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Madonna Claps Back at BET for Its Dig After Her Prince Tribute
With bated breath we all waited for Madonna to do a befitting tribute to Prince Rogers Nelson, her “contemporary,” at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. But even before the Material Girl hit the stage, there were (legitimate) gripes that black women, whom the recently departed pop icon championed his entire life, were excluded from the…
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Native American Activist and Prisoner Leonard Peltier Asks Obama for Clemency
In 1977 Native American activist Leonard Peltier was put behind bars, where he has remained in federal custody ever since, for the murder of two FBI agents. But he hasn’t given up on being released: A petition for clemency was sent to the White House in late March, according to the New York Daily News.…
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Missing Ivy League Student Tells Why She ‘Disappeared’
Nayla Kidd, the Columbia University sophomore whose disappearance during finals at Columbia University went viral and scared mothers everywhere, was found by police more than two weeks after she seemingly vanished into thin air. It turned out that Kidd, who hails from Lexington, Ky., and was majoring in engineering and social science at the school,…
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Watch: Chilling Video Combines Trump Rhetoric With ’60s-Era Lunch Counter Protests
When Donald Trump talks about the “good old days” of how protesters were treated, he jokes about them being taken out on stretchers or being ripped out of their seats. But there’s nothing funny about how civil rights protesters were violated in the 1960s as they fought to end Jim Crow in the South. They were beaten, harassed and…
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Endangered Gorilla Killed After Boy Falls Into Pen at Cincinnati Zoo
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized Saturday after climbing into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and falling about 10 feet into a moat that surrounded the habitat. A 17-year-old gorilla was shot and killed to protect the boy. USA Today reports that Cincinnati police and emergency crews responded to a report of a child…
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Ghana to Ban Skin-Bleaching Products in August
Colorism, which privileges lighter skin over darker, is an issue that not affects not only African Americans but pretty much all people of color around the world. From India to Brazil to Belize, one of the ways in which colorism rears its ugly head is in skin bleaching. We have all seen photos of celebrities…
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Top NFL Draft Pick Eli Apple’s Mom Snags Gig at ESPN
Annie Apple could not be more proud of her boy; but her boy may be even more proud of her. Eli Apple, who was drafted by the New York Giants as the 10th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft in April, got some good news about his mom as he was finishing up his first…
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NBA Star Bryce Dejean-Jones Reportedly Killed for Entering Wrong Home
New Orleans Pelican player Bryce Dejean-Jones died Saturday after reportedly entering the wrong home in a Dallas apartment complex, according to ESPN. According to police, Dejean-Jones, 23, was shot after the resident of the apartment he entered heard someone kick open his front door. The occupant “called out to the individual, but was not answered.” The person…
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Kerry Washington: Not Only Are #OscarsSoWhite, but So Is Every Industry
Actors Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari had a candid (well, as candid as one can be in front of an audience) conversation Friday for the fourth season of Variety and PBS’ 0Actors on Actors series Friday. The two actors of color discussed diversity in television and the possible reasons that the medium is more diverse…
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LeBron James Goes to His 6th Straight NBA Final
LeBron James had words of humility and emotion in the early-morning hours on Saturday after he and his Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, sending Cleveland to their second consecutive NBA Finals. James scored 33 points. “We’re not entitled to anything,” said James. “We work our tails…