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Baltimore’s Skyrocketing Homicide Rate Reaches a Milestone
On Saturday, Baltimore’s law-enforcement officials recorded the city’s 300th homicide, the Associated Press reports. “This challenging moment shall pass if we reject blame and embrace the hope, dreams, and promise of a great American city. Baltimore will win again, 2015 will not define us, and the nation will once again see our city for the…
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Watch: Man Says Cellphone Blocked Shrapnel, Saved His Life During Paris Terror Attacks
Amid innumerable tales of horror in the aftermath of coordinated terror attacks in Paris on Friday night emerges an unbelievable story of survival that was propelled only by fate. A man identified as Sylvestre told On Demand News that he was standing outside the Stade de France stadium after ending a call on his Samsung…
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NAACP Opens Discrimination Hotline After Racist Threats at Mizzou
After threats of violence surfaced online this week against black students at the University of Missouri, a local NAACP chapter has opened a confidential telephone hotline that will allow students to report threats immediately, according to the Huffington Post. The NAACP’s Jefferson City branch said Friday that students can call 844-NAACP-HELP if they need assistance.…
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Paris Terror Attacks
Vowing to “bring these terrorists to justice,” President Barack Obama condemned the terror attacks that occurred late Friday in Paris, killing 128 people, according to CNN. Early Saturday, ISIS claimed responsibility for what is being called the worst violence witnessed in the country since World War II, involving coordinated attacks of gunfire and explosions, the…
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Chicago Woman Arrested After Dispute With Server Over Denny’s $4 Pancake Deal
A 27-year-old Chicago woman was arrested Friday at a Denny’s restaurant after learning that she was not allowed to share a $4 all-you-can-eat pancake special with her friends, according to the Smoking Gun. Natasha West was charged with assault and damage to property, the report says. The incident occurred at a Denny’s in Oak Lawn,…
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DOJ and Ala. Reach Settlement on Voter-Registration Violations
The U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Alabama have settled a claim that state officials failed to provide voter-registration opportunities for people signing up for new or renewed driver’s licenses, a violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, according to Alabama Media Group. The 15-page agreement outlines a series of steps…
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Why Spike Lee and Don Lemon Should Do a Traveling Tour Together
Oh, Spike. Everybody is currently aware that in a few weeks, Spike Lee’s latest foray into black hypertension, Chi-raq, will be released. The trailer hit the Internet with a bang and had the e-streets and the real streets talking. Some folks are already offended by the movie because of the implied depiction of Chicago. Others think…
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Va. 8th-Grader Writes Letter About Racism He Experiences at School
A Virginia eighth-grader has penned an open letter to his school, detailing the horrific abuse and racism he says he has had to deal with on a daily basis for almost four years now. According to the New York Daily News, Za’Khari Waddy, who is only 13, has been repeatedly bullied and harassed because of…
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Autopsy Rules Death of Ralkina Jones, Who Died in Cleveland Heights Jail Cell, Accidental
The death of Ralkina Jones, the 37-year-old woman who was found dead in her Cleveland Heights Police Department jail cell back in July after being arrested two days before, has been ruled accidental by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. The official report lists Jones’ cause of death as sudden cardiac death in association with…
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White House: New Initiative Will Provide $18,000,000 for Research About Women and Girls of Color
The White House is announcing a series of initiatives on Friday, all of which are designed to empower and provide better opportunities for women and girls of color. The initiatives include pledges of millions of dollars over extended periods of time to support program goals. One such initiative consists of a $100 million, five-year-funding commitment…