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  • Are People More Excited for Michelle Obamaā€™s Book Than Sex? (Yes, Yes They Are)

    An uproar has erupted in the literary world as Michelle Obamaā€™s Becoming is poised to knock a veritable juggernaut of fine literature out of its spot as Amazonā€™s longest-running No. 1 best-selling book. Nah, Iā€™m fucking with youā€”it was just Fifty Shades of Grey, a sweaty fan fiction account of a wispy white women and…

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  • Michaeil WardĀ Sentenced to 84 Years in Prison for Murder of Hadiya Pendleton

    After being found guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery in August, the man found responsible for Hadiya Pendletonā€™s 2013 murder was sentenced to 84 years in prison. Hadiya was killed in a drive-by shooting while spending time in a Chicago park with several classmates. It was believed the shooters mistook the…

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  • Move Over, MLK: Roads, Landmarks, Even Animals Being Named After Barack Obama

    Since he left office, Barack Obama hasnā€™t shied away from continuing to show all the personality that made him so popular. Now heā€™s being immortalized via road names and landmarks across the country. From USA Today: The nationā€™s first African-American president need not go far around the country these days to find something that carries…

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  • Police and Media Royally Botch Response to First Recorded Murder of Trans Woman in 2019

    Weā€™ve started 2019 by continuing to fail black trans women. On Sunday night, 31-year-old Dana Martin was found left for dead with a gunshot wound ā€œin a car that had crashed in a ditchā€ in Montgomery, Ala., according to AL.com. Police think the shooting happened near the vehicle, and no arrests have been made. Despite…

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  • Suspected Driver Confesses in Jazmine Barnes Case, Suspected Shooter Denies Involvement

    The details of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnesā€™ death remain murky as suspected shooter Larry Woodruffe, 24, denies involvement in the crime, claiming Eric Black Jr. was the shooter in the fatal attack. Black, 20, previously confessed to driving the car from which Woodruffe allegedly shot and killed Jazmine during the Dec. 30 assault. The young girl…

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  • Black Teens Accused of Shoplifting at Kroger Had Receipts. Police Still Gave Them a Trespass Warning

    A Texas Kroger manager is being accused of racially profiling some black teenagers who came into his store to buy snacks. Iā€™m not inclined to disagree. According to KXAS-TV, two black boys and two young black menā€”ages 15, 16, 19, and 20ā€”went into a Kroger last week and made their purchases, juice, chips, Oreos, by…

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  • Second Suspect Charged With Capital Murder for Death of Jazmine Barnes

    Suspect Larry Woodruffe has been charged with capital murder for the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. Per NPR, police believe Woodruffe, 24, was the person who fired on the car Jazmine Barnes and her family were in as they made their way out of a parking lot on Dec. 30. Jazmineā€™s mother, LaPorsha Washington, was…

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  • Suspect Charged, Held Without Bail for Murder of 7-Year-OldĀ Jazmine Barnes

    Court proceedings have begun for Eric Black Jr., one of the men implicated in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. On Monday, Black was charged with capital murder and will be held without bail after reportedly confessing involvement in the crime, which Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez has called a case of ā€œmistaken identity,ā€…

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  • Black Teacher Allegedly Told Food for ā€˜Whites Onlyā€™ by Colleagues, Called ā€˜Aunt Jemimaā€™

    A black English teacher is suing her school district over racist acts by colleagues and students and overā€”surpriseā€”royally fucking up when she reported it. Forty-six-year-old Andrea Bryan is suing Long Islandā€™s Commack School District for bungling their response to discrimination against her after she dealt with multiple instances of racist remarks and alleged instances of…

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  • College Board Under Fire for Deciding Black Student Did Too Well on Her SAT

    When Florida high school senior Kamilah Campbellā€™s SAT scores didnā€™t stack up the way she wanted, she worked hard to do betterā€”but that might not matter now. ā€œKamilah explained that she took the SAT for the first time on March 10 with no preparation. Between then and October she practiced diligently, working with her teachers,…

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