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New York State Department of Education to Investigate Alleged Strip-search of Four Black Middle School Girls
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked the State Department of Education to investigate the claims of four middle school black girls who claim they were strip-searched during school in Binghamton, New York. The school district has also announced its hiring of an independent firm to review the allegations. The four Eastern Middle School students,…
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Yung Joc Is Officially Hair Goals—Or, He Should Be
Straight black men, we need to talk about Yung Joc’s hair. Unless you’ve been on another planet beneath a rock with your hands over your eyes, you’ve likely seen the former Bad Boy rapper’s increasing love for colorful, daring haircuts. Beginning with a (fairly bad) perm in 2016, Joc’s hair journey has taken nearly as…
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Famous Dex Superfan Gets Probation for Attempted Plane Theft
Who among us hasn’t gone to great lengths to see our faves in concert? In 2007, at the tender age of 19, a young Ibn was in need of a few hundred dollars to see the Glow in the Dark tour’s lone stop in Massachusetts. As a college freshman with a part-time job as a…
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Michael Bloomberg Warns Fellow Billionaire Howard Schultz Not to Run for President
What’s better than one billionaire? Two? Not so fast. With the house that Benjamin Banneker saved occupied by a purported billionaire and a Democratic field more crowded than a Wu Tang live performance, political donors and pundits remain clueless as to the eventual nature of the 2020 presidential race. While announcements trickle in and rumors…
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New Orleans Rapper C-Murder Denied Retrial Despite Recantations by Two Witnesses
According to Associated Press, No Limit Record rapper C-Murder, born Corey Miller, has been denied a retrial in connection to his conviction for the murder of 16-year-old fan Steve Thomas at a nightclub. Miller, the younger sibling of rapper Master P, is currently serving a life sentence in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola after…
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White House Squatter Mulls Fake National Emergency to Secure Border Wall Funds
The current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is preparing to falsify a national emergency along the southern border in order to bypass Congress’ refusal to fund his steel-slatted fever dream. After being put in his place again (and again) by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over his plans to carry on…
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New York City Settles With Family of Kalief Browder for $3.3 Million
New York City will pay $3.3 million to the family of Kalief Browder, a Bronx native whose unlawful imprisonment on Rikers Island became the subject of national headlines and a critically acclaimed documentary. Browder, accused of stealing a backpack which contained cash and an iPod, was detained and held on Rikers Island for three years,…
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Mitch McConnell's Slow and Steady Pace Avoids Run-in with Furloughed Government Employees
Frustrated with Senate Majority Leader and Turtle Club President Emeritus Mitch McConnell, furloughed federal employees gave the Kentucky senator a piece of their mind. McConnell, sensing the commotion from just beyond his heating lamp, wasn’t around to see it. After waiting in vain for McConnell to use his considerable power and influence to end the…
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Correctional Trainee in Custody After Florida Bank Shooting Leaves Five Dead
Police took 21-year-old Zephen Xaver into custody after they say he opened fire inside a SunTrust bank branch in Sebring, Fla. early Wednesday afternoon. He has been charged with five counts of premeditated first degree murder. Xaver’s is the seventh mass shooting in Florida in less than three years. Wearing black glasses and a tan…
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Sheila Jackson Lee Leaves Judiciary Committee After Former Staffer Alleges She Was Fired for Reporting Sexual Assault
Longtime Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has announced plans to resign as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus’ nonprofit operation, after she was named in a lawsuit alleging she fired a young woman who planned to press charges after an alleged sexual assault by a former Congressional Black Congress Foundation employee. Jackson Lee also vacated…
