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Black Republicans: The RNC Gave Up on Us
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The RNC had pledged to make outreach to black voters a priority. But as staff dedicated to the effort quit, the committee has been slow to replace them, causing black Republicans to question their commitment to the effort.
If Republicans want to grow their support with black voters in 2016, they might want to start internally. Over the past few months, all the D.C. members of its black outreach team quit. And the committee only... MORE Racist Michelle Obama Cartoon Is Just Another Example of Conservatives’ Blatant Hypocrisy
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Police: Actor Wendell Pierce upset by politics, hits woman
Photo controversy highlights black women in Long Gray LineSelf-expression is hardly a part of life for cadets at the United States Military Academy.
So it was far from ordinary when 16 black women put their own spin on the traditional graduation photo, hoisting their fists in the air while posing in their dress uniforms, swords at their sides. A social media firestorm followed. So did an internal inquiry at the school. Some viewed the cadets' pose as a gesture of racial solidarity and strength. Others questioned whether it was... MORE 
In this photo taken May 13, 2016, Mary Tobin, wearing her West Point class ring, poses for picture in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2016. Self-expression is hardly a part of life for cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Tobin, who has mentored other black women cadets since graduating in 2003, said the experience is one rarely discussed publicly. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
World's Oldest Person Dies in New York at Age 116
US gives directive to schools on transgender bathroom access
Donald Trump butler posts Obama death threats on Facebook
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's butler has called for President Obama to be killed, according to a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
Anthony Senecal, who worked as Trump's butler for 17 years at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and is currently the in-house historian there, frequently expresses his hatred for Mr. Obama in social media posts... MORE Racial disparities in breast cancer
Michael Brown's mom's book recalls death, lifeST. LOUIS (AP) — Lezley McSpadden was taking a cigarette break from her grocery store job when a friend called to say someone had been shot in the street near Canfield Green Apartments in Ferguson.
Within minutes, her cellphone rang again. It was a family member declaring the victim was McSpadden's 18-year-old son, Michael Brown. The shooter was a police officer. The next moments that sultry August day grew more and more... MORE 
In this April 27, 2016, photo, Lezley McSpadden poses for a portrait in St. Louis. McSpadden was sitting in her car on a smoke break from her grocery store job on Aug. 9, 2014, when a friend told her someone had been shot near Canfield Apartments in Ferguson, Mo. After that her life crumbled learning her son, 18-year-old son Michael Brown, had been shot and killed by a police officer. McSpadden recounts what happened that fateful day two summers ago in her autobiography, "Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil," set to be released Tuesday, May 10, 2016, and co-written by Lyah Beth LeFlore. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Shreveport police are looking for a teenaged girl who reportedly ran away from a local youth shelter last week.
Juvenile detectives say 17-year-old Kaleigh Sheldon apparently left Rutherford House on April 27 and hasn’t returned to the facility. No one has been able to contact her. Sheldon is a white female, about 5’3″ tall and 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. If you know where she is, call police at 318-673-6955. |
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American Ballerina, Misty Copeland, Gets Own Barbie Doll
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New York--- Barbie doll manufacturer, Mattel, has just announced that they will honor the African-American celebrity Ballet dancer with her very own Barbie in their collection.
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The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research on spanking... MORE
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Shreveport HIV/AIDS Call to Action:
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
The Beatings Paradigm: A carryover from our slavery past? Is there a correlation between planta-tion coding, and black parenting and discipline?
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Racism Litmus Test: Caught on Video
Anti-Racism Activist & Educator, Jane Elliot, Speaks To White Citizens On Receiving The Same Treatment As Black Citizens
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"I want every white person in this room, who would be happy to be treated as this society in general treats our citizens, our black citizens. If you as a white person would be happy to receive the same treatment that our black citizens do in this society - please stand!
"You didn't understand the directions. If you white folks want to be treated the way blacks are in this society - stand! - Nobody is standing here. That says very plainly that you KNOW what's happening. You KNOW you don't want it for YOU. I want to know why YOU are so willing to accept it or to ALLOW it to happen for others?" - Jane Elliot. |
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10 THINGS TO KNOW FOR TUESDAY
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. WHO'S UP NEXT IN PICKING A DEMOCRAT Oregon and Kentucky line up to vote in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, while the pall of a divisive state party convention in Nevada hangs over the race. 2. WHAT'S AT STAKE IN SYRIAN TALKS World and regional powers meet in Vienna to overcome substantial divisions among Syrian factions that have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions since violence turned to war five years ago... MORE |
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