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6 NAACP Members Arrested in Protest of Jeff Sessions Bid for US Attorney General
Six NAACP members were arrested late Tuesday at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile, Ala., office ending a sit-in to protest the nomination of Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. According to CNN, five men and one woman, including NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the second degree. The protesters…
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How JaVale McGee's Terrible Haircut Got Shaq Compared to a Minstrel Act
At this point, Golden State Warriors reserve center JaVale McGee doesn’t find it funny. In fact, McGee believes that the jokes about him stopped being funny long ago. Sure, McGee seems spaced out a lot of the time. You can see a montage of McVale’s greatest moments below: But he’s tired of being the butt…
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You Called Out The Root, Umar Johnson, and You Played Yourself; Here’s Why
Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, has said our name. In his last posting from a hotel room somewhere in the continental United States, a much more subdued and skullcap-less Johnson has apologized for his behavior and profanity-laced tirade to everyone but black media and, more specifically, The Root. According to Johnson, black media…
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President Obama Is Really Leaving, Will Deliver Farewell Address in Chicago
As we move closer to the final days of an actual adult presidency, the reality that we’re letting go of scandal-free years is starting to set in. President Barack Obama didn’t help matters when he announced Monday that he would be delivering his farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago on Jan. 10. “I’m just…
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House GOP Reverses Vote to Gut Ethics Committee
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, 1:08 p.m. EST: Even President-elect Donald Trump thought Republicans focused their attention on the wrong issues after they held a closed-door vote to weaken the independent ethics committee created to keep lawmakers honest. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: According to Politico, GOP members heard the president-elect and public’s displeasure with their…
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Adam 'Pacman' Jones Arrested; Reportedly Kicked Officer and Spit on Nurse
It seemed as if Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones had finally turned it around after a series of arrests since entering the NFL in 2005. He’d demanded that NFL announcers call him Adam and not by his nickname, “Pacman,” when referring to him. For years, he seemed to stay out of trouble. But…
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Obama Issues Sanctions, Orders 35 Suspected Russian Spies Out of US for Hacking
President Barack Obama issued sanctions against Russian intelligence services and ordered 35 Russian intelligence operatives to leave the country within 72 hours for what U.S. officials say was the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails and Moscow’s efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. “I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian…
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Hotep Hoedown: How Umar Johnson Lost His Hotep Mind
It was a Hotep hoedown, or a Hotep smackdown—straight WWE-style—when Dr. Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, waded deep in the petty waters and posted a full 45-minute video rant against former conscious comrade General Seti. Who knows how it all started? And truthfully, who cares, because Hotep logic and philosophy live outside the…
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Report: Former Heisman Trophy Winner Rashaan Salaam Committed Suicide
Former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam committed suicide, ESPN reports. Salaam’s body was found Dec. 5 in Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder, Colo., less than a few blocks from the stadium where he starred as a running back for the University of Colorado. Salaam died from a gunshot wound to the head that the…
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Which Top 5 NBA Player Doesn't Want to Be on Shaqtin' a Fool?
An elite NBA player does not want to be taken for a fool, so much so that the player’s agent reportedly reached out to Shaquille O’Neal’s agent to demand that his player be left off of O’Neal’s popular blooper reel Shaqtin’ a Fool. Yep, that’s right; the player wants no parts of the blooper reel…
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