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#Flint: US Health and Human Services Sends $15,000,000 in Aid to Help Families Impacted by Lead Contamination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it was providing approximately $15 million in funding to help the Genesee County Healthy Start program provide health and social services to mothers and families who have or are at risk for lead exposure in Flint, Mich., and surrounding communities. The fund, announced…
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Black Lives Matter L.A. Demands NRA Remove ‘Dangerous Propaganda’ Videos
Last week the National Rifle Association reposted a controversial propaganda video disguised as a recruitment ad that takes aim at the Black Lives Matter movement and uses lies in order to whip its supporters into a frenzy and encourage them to take up arms to protect themselves from a supposed enemy. Friday, a Black Lives…
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The Real Housewives of Potomac’s Black Bill Gates Owes Millions in Taxes
Looks like the black Bill Gates is just an old-ass Wesley Snipes. Ray Huger, the husband of The Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger, owes millions in taxes. That’s right, the slow-moving software exec, whom his wife has dubbed “the black Bill Gates” (feel free to vomit), reportedly “owes nearly $1.5 million in back-due…
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Caption This Savage G-20 Eye Roll Angela Merkel Just Gave Vladimir Putin
Angela Merkel, only the chancellor of a small Western European country called Germany—maybe you’ve heard of it—is not here for any of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “handsplaining.” Watch her deliver the most savage of eye rolls and caption below in the comments.
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Trump Continues Man Crush on Putin: ‘It’s an Honor to Be With You’
Even if President Vladimir TrumPutin doesn’t believe any of the intel suggesting that Russians hacked the U.S. election, he has to know that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not America’s friend. So in their first reported meeting (because who knows how many times the two met during TrumPutin’s trip to Russian brothels?) during the G-20…
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Okla. Man Arrested After Fight About Star Wars vs. Star Trek
An argument over Star Wars vs. Star Trek erupted into a WWE match and offered proof of why we need better police officers in this country. According to Fox 25 News, 23-year-old Jerome Dewayne Whyte (who—despite his last name—made it to the championship round of the Blackest Name Ever tournament) was arguing with another man…
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US Mint Philadelphia Worker Leaves Noose on Black Colleague’s Chair
A white U.S. Mint Philadelphia employee has been placed on leave after a noose was found at the work station of a black colleague, CBS News reports. According to the president of the Mint workers union, the employee created the noose from the rope used to seal coin bags once they are full. Around 3…
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Trump’s at G-20, so You Know That Means He’s Tweeting Again
President Donald Trump reminds me of myself when I was in junior high school and didn’t have a girlfriend. Let me explain. I’d started a new school my eighth-grade year and I didn’t want to come in single, so I would make up stories about said girlfriend—who did exist, but we weren’t dating. Trump is…
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Dear NBC: A Slave Cannot Be a ‘Mistress’
There are times when black America’s feathers are ruffled, and our reaction does not come from anger or aggravation but from wonder. Even though many of our bruises have calloused over, every now and then someone will stick us in the exact right spot, and when we feel the pinprick, instead of getting mad, we…