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Share0 (Image: YouTube Screenshot) There are vandals loose in California and the police are searching for them! Police in California are looking for a white man and woman who vandalized a newly painted Black Lives Matter mural over the Fourth of July weekend according to USA Today. The Martinez Police …

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Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after defeating San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Kansas City waited 50 years for a Super Bowl championship. Now they’ve broken open …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) In addition to generally being trash, cops are also really fucking weird. They’ll publicly decry claims that they’re racist but in private will be in Facebook groups saying some truly vile shit. Apparently, they know that being racist is bad, but instead of not being racist, they …

Taraji. P. Henson thinks it’s long past time we drop the phrase “Strong Black Woman” when discussing the plight of sistas in America.  The actress believes the descriptor is dehumanizing and often used to minimize the pain of Black women, most especially those who lose their loved ones to senseless …

(Credit: Rehan Staton/screenshot) This week a former sanitation worker in Maryland is celebrating his acceptance into Harvard Law School. According to The Washington Post, despite having a fairly normal childhood, in recent years Rehan Staton went through a series of personal adversities that not only caused a strain on his …

Aoki Lee Simmons is keeping busy during her summer break! First up, working on narrowing down her college major. Recently, the Harvard student posted a TikTok video showing the humorous way she is trying to decide what major she is going to pursue.  “When it’s time to choose your college major,” …

Rickey Smiley’s daughter Aaryn was reportedly shot over the weekend. On Monday morning (July 6) the comedian and radio DJ spoke about the horrific incident on his radio program. He also posted on his social media that his youngest daughter was in the crossfire of a shooting while trying to …

American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s. Photo: Hulton Archive (Getty Images) On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave an iconic speech in Rochester, N.Y., in which he asked a question that is still relevant to …

An image from “I Am A Man” virtual reality game. (Credit: @VR) Shantay DeMar has been in love with virtual reality games ever since the movie Ready Player One. In it, he felt himself become transfixed at the film’s virtual setting and yearned to create his own OASIS, just like …