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One Arizona charter school has come under fire for using a books that claim to have found the benefits of slavery. Who knew that kidnapping countless people from their homeland to become other people’s property and be treated as second-class citizens was a good thing?! UptownMagazine.com reports that Heritage Academy in Mesa, Arizona, did. We […]
The Malaysian plane (MH17) that was shot down in the Ukraine yesterday contained over 100 of the world’s top AIDS researchers, as they were en route to a conference in Melbourne, Australia. As of midnight Australia time on Friday, conference organizers said they had only been able to confirm seven names. Among the dead are […]
A Staten Island man died Thursday after a New York Police Department officer put him in a chokehold. The incident was captured on video by a bystander and obtained…
One Chicago business owner crossed the line with the wrong woman when he slapped a judge while yelling racial remarks at her. David Nicosia is behind bars after attacking Judge Arnette Hubard, 79, while she was smoking outside of the Daley Center on Monday. The Chicago Tribune reports that David was annoyed that she was […]
Jasmin Grady, 20, was killed in a fatal car crash on July 13 near Wilmington, North Carolina. The tragic accident rocked the world of her friends and family. The North Carolina A&T student was partially ejected from the Hyundai Accent car, that her best friend Alencia Wilson was driving, on Highway 17. According to reports, the […]
A Boeing 777 plane said to be carrying over 280 passengers and 15 crew members has reportedly been shot down in Ukraine near the Russian border on July 17. MUST READ: President Obama Reveals His Biggest Regret Reports claim that Malaysian Airlines Tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace, but Anton […]
32-year-old Tamecca Haskins lost her life by a single gunshot to the chest during an anti-gun violence rally on Lefferts Place in Brooklyn, NY. One other victim is critically injured. “…[T]his should never of happened. My baby, like I said she was outgoing. She was a hard worker, she struggled through school with lupus,” said […]
Gabrielle Union is speaking out against social media bullies that think rape is something to laugh about. When 16-year-old Jada found out that pictures of her sexual assault had been posted online, she never would have imagined that her personal tragedy would be turned into a joke. MUST READ: Gabrielle Union Opens Up About […]
One of New York’s bravest women is spicing up the New York Fire Department’s beefcake calendar. Danae Mines has done something no other woman has ever done before by becoming the first lady to appear in the FDNY Calendar of Heroes. Reuters reports that she earned the honor of being Miss March in this years […]
I am overwhelmed with happiness over the support that Marissa Alexander continues to receive. In 2010, after firing a warning shot to ward off her abusive husband, Alexander is now facing 60 years in prison. Her August 1st trial is drawing near and activists will be banning together in Jacksonville, Florida from Friday, July 25 […]
Jada, the 16-year-old whose rape went viral on social media, appeared on “The View” today only to suffer through an awkward interview. The interview was hard to watch as viewers could tell that Jada was as nervous as the hosts, who weren’t quite sure how to speak to her. Stuck somewhere between trying to empathize […]
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is using her global influence to continue spreading awareness on the Nigerian schoolgirls still held in captivity by terrorist group Boko Haram. Although 60 of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in April managed to escape Boko Haram captors, there are more than 200 schoolgirls still in captivity and Malala wants to inspire optimism for the […]
