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UPDATE: 11:20 PM EST: In response to the beating of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson at the hands of ABC agents during his arrest for holding a fake ID on March 17, students have gathered around campus inprotest. While news coverage continues to be surprisingly light following this story, Twitter has been alight for the […]
Pharrell is finally speaking out since a court ruled in favor of the Marvin Gaye estate in the copyright infringement case of “Blurred Lines”. The chart-topping collaborative effort with Robin Thicke cost the duo a reported $7.3 million dollars! The record was ruled to have too many similarities with Marvin Gaye’s “Gotta Give It Up”. […]
https://twitter.com/KingBryan_/status/578325471437434880 A college community outraged that their fellow student, University of Virginia junior Martese Johnson,was beaten by state Virginia alcohol control agents while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, rallied behind him in support Wednesday night. Hundreds of students gathered at the university’s amphitheater to discuss race relations on campus and to denounce the encounter that left Johnson, an Italian […]
Each year the National Urban League releases a snapshot on the State of Black America (SOBA). The report benchmarks racial equality in America across economics, employment, education, health, housing, criminal justice and civic participation. The events of past the year, including highly-publicized killings of unarmed black men by police and setbacks in voting rights, influenced the […]
The “nice” guys are showing their true colors. A man in New York City punched and tossed a pregnant woman to the ground after he opened the door for her and she didn’t thank him, DNAInfo reports. The assailant, identified as 32-year-old Darryl Guillyard, also told victim Lakeeya Walker that he would kill her baby, […]
A mother from Cincinnati has been taken into custody and charged with aggravated murder after she allegedly beheaded her 3-month-old daughter. According to ABC 2 News and police sources, Deasia Watkins was charged after authorities discovered the gruesome murder scene in her home yesterday evening. The site reports: Cincinnati Police said they responded to the 5900 block of Waldway Lane at […]
You know that list of companies that are outspoken about gay marriage? The ones that tell gun advocates to put their firearms away when walking into their stores? The ones that pay your tuition and boast unity from their liberal boardrooms? Starbucks is that company. So it was only a matter of time before the inevitable came. […]
St. Louis County Police have issued a statement denying allegations that officers beat the man arrested forshooting two police officers during protests in Ferguson, Mo. last week, CNN reports. Officials also said he was seen by a nurse. MUST SEE: 10 Things We Know About Ferguson Suspect Jeff Williams So Far Jeffrey Williams, 20, was charged […]
Fashion may be fun, but it can also change people’s lives. Mo’ne Davis, the famous 13-year-old little league pitcher that covered Sports Illustrated, is teaming up with shoe brand M4D3 to design a line of sneakers, which will give 15 percent of its proceeds to benefit impoverished girls around the globe. The sneaker company is collaborating with the Because I’m A Girl movement for the […]
Former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson emerged (or crawled from under a rock) this weekend at a Trivia-night fundraiser for Hunt For Justice, a local pro-police group that tellingly raises money through “gun raffles.” There are some reports that the event was a fundraiser for Wilson himself. SEE ALSO: Looted Ferguson Store Transformed Into Job Training Center Wilson is […]
Social media users went off on the two judges for their verbal attacks before the channel that carries its version of the popular reality television show fired them. (CNN) — If you thought Simon Cowell was mean, wait till you hear what this judging duo had to say on New Zealand’s spinoff of […]
A surgical team is pleased to announce the first successful penis transplant in South Africa, BBC Newsreports. The operation took place in December 2014; the 21-year-old recipient was given the generous donation after experiencing a botched circumcision at the age of 18. The botched job happened during a ceremony that is seen as a right of passage from […]