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ACLU Lawsuit Alleges Ga. Board of Education Disenfranchised Black Voters in School Board Selection Process
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in Georgia alleges that the Crisp County Board of Education and the county election supervisor violated Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act by denying black voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process through its at-large method of electing Board of Education…
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Steve Harvey to Flint, Mich., Resident: ‘Enjoy Your Nice Brown Glass of Water’
The marginally talented mustache who makes millions screaming, “Survey says!” used the Flint, Mich., water crisis as a punch line for a joke on his radio show Wednesday morning. According to MLive, The Steve Harvey Morning Show took a call from a Flint resident who said of the Cavaliers’ NBA Finals loss that “Cleveland didn’t…
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James Hodgkinson Proves White Men Are Bulletproof
Today you will probably see one of the many thousands of articles positing the reasons a man took a rifle and opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Arlington, Va. Every cable news pundit will explain how this newly toxic political environment fomented the hate and rage that led to James T. Hodgkinson’s brutal…
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Here Is Why LeBron James Will Leave Cleveland
The NBA season is done; the Golden State Warriors are champs. So now comes the speculation that only an NBA offseason can bring. With all the free agents available, it makes sense that NBA teams are looking at their finances to figure out how to form a supergroup. The largest name—hell, the biggest name in…
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Defense Calls for but Doesn’t Get Mistrial After Bodycam Footage of Sylville Smith’s Fatal Shooting Is Shown in Court
During the Wednesday-afternoon session of former Milwaukee Police Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown’s reckless homicide trial in the death of Sylville Smith, the public was able to see for the first time the shooting that sparked two nights of unrest in the city in August 2016. The video clip is short and shows then-Milwaukee Police Officer Ndvia…
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Possible R&B Supergroup: Vladimir Putin, Edward Snowden and Ex-FBI Head James Comey
Groups break up and form new groups all the time. LeVert disbanded, only for lead singer Gerald Levert to join up with Johnny Gill and Keith Sweat to form LSG. New Edition broke up, and members Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe and Ricky Bell reformed into the great BBD. So is a possible Vladimir Putin, Edward…
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Southern Baptists Are Apparently Cool With White Supremacy: Update
: Updated Thursday, June 15, 2017, 10:52 a.m. EDT: After a vociferous public outcry, the Southern Baptist Convention voted in favor of a resolution to condemn the white supremacist movement called the “alt-right” on Wednesday. The vote was met with a standing ovation from the 5,000 members gathered for the conference, which had refused to…
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President Tweets as Russia Probe Moves Closer to White House
President Twitter Fingas is up to his old tricks again. As the Russia investigation moves closer to findings of possible obstruction of justice, Donald Trump took out his virtual bullhorn to shout more nonsense. This time, President Vladimir TrumPutin claims that accusations his campaign colluded with Russia last year are “phony” and called the investigation…
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Is Kim Kardashian Wearing Blackface?
Kanye’s baby mama is accused of darkening her skin in an ad promoting her new line of beauty products. According to The Sun (no, not that one; the one that’s a British newspaper), Kim Kardashian sent a tweet publicizing her Kim Kardashian West Beauty Kit, focused on contouring and highlighting: But as soon as people…
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A Breakdown of the Black Stars on Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Celebrities
Every year, Forbes magazine ranks the highest-paid “front of the camera” celebrities. These rankings are based on stars’ pretax income, this year from June 1, 2016, through June 1, 2017, calculated from box office earnings, music rankings, book sales, two paycheck stubs, how they ball out at the club and their mamas’ bragging at church.…