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Officials at the California high school where a 15-year-old student was violently gang raped are moving to tighten security with surveillance cameras, powerful lighting and fences. According to Superintendent Bruce Harter of the West Contra Costa School District, the school had been advised for years to install security cameras and other preemptive security measures but […]

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The parents of a Spelman student killed by a stray bullet on the campus of Clark Atlanta University are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the institution. 19-year-old Jasmine Lynn was killed September 3 leaving her friend’s dormitory after shots were fired during a fight. Lynn’s mother Constance Franklin blames the University’s poor security for […]

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Voters on the East Coast have spoken, and their voice sounds very familiar. Citizens of Maine have opted to repeal a state law yesterday that allowed same-sex couples to be married, adding validity to the ideology that marriage can only legally be between one man and one woman. The stance is reminiscent of the one […]

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Buggery is a legal term seldom used in this digital age, but that is exactly the term used to secure Rodell Vereen behind bars. Classified as an “offense of morality,” the 50-year-old man was given a three year prison sentence for sodomizing a horse at the Lazy B stables in Horry County, South Carolina. His […]

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President Obama’s half brother is speaking out about abuse he claims he received at the hands of their father. Mark Ndesandj told the Associated Press that he wrote a semi-autobiographical book about an abusive parent largely based on the man with whom they share DNA. He told the AP, “My father beat my mother and […]

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There must be some kind of record or achievement shrouded in pride and success of which the public has no knowledge to justify the magnitude of blatant wrongdoing perpetrated by law enforcement this year. In this latest episode, a 20-year-old San Jose college student has become the latest in an expanding list of “statistics,” shedding […]

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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated is feeling the wrath of parents whose son died after being hazed. 20-year-old Donnie Wade Jr. died October 20 at a pre-dawn exercise with his soon to be “brothers.” The biology major attended Prairie View A&M University where he was put on a strict bread and water diet,  paddled and […]

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The day of reckoning is slowly approaching for convicted John Allen Muhammad, 48,  as he is scheduled to be executed November 10. On October 27, a Virginia correction official announced that Muhammad would die by way of lethal injection, but now there’s a chance that it might not happen and that he might just have […]

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Keith Bardwell, the Louisiana judge that made headlines after refusing to marry an interracial couple has officially resigned. The judge whose tenure extends over a 34 year period gave up his robe after receiving heat for turning away Beth Humphrey and Terry McKay. Beth is a white woman and Terry is a black man. Now […]

NFL, Politics

There is something about ESPN that attracts ignorant, utterly bigoted personalities to their hallowed sports memorabilia-laden offices. Broadcaster Bob Griese, father of former all-star quarterback Brian, has been suspended for one week after making a racially charged remark during ESPN’s NCAA football coverage. An on-air graphic listing of  the top five drivers in NASCAR’s points […]

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In a non-startling display of party operating policy, the Dallas County GOP has officially claimed defeat in their pursuit of Black constituents, leaving local party leaders and organizations to the political wolves. Calvin Stephens, chairman of the beleaguered party’s Dallas chapter, has acknowledged the organization’s demise. “It kind of dissipated,” remarked Stephens. “The enthusiasm we […]

NFL, Politics

A costume donned by a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys has people questioning what attire is appropriate to wear in jest and what should never be touched. Whitney Isleib is learning that lesson the hard way after she decided that it was an acceptable idea to don the make-up substance known as “black face,” often […]