
You’d think a grown-ass man knocking out a 12-year-old child’s teeth would at least dredge up an assault charge, but you’d have thought wrong. Because one Florida mother was left outraged and confused after her son was seriously injured and apparently nothing was done. The 12-year-old boy, Malikai Villatte, told WFTX-TV that the man in…
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Calif. Boy Beaten to Death With Hammer While Trying to Protect His Younger Sister From Alleged Molester
An 8-year-old California boy was beaten to death with a hammer while trying to protect his little sister from her alleged abuser, authorities say. Investigators say that little Dante Daniels was killed when his mother’s ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Deandre Chaney Jr., attacked the boy with the hammer, KTXL-TV reports. According to the report, Dante witnessed Chaney…
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Suspect in Tenn. Church Shooting Charged With Murder, Held Without Bond
The suspect in a horrific shooting at a church outside Nashville, Tenn., that left one dead and six injured will be facing murder charges, and multiple other charges are pending, police say. The alleged attacker, identified by police as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, was ordered held without bond, the Associated Press reports. The chaos and…
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Jay-Z Speaks on Trump ‘With All Disrespect’
“I’m not fearful. I believe that we are resilient, especially us as black people and especially the culture—we’ve been through so much more than this guy.” That’s what Jay-Z had to say about raising his children in the age of Donald Trump. Although Jay-Z has quietly kept busy in the arena of activism and philanthropy,…
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Ray Lewis Kneels for National Anthem Because … of Course He Would
Ray Lewis, the shucker and jiver who admitted he told his team not to hire Colin Kaepernick; the man who condemned the entire NFL national anthem protests; the dunderhead who loudly proclaimed that “All lives matter”; the Pro-Bowl stepper and Hall of Fame-level fetcher of “it”; Ray muthafucking Lewis, who couldn’t wait to bury his…
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NASA Dedicates Building to Hidden Figures Heroine Katherine Johnson
When NASA’s Langley Research Center built its newest, state-of-the-art research facility in Hampton, Va., it was only right that they named it after Katherine Johnson, the NASA engineer and subject of the book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. “You want my honest answer? I think they’re crazy,” the 99-year-old math genius said when she heard…
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Carmelo Anthony Traded to Oklahoma City for Bag of BBQ Chips and Peach Faygo
The New York Knicks continued their decadeslong tradition of front-office ineptitude Saturday when the organization agreed to ship NCAA champion, Olympic gold medalist and nine-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder for … umm … look, I’m not about to waste my time Googling that. Trust me, you don’t know them. OK, they…