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Report: Black Workers in L.A. Face ‘Jobs Crisis’ That’s Causing Decline in Black Community
A new study conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles, says that the city’s black community is in decline as a direct result of the lack of jobs available to black workers, who are more likely to remain unemployed or drop out of the workforce entirely as a result of the 2007-2009 recession. The…
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Anonymous Donor Pays Off Pa. Historic Black Church’s $4,000,000 Mortgage
One Delaware County, Pa., church congregation has just one more thing to be thankful about after an anonymous donor completely cleared up their $4 million mortgage. According to WTXF, the First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill has been in the community, offering Sunday services, since 1903. The historic landmark church has grown—in numbers as…
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Seriously, WTF Is Ivanka Trump Doing in the White House?!
As it stands, Ivanka Trump has no official role in her father’s administration. She wasn’t voted into office, she wasn’t gifted an official title, and yet there she is, in the White House next to her father in confidential meetings with heads of state. And there she is staring lustfully at Canadian Prime Minister Justin…
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Friend of Dylann Roof Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Failing to Report Crime, Lying to FBI
The friend of white supremacist Dylann Roof who admitted to lying to the FBI and hiding knowledge of the massacre carried out against a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in federal prison. According to Reuters, Joey Meek confessed to authorities that Roof, his childhood friend, had spoken about…
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15-Year-Old Chicago Girl Sexually Assaulted in Facebook Live Broadcast That Went Unreported: Police
Approximately 40 people watched the Facebook Live video reportedly showing a 15-year-old Chicago girl being sexually assaulted by five or six men or boys. However, none of those individuals reported the publicly broadcast incident, authorities said Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that authorities became involved only when the child’s mother approached Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie…
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Dictator in Chief to Republicans: Vote for Crappy Trumpcare or Lose Your Seat
President Vladimir TrumPutin is issuing vague threats to House Republicans who don’t vote for legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. On Tuesday, two days before a scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, TrumPutin held a private meeting with House Republicans. Of course TrumPutin boasted to those in attendance about his rally Monday in…
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This White Woman’s Painting of Emmett Till Belongs Under the Definition of White-Peopleing, Not on a Museum Wall
Sigh … must we go over this again, white people? In the latest case of habitual boundary overstepping and appropriation, painter Dana Schutz’s work Open Casket has sparked controversy and outrage at the Whitney Biennial in New York City. The medium-sized painting depicts the battered face of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was lynched in 1955,…
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Md. Med Student Is 1st Black Woman to Become Neurosurgery Resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Every month is black-history month, and Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, a young med student from Maryland, is proving just that: She has marked her spot in history as the first black woman to become a neurosurgery resident at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. As WJZ notes, last Friday was “Match Day” for thousands of medical…
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Historian on White House: There’s a Smell of Treason in the Air
Historian Douglas Brinkley says that he believes Monday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing with FBI Director James Comey was a pivotal moment in White House history. “There’s a smell of treason in the air,” Brinkley told the Washington Post. “Imagine if J. Edgar Hoover or any other FBI director would have testified against a sitting president?…
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Mock Slave Auction at NJ Elementary School Enrages Parents
You know, there’s a way to teach slavery to people, especially children, without involving fun, hand-drawn posters and role-playing in mock slave auctions. However, it seems as if a New Jersey school still hasn’t gotten the memo, and now it’s facing backlash from parents after a mock slave auction apparently took place in a fifth-grade…