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‘They Never Said They Were Cops’
Former high school student Jordan Miles testified Thursday against three police Pittsburgh police officers he says assaulted and arrested him one night in 2010 as he was walking to his grandmother’s house. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, Miles, who is black, alleges that the officers, who are white, wrongfully arrested him and used excessive…
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Have Uncle Ruckus and The Boondocks Been Hijacked?
In November 2005 the Cartoon Network debuted The Boondocks during its late-night Adult Swim programming and gave us a glimpse into the fictitious Freeman family, who had just moved from the South Side of Chicago to the mostly white, made-up suburb of Woodcrest. In the premiere, viewers heard 10-year-old Huey Freeman proclaim that “Jesus was…
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Elton John Wants to Make Hip-Hop
In 2007 Kanye West sampled Elton John’s Someone Saved My Life Tonight on his hit single Good Morning. Three years later, West invited John to his Hawaii studio to play piano for All of the Lights on his critically praised album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. So don’t be shocked if you hear that West…
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Oprah Spills the Tea on Move With Starbucks
It seems fitting that the woman once known for spilling the tea is now selling it, as Oprah Winfrey announced Wednesday at the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting that she and the coffee company have teamed up to create Oprah Chai. The celebrity talk show host announced that the drink would be sold at Starbucks cafés…
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President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to 24 Overlooked Minority Veterans
On Tuesday, President Obama awarded 24 minority U.S. soldiers, who collectively served in three of the nation’s wars and were never rewarded for their courage, with the Medal of Honor, reports the Associated Press. Only three of the 24 were alive for President Barack Obama to drape the medals and ribbons around their necks; the…
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Jesse Jackson Takes on Lack of Diversity in Technology
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is taking a page out of the civil rights playbook as he plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard annual shareholders meeting Wednesday. The groups intends to bring attention to Silicon Valley’s and the nation’s poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board appointments and startup funding, the…
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No, Lando Calrissian, Please No
Lando Calrissian didn’t need to be there. Neither did R2-D2 or the Ewoks, for that matter. Billy Dee Williams could have made his debut on Dancing With the Stars and done that “dance” holding an open Colt 45 and not spilled a drop with that two-step shuffle thrust, and it would have been fine. But…
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Black NY Firefighters Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
A black firefighters group, the Vulcan Society of Black Firefighters, sued New York City, alleging discrimination in the Fire Department of New York, and Tuesday were told that minority fire department applicants will be eligible to receive back pay totaling $98 million, the Associated Press reports. AP notes that the settlement includes more than $6…
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3rd Victim Dies From Crash at South by Southwest
A suspected drunk driver who was fleeing police at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, is now responsible for three deaths, after the third victim died from injuries she sustained after being run over, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, Rashad Owens, 21, was fleeing police when he crashed through a barricade…
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Chris Brown Ordered Back to Prison
Looks like Chris Brown won’t be getting out of jail anytime soon. According to the Associated Press, the judge is keeping Brown in jail for at least a month after hearing that he had made troubling comments in rehab about being good at using guns and knives. The 24-year-old singer was arrested on Friday after…
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