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Racist Shopper Tells Mother to âGo Back to Mexicoâ
A young Latina mother is still shaken up following a racist confrontation in a home improvement store last week. City Pages reports that Guadeloupe Castillo was shopping with her three children at a Menards in West St. Paul, Minn., when she caught some bad vibes from a couple shopping in the same area. According to…
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Conservative Black Pastor Has Come-to-Jesus Moment, Parts Ways With GOP and Trump
The Rev. OâNeal Dozier has had enough of Donald Trumpâs racism, he says. The 30-year âfaithful and dedicated memberâ of the Republican Party wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Times on Thursday announcing that he is leaving the GOP to become an independent. âOne of the main reasons I have decided to leave the…
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Woman Kills Thanksgiving Guest After He Didnât Offer Her Crack: Report
In Minneapolis, what began as an invitation to a Thanksgiving meal ended in a bizarre death. Anenia Marie Hare, 47, is behind bars after authorities say she killed a dinner guest who had the poor manners to smoke crack at her Thanksgiving tableâand not offer her any. As the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, Hare invited over…
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Too Good to Be True? New Report Raises Concerns About DC High School Where Every Graduating Student Was Accepted to College
Last June was a triumphant moment for Frank W. Ballou Senior High School, a predominantly black school located in Southeast Washington, D.C. After years of dismal student test scores and graduation rates, Ballou made headlines that could make the school and its students proud: Their entire senior class had been accepted to college. It was…
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Cue the Violins, Itâs Time for Matt Lauerâs Apology
And, now, for one of the most predictable parts of this horrid news cycle, the part in which the serial harasser makes the heartfelt apology. This time, itâs Matt Lauerâs turn. The bulk of the top story for Thursdayâs Today showâthe morning show Lauer anchored for two decadesâwas spent on his apology. It was read…
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After Black Transgender Woman Is Killed in Oklahoma City, Police Are Still Searching for Answers
Around 2:30 Monday morning, Oklahoma City police responded to a disturbance at a local motel. Upon arriving, they found the body of Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, a 31-year-old black transgender woman. She had been murdered. As Oklahoma Cityâs KFOR-TV reports, police are still unsure what the killer or killersâ motives might have been and have made…
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Spelman Grad Bringing Prince Georgeâs County, Md., Its 1st Medicinal-Cannabis Dispensary
At 25, Hope Wiseman is set to become the countryâs youngest black female owner of a cannabis dispensary. The medicinal-cannabis dispensary, Mary and Main, will open in winter 2018 in Prince Georgeâs County, Md., and will offer a variety of products and therapy treatments. With a recommendation from a registered physician in hand, customers can…
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Matt Lauer Fired From Today Show for âInappropriate Sexual Behaviorâ
Matt Lauer, longtime host of the Today show on NBC, has been fired after a colleague came forward to NBC executives Monday night with a detailed complaint about sexual misconduct on the part of the leading morning-news anchor. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack sent out a memo to network employees Wednesday morning announcing Lauerâs termination…
