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Report: Johnson & Johnson Knew Their Baby Powder Contained Asbestos for Decades
In a bombshell report, it’s been revealed that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that their baby powder had occasionally tested positive for small amounts of asbestos. That sound you hear is our collective jaws hitting the floor. Reuters conducted an in-depth investigation, in which they examined decades worth of court documents and internal company…
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Childhood Home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sold to National Park Service
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr. has been sold to the National Park Service. The home, which had been owned by the King family since 1909, was sold for $1.9 million to the National Park Foundation, who then transferred ownership to the National Park Service. For the past…
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Remy Ma Becomes Remy Mama with the Birth of Baby Girl After 'Tough Labor'
Rappers Remy Ma and Papoose have been incredibly transparent over the course of their marriage. From touting their unique brand of black love on “Love & Hip-Hop: New York” to revealing the devastation of a miscarriage they experienced last year, they’ve remained committed to sharing their journey with the world. And last night they gave…
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Dallas Mom Calls for School Staffer to be Fired After Calling Her Son 'a Little Monkey'
An Edna Rowe Elementary School staffer has been placed on administrative leave and is probably about to lose their job. If you read the headline and presumed “For calling a little black boy a monkey?” you would be 100 percent correct. Dallas mom Brittany Miner says it all began three weeks ago. “He was jumping…
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Oprah's Reaction to Eating This White Woman's Seasonless Chicken is All of Us
Imagine a world bereft of Lawry’s. Potato salad defiled by acorns and raisins. Brussel sprouts and squash drowning in tubs of mac and cheese. For the Caucasian contingent, this is every day life. But for the rest of us, this is a fate reserved for nightmares and therapist couches. In 2006, a domestic terrorist by…
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8-Year-Old Girl Dressed Up as Michelle Obama for Cultural Heroes Day and Our Lives Will Never Be the Same Again
SPOILER WARNING: Black Girls Are Magic. For Cultural Heroes Day, 8-year-old Ella-Lorraine Brown decided to tap into our forever first lady Michelle Obama’s formative years as a freshman at Princeton University. And we’re all better for it. “She was really in awe of the idea that with hard work you could become anything,” Ella-Lorraine’s mother…
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Wilfred DeFour, 100-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman, Dies
One of the first black aviators in the military, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, was found dead Saturday in New York. He was 100 According to CNN, DeFour was found unconscious and unresponsive after police responded to a 911 call at in Harlem. There were no obvious signs of trauma,…
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Report: Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Have Had a Family Member Incarcerated
According to a new study conducted by FWD.us and Cornell University, nearly half of all adults in the United States—a total of 113 million people—have a family member who is either currently or formerly incarcerated. The study, “Every Second: The Impact of the Incarceration Crisis on America’s Families,” reveals the damage that incarceration inflicts upon…
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Donald Trump’s List of Failed Nominees Looks Like a CVS Receipt and Don Lemon Ran Out of Time Trying to Read It
By now I’m sure you’ve heard that yet another one of our Commander-in-Tweet’s nominees—former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson—has joined the likes of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and lawyer Michael Cohen at the unemployment office. And with soon-to-be former Chief of Staff John Kelly likely to soon join…
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They Tried It: Attorney Representing Botham Jean's Family Acquitted on 16 Counts of Criminal Contempt
When you make it your personal mission to fight for the rights and liberties of marginalized communities, the powers that be will make it theirs to put you out of business. Which is exactly what happened to civil rights attorney Lee Merritt—who just so happens to be holding police officer Amber Guyger accountable for murdering…
