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Watch: Jay Z, Beyoncé Get in Formation for Clinton in Cleveland
When Jay Z agreed to put on a concert to fire up young and black voters in Cleveland, he promised a few special friends. And baby, were they ever. Those lucky enough to get tickets to Friday’s concert at Cleveland’s Wolstein Center were treated to performances by Jay, Beyoncé, Chance the Rapper, J. Cole and…
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9 Foods Black People Love That Have Been Ruined by Gentrification
Collard greens for $66? Collard greens with peanuts??? Sweet potato pie with Parmesan cheese? If you’ve ever fiercely defended your grandmama’s [fill in the blank] as the best dish you’ve ever tasted, you’d likely shudder at the thought of some of these recipe remixes. In the last few years, black Twitter has shamed these newfangled…
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The Cast of Set It Off: Where Are They Now?
Set It Off, the bank-heist thriller starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah and Kimberly Elise, debuted 20 years ago on Nov. 6. The film, directed by F. Gary Gray, grossed more than $41 million at the box office and received positive reviews; some critics compared it to Thelma & Louise. Take a…
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University of Wis. Says Fan in Obama Noose Costume Exercising ‘Free Speech’
After Saturday’s football game in which a fan of the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed up in an Obama costume with a noose tied around its neck, the school released a statement calling the racist outfit “repugnant” but saying that it “was an exercise of the individual’s right to free speech.” Someone at the game snapped a…
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Rachel Dolezal’s New Book Announced; Twitter Reacts
Rachel Dolezal is back and again capitalizing on her bizarre transracial antics or reverse-passing situation or whatever you want to call it. Online retailer Amazon.com is taking preorders for her new book, In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World. The bio for the book reads in part: With In Full Color,…
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Mass. Cop’s Wife Fakes Home Robbery, Blames BLM
The wife of a Millbury, Mass., police officer is accused of faking a robbery and vandalizing the couple’s own home with “Black Lives Matter,” graffiti, CBS Boston reports. On Oct. 17, Maria Daly reported a burglary at her home, saying that jewelry and money had been stolen. She also reportedly said that her house was…
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#NoDAPL: Indigenous Youths Occupy Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn, NY, Headquarters
Almost simultaneous with the militarized police raid in North Dakota on Thursday, Native American youths took over the campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Brooklyn, N.Y., to demand that she oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.8 billion oil pipeline not far from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. So far,…
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Mary J. Blige Opens Her Concerts With Headlines of Kendu’s $129K Alimony Ask
In more “Kendu be buggin” news … It appears that on her current King and Queen of Hearts Tour with R&B crooner Maxwell, singer Mary J. Blige is opening her shows with photos of tabloid headlines from her divorce drama. Her estranged ex, Kendu Isaacs, says that such public displays are a “campaign to destroy” his…
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Trump Calls Black Supporter a ‘Thug,’ Throws Him Out of NC Rally
An African-American North Carolina man was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night and called a “thug” by the Republican candidate himself. No surprise there, except that Rocky Mount, N.C., resident C.J. Cary is a rabid Trump supporter and has even faced off with his neighbors over his choice in this year’s presidential…
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94-Year-Old Black Judge Writes Scathing Dissent in Ohio’s Longest-Running Civil Rights Case
Federal appeals judge Damon Keith is one of several black judges involved in Ohio’s longest-running voting lawsuit, one that strikes at the heart of voter suppression in one of the most significant of the “battleground states.” And he’s not the only one. In the decade-old case, Judge Keith said he was “deeply saddened and distraught”…
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