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Not a Good Look: UK Grocer Pulls 'Ugly'-Named Chocolate Duckies After Complaints of Racism
Thereās the old adage that good things come in threes: Huey, Dewey and Louie. Snap, Crackle and Pop. Or perhaps the Holy Trinity itself: Destinyās Child. But for a U.K. grocery chain selling a trio of chocolate ducks just in time for Easter, what came in threes was the latest trite display of what is…
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Warner Bros. Shuts Down Trump 2020 Video for Using Dark Knight Rises
Not so fast, Donald Trump! That was basically Warner Bros.ā stance after Trump and his team apparently took it upon themselves to use music from The Dark Knight Rises to accompany a video promoting Trumpās 2020 re-election hopes. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted out the video, which featured an odd collection of imageryāamong them, Washington landmarks,…
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Women Could Face Death Penalty for Having an Abortion Under Proposed Texas Law
Texas lawmakers held a hearing this week on a bill that could subject women to the death penalty if they had an abortion. Period, point blank, no exceptions. The legislator behind the bill is Texas state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a five-times-married Republican out of Arlington who had to be placed under police protection when he…
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Trump to Screen Controversial Anti-Abortion Film at White House
In a decision sure to further shore up support among his pro-life base, Donald Trump is set to screen the controversial anti-abortion film Gosnell at the White House Friday. The crowdfunded film that chronicles the trial and conviction of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell will be shown by invitation to a group of pro-life activists…
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Big Pimpin': Ex University Employee and AKA Adviser Among 7 Indicted in Fort Valley State Prostitution Case
A Fort Valley State University employee and adviser to the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha who resigned after being accused of running an on-campus prostitution ring is among seven people who have been formally indicted on prostitution and pimping charges in the case. In addition to charges of prostitution, Alecia Johnson, 49, also was…
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Stop-and-Frisk Policing Can Make Criminals of Black and Brown Boys, Study Finds
If you treat someone like a criminal, heās more likely to act like one later in life and commit a crime. Thatās among the findings of a New York University study that looked at the impact of āproactive policingā policiesāinitiatives like stop-and-frisk and police stops that have cops āengagingā with those most likely to be…
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Taraji P. Henson Tears Up Describing Mental Health in the Black Community as a 'National Crisis'
Taraji P. Henson has been doing the work, the work to end the stigma surrounding mental illness in the black community. The urgency of the issue brought her to tears while she was being honored for her efforts at Variety magazineās Power of Women New York lunch. In September, Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson…
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Top Prosecutor in Brooklyn Wants to Decriminalize Prostitution
The chief prosecutor of New York Cityās most populous borough, Brooklyn, is backing an effort to decriminalize prostitution, arrests for which, according to a state senator advocating for the change, disproportionately impact black women. āI believe in decriminalization,ā Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said during a ādecriminalĀizing queernessā forum sponsored by the Lambda Independent Democrats…
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Mom of 10-Year-Old Girl Who Died After a Classroom Fight Says the School Failed Them
The mother of Raniya Wright, the 10-year-old South Carolina girl who died after getting into a fight at school, says she had long complained to the school about her child being bullied but that authorities did nothing to protect her. In an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America, Ashley Wright said she feels…
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Watch: Nipsey Hussle on Eritrean Pride as Eritrean American Community Mourns One of Its Own
He became famous as Nipsey Hussle, but he was beloved as simply āErmiasā among the Eritrean-American community Hussle proudly embraced as the child born Ermias Asghedom to Eritrean and African American parents. Members of Los Angelesā Eritrean American community gathered to remember Hussle during a memorial service Sunday at the Medhani-Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church…
