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August 16, 2017
Chad Ochocinco believes that the best way to fight white supremacy is through, simply, loving those who are part of…
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August 16, 2017
One of the men who allegedly attacked and beat DeAndre Harris is Alex Michael Ramos (Michael A. Ramos on Facebook), who…
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August 16, 2017
Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush issued a joint written statement condemning “racial bigotry” in the…
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August 16, 2017
On Friday, Issa Rae and Solange Knowles hosted an event to raise money to help a black businesswoman save her restaurant.…
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August 16, 2017
ESPN has apologized for a “racist” fantasy football segment that many people said was too similar to a slave auction. The segment…
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August 16, 2017
Gil Robertson hopes his children's book, "Book of Black of Heroes: Political Leaders Past and Present," will help inspire the…
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August 16, 2017
This past Sunday, HBO's Insecure explored a taboo topic in the Black community: open and nonmongamous relationships.
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August 16, 2017
On Tuesday, Lionel Richie admitted to the Today Show that he was considering not going to the Kennedy Center honors reception at…
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August 16, 2017
On Tuesday’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise, Chris Harrison reopened the beach after production had halted during the sex scandal between…
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August 16, 2017
A Georgia judge has been suspended after controversial Facebook posts in which he compared protesters who pulled down a Confederate…
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August 16, 2017
Peter Thomas could be getting his own spin-off show on Bravo. After breaking up with The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Cynthia Bailey…
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August 16, 2017
The leader of a Ku Klux Klan group in North Carolina admitted that he was "glad" Heather Heyer died after…
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August 16, 2017
An attorney for Charneisha Corley says she was subjected to, essentially, an 11-minute “rape by cop” on June 21, 2015.
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August 16, 2017
Angela Agrusa is the second lawyer to file a motion to withdraw from the defense of Bill Cosby in his…
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August 16, 2017
Two women who were injured during the "Unite the Right" in Charlottesville filed a $3 million lawsuit against James Fields…
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August 16, 2017
On Tuesday night, CNN's Van Jones didn't hide his emotional response to Trump's recent defense of white supremacists during a…
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August 16, 2017
Star Parker compares the pride flag to the Confederate flag in defense of Trump's reaction to the violence Charlottesville.
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August 16, 2017
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery over the weekend after falling…
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August 16, 2017
Michael Moore led the audience of his Broadway play to Trump Tower to protest President Trump's comments about the deadly…
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August 15, 2017
Lorde has come under fire for a tweet saying that “all white people” are to blame for the horrific violence…