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  • Report: Race Relations in US Are Still Bad

    Almost eight years after the election of the nation’s first black president, a new study finds that the racial divide between whites and blacks in America is still at Grand Canyon levels—which proves that a racially harmonious country remains an elusive dream that even the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have had trouble envisioning.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • After Deadly W.Va. Floods, Obama Declares Federal Disaster

    President Barack Obama signed the West Virginia Disaster Declaration after severe flash flooding left at least 24 people dead and wreaked havoc on communities. According to NPR, the historic floods are the worst the state has seen in a century, destroying or seriously damaging at least 100 homes. In some areas, water levels reached as high as…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • President Obama Has 'Discussed' Becoming NBA Owner

    We all know President Barack Obama loves him some basketball. And, according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, the president has “discussed” maybe becoming the owner of an NBA franchise, ESPN reports. Earnest spoke about the president’s interest during a White House press briefing after he was asked if Obama would ever be interested…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Supreme Court Deadlocks on Obama Immigration Plan

    The Supreme Court was split down the middle in its decision on President Barack Obama’s immigration program. The deadlock deals a hard blow to what the president had hoped would become a part of his legacy, and leaves millions of undocumented immigrants unprotected, the New York Times reports. The 4-4 deadlock leaves in place the…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • It’s Not Now, nor Was It Ever, President Obama’s Job to Cure Racism

    In the coming weeks and months and, surely, the years after President Barack Obama actually leaves office, much time will be spent examining his political legacy from all angles. Already, writers like me are examining the Obama record on LGBT issues, while others concentrate on his record on the economy, foreign policy and the environment.…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • 7 Irksome Ways Your Beloved Elders Fuck Up the English Language

    If you’re a young person well-versed in blackness, you’re bound to be creative with the English language. But thanks to the Internet, this creativity has become less regional and maddeningly uniform. So a black dude could trek from New York to the Atlanta University Center in his Timbs and not be clowned for saying how…

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    Malaika Jabali

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  • My Facebook Is Really Black

    Do you remember a few months ago when people were unfriending folks left and right because they found out their friends were Donald Trump supporters or über-conservative or even sometimes closet racists? Yeah, that never happened to me. In fact, I’ve only had to side-eye a few people because of their pseudo-support for Bill Cosby,…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • President Obama's Favorite Song Choice of 2015 Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Heard This Week

    Look, I know that Obama is a rap fan. But listening to Jay-Z just makes you American. Jay transcended with “New York” to the point where he’s less part of the hip-hop community and more part of the global community. Hip-hop doesn’t own Jay anymore. He’s on loan from the Smithsonian and shit. Kendrick Lamar,…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Contentious Confrontation: House Votes To Sue President Obama

    The POTUS is making history left and right during his 2-term presidency, and this one is just another notch on the #blackexcellence belt. Or… maybe not. For the first time ever in the history of founding father wigs, the House of Representatives voted this past Wednesday to file a lawsuit against President Barry O for his…

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    Roll Call

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