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Watch: Allen Iverson’s Epic Hall of Fame Speech Left Nary a Dry Eye in the House
Although there were many names of note inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, no one’s speech was quite as gracious, real and moving as that of Allen Iverson, who admittedly has been through many ups and downs in his life and career. Iverson, who remained choked up through his entire…
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NFL Linebacker Brandon Marshall Loses Endorsement Deal for Taking a Knee
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall took a stand by taking a knee during the national anthem, and now it has cost him an endorsement deal, according to the New York Daily News. Air Academy Federal Credit Union dropped Marshall as a spokesman after he joined San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, his college teammate, to…
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Political Prisoner Chelsea Manning Goes on Hunger Strike Over Lack of Medical Treatment
Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising and a national prison work strike to raise awareness about inhumane conditions, political prisoner Chelsea Manning, 28, has begun a hunger strike, citing lack of proper medical treatment and “high-tech bullying.” Manning’s act of resistance begins one week after political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, 62,…
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#HistoricalContextMatters: 'Cracker,' ‘Redneck,’ 'White Trash' Are Not Racist Terms
In her latest MTV Decoded video, Franchesca Ramsey, writer, actress and video blogger, gives a succinct and critical overview of the incestuous relationship between capitalism and racism, and how the inbred language birthed from that union makes some poor, white people confused about which institution is victimizing them. Ramsey opened the door to this necessary conversation, so let’s…
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Man Faces 20 to Life in Fatal Beating of Child With Belt
Darrell A. Reynolds, 29, appeared Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court in Illinois, where he was arraigned on charges he beat his 4-year-old daughter to death with a belt, CBS News reports. Reynolds, of Decatur, Ill., had been giving his daughter beatings for some two years, authorities say. On Aug. 31, paramedics arrived at the Reynolds home…
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Ga. Cop Accused of Raping Woman While Transporting Her to Jail
A Georgia police officer has been accused of raping a woman he was assigned to transport to a jail in an Atlanta suburb, WSB-TV reports. James Larry Robinson Jr., 36, was arrested without incident Tuesday. He was also fired from the Riverdale police force the same day. According to the news station, Robinson, of Jonesboro,…
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Erica Garner to NYC Mayor: 'Just Cause You Love Black P – – sy Don’t Mean You Love Black Lives'
Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in police custody on a Staten Island, N.Y., street after he was choked to death, took to Twitter to blast New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is white and married to a black woman. “Just cause you love Black [p—sy] don’t mean you love…