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Former Boxing Champ Aaron Pryor Dead at 60
Former junior welterweight boxing champion, and one-half of one of the most electrifying fights of all time, Aaron Pryor, has died after a long fight with heart disease. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Pryor was surrounded by his family when he died Sunday. Pryor told friends when he was just a teen that he would…
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Donald Trump Held Press Conference With Women Who Accused Bill Clinton of Sexual Assault
Donald Trump has nothing left to lose. He has offended every minority, gender and faith-based group, so at this point, there’s really no one else to offend. After the release of the Trump tapes, the Republican presidential nominee knew that all of the focus during Sunday’s debate with Hillary Clinton would be on his vulgar…
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Ken Thompson, Brooklyn, NY’s 1st Black District Attorney, Dies at Age 50
Brooklyn, N.Y., District Attorney Ken Thompson died Sunday after a battle with cancer, his family announced, NBC New York reports. He was 50 years old. In a statement released Tuesday, Thompson had announced a leave of absence in order to fight his cancer, not specifying what type of cancer he had or any time frame…
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University of Va. Lecturer Takes Leave After Comparing Black Lives Matter to KKK
A University of Virginia adjunct professor is facing backlash after comparing Black Lives Matter to the horrific racism and terror of the Ku Klux Klan, the Washington Post reports. Douglas Muir, who lectures at the university’s engineering and business schools, wrote a Facebook comment that Black Lives Matter is the “biggest” racist organization since the…
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Personal Trainer Accused of Knowingly Transmitting HIV to 3 Women
An Illinois personal trainer is being held on $150,000 bail after being accused of knowingly transmitting HIV to three women he dated, the Chicago Tribune reports. Prosecutors claim that 46-year-old Jimmy Amutavi of Wilmette repeatedly had unprotected sex with the three women and later denied having the virus, even though he was diagnosed as early…
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#GenForward: Half of Black Young People Face Job Discrimination
Almost half of young African Americans say that they’ve experienced racial discrimination while looking for a job and while on the job, and one-third of young women of all races say they’ve faced employment-related gender discrimination, according to the Associated Press. From this, one can draw the logical conclusion that black women are probably the…
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Detroit Lions DeAndre Levy Raises Money to Test Rape Kits
Detroit Lions lineback DeAndre Levy has put his money where his heart is. The outspoken advocate against domestic violence and rape is partnering with the Detroit Hustles Harder clothing line to sell “Our Issue” T-shirts. All proceeds from the shirts will go to the Enough SAID program in Detroit. Enough SAID is a collaboration between multiple…
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Nat Turner’s Remains Returned to His Family After Almost 200 Years
Thanks to Nate Parker’s controversial (and apparently struggling) film The Birth of a Nation, the story of Nat Turner has once again piqued America’s popular imagination. For those who don’t know, Turner led one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history in the year 1831. When it was all said and done, an estimated…
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President Obama Signs 1st Rape Survivor’s Bill of Rights Into Law
President Barack Obama signed the Survivors Bill of Rights Act into law Friday, after it was passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The Senate passed the bill in May. The law was drafted in support of sexual assault survivors and provides specific rights to those who are survivors of rape in terms of law enforcement,…
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Voter Registration Will Not Be Extended in Fla., Despite the Hurricane
The Republican governor of Florida says that he will not extend the deadline for voter registration in the state despite the fact that Hurricane Matthew has hit the battleground state just days before the Tuesday deadline. CNN reports that Hillary Clinton’s campaign asked Florida officials on Thursday to extend the state’s Tuesday voter-registration deadline because…