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2 Chicago Police Officers Help Homeless Mother With 2 Sets of Twins
A homeless mother with two sets of twins is no longer homeless after two Chicago police officers went above and beyond the call of duty. Officers Matthew Jackson and Howard Ray, with the 11th District, came across the woman after she appeared at the police station looking for help when the local shelters couldn’t provide…
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Noose Discovered at Calif. High School Investigated as Hate Crime
From a synagogue being vandalized to hate flyers being left at an Islamic center, the city of Alameda, Calif., has experienced a rash of hate crimes over the last couple of months. And now, another hate crime investigation has been opened after a noose was found on the grounds of Alameda High School on Tuesday…
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All Black Girl Everything: Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys to Face Off in US Open
Saturday’s final in the U.S. Open’s women’s singles matchup will be an athletic display of all black, everything black girl as two beautiful black American women compete in a grand-slam final that is likely to break records for black viewership because it’s our time to shine now, son. (*Cackles in #BlackGirlMagic.*) Sloane Stephens, 24, and…
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#EbonyOwes: Freelancers Sue Historic Black Magazine for $70,000 in Unpaid Invoices
A little over two months after Ebony magazine missed its self-imposed deadline for paying the thousands of dollars it owes its writers, a group of 38 freelancers filed a lawsuit in Illinois’ Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday alleging that they are collectively owed more than $70,000 for their work. Ebony Media and its owner,…
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Fla. Sheriff Promises to Arrest Anyone With a Warrant Who Comes Looking for Shelter During Hurricane Irma
While the rest of the world watched on in horror, Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean, leveling entire islands as she made her way toward the United States. As many in the state of Florida prepared to evacuate and find safety and shelter, some residents there may have a storm of a different type to…
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Shannon Sharpe on Jason Whitlock’s Skit and the NFL’s Double Standard Between Colin Kaepernick’s Protest and J.J. Watt’s Hurricane Relief Efforts
I don’t know why Jason Whitlock has such a man crush on Colin Kaepernick, but he does, and he can’t stop talking about his hair and his protest and his looks. It’s actually really odd, but had Whitlock not jumped the gun and tweeted out an image of Christopher “Kid” Reid from Kid ’n Play…
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Betsy DeVos Wants to Rewrite Obama-Era Campus Sexual Assault Policy to Add More Protections for the Accused
Betsy DeVos, head of the U.S. Department of Education, said Thursday that she plans to rewrite the Obama administration’s guidance for how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults on campus so that it better protects students who have been accused of committing assault. (Insert needle scratching the record here.) DeVos made her announcement while speaking…
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Kid Rock, the Former Black-Culture Vulture and Now Trump Supporter, to Open New Detroit Arena Amid Protest
Some of you may remember Kid Rock; he’s the white rapper from Detroit not named Eminem who leeched off black culture until he realized that he could make more money being a redneck and then abandoned rapping for some kind of singing career. Many of you don’t remember him, and that’s fine, too, considering that…
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50 Cent Gets Big Dollars to Keep Power at Starz
Well, I guess all you fans of the hit television show Power will have to keep that Starz subscription a little bit longer, because according to 50 Cent, the network just cut him a check so, so big, it gave him the shakes, ensuring that Ghost and … ummm … the rest of the characters…
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Trump’s Going on Another Vacation, and This Time He’s Bringing His Full Cabinet
Because the president of the United States is a lazy thot, he plans on taking another vacation this weekend, but this time he’s bringing his full Cabinet. I have no idea why the president can’t sit his lazy ass in the White House and continue to let the other white supremacists run the country the…