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Fla. Petition Calls for Confederate Monument to Be Replaced by Statue of Beloved Manatee, Because Why Not?
Anything is better than a Confederate monument, so I can’t even be mad that one grieving Florida community is petitioning for said monument to be replaced by a statue of Snooty, a beloved manatee who died over the weekend in a tank accident at the South Florida Museum aquarium that has been described as “tragic.”…
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Trump’s Ex-Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Is Going to Snitch
Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, aka Fumbleruski, aka Big Daddy Butt Chin, aka “I’m in a pee-stained Russian bed,” has been subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee and is expected to appear at the hearing Wednesday. Manafort, whose name seems to come up so much in this administration’s Russia probe that I assumed he was…
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Trump Is a Passive-Aggressive Lover Who Needs to End It With Jeff Sessions
Because the president handles his relationships like a Twitter-obsessed teen, the American public has been privy to the nightmare reality show that is the White House, and, it looks like Attorney General Jeff Sessions has upset the emperor. On Tuesday morning, President “Da Fuq Is Wrong With This Man?” tweeted: I guess the president doesn’t…
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‘It Just Hasn’t Stopped’: Oldest Living Tuskegee Airman, 102, Laments About Continued Racial Discrimination
Sgt. Preston Jowers has seen a lot of things. At 102 years old, Jowers is the oldest living member of the first all-black aviation unit, the iconic Tuskegee Airmen. But one thing Jowers did not anticipate continuing to see is the racial discrimination that he and his fellow servicemen faced still continuing to be a…
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3 Years After Jahi McMath Was Declared Dead, Family Still Fights to Have Her Death Certificate Overturned
It has been more than three years since Jahi McMath, a California teenager, was declared dead after going into cardiac arrest following what was meant to be a routine surgery to remove her tonsils and help her sleep apnea. However, a Northern California judge is expected to determine soon whether or not to revoke her…
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New Study: Young Black Men Are Serving the Longest of Increasingly Longer Prison Sentences
Although criminal-justice reform has gotten a lot of airtime in the last few years—with some victories in dribs and drabs—a recent study found that the average amount of time served behind bars rose by about five years from 2000 to 2014. Not surprisingly, black men were serving the longest sentences. The Urban Institute released its…
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Maya Rockeymoore ‘Seriously Looking’ at 2018 Run for Md. Governor
Maya Rockeymoore, a policy consultant and head of Global Policy Solutions, a consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., says that she is strongly considering a run for governor of Maryland in 2018. “I’m seriously looking at this race because I have a bold vision for a better, stronger Maryland,” she said in a statement to…
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Time Inc. Wants to Sell Majority Stake in Essence
Time Inc. is looking to hand the reins of Essence over to another party, seeking to sell a majority stake in the monthly African-American women’s lifestyle publication. As the Wall Street Journal notes, the announcement—which may come as a surprise to some—is the first big move by the publisher since it opted not to sell…
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Charges Against Ray Tensing, Former University of Cincinnati Cop Who Shot and Killed Sam Dubose, Formally Dismissed
Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing will officially walk away after shooting and killing an unarmed black man after the voluntary manslaughter and murder charges against him were formally dropped Monday. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz dismissed the charges with prejudice, meaning that the criminal case…