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NC Pays Sterilization Victims for 45-year Eugenics Program
North Carolina is distributing the first compensation payments to victims of the state’s Eugenics Board program. North Carolina is the first state to compensate victims, who were sterilized under...
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CVS, Walmart and More Reject Apple Pay Service
Only a week after its launch, the iPhone 6 Apple Pay Service continues to face roadblocks as it continues to be rejected at major retailers, including giant chain Walmart, Rite Aid and most recently,...
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Men Don’t Care About Fat Shaming, Until We’re The Victims
Last week, I read an article that graphically illustrated what the average American male’s body looks like. As interesting as the article was, what was much more amusing was reading the back and forth...
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Midterms: Is ‘Blackface’ a Measure of White Votes?
This will probably be the only “scientific” poll that’s out there on the question, but someone had to do it. YouGov recently asked about social attitudes towards recent Halloween costumes, including...
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Leadership 101 – How to Inspire Greatness
Those of us who are leaders have known this about ourselves from a very early age. As children, we didn’t go around telling people what to do or dominating situations and events, as most people...
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Alfonso Ribeiro: Bouncing Baby Number 2 on the Way
Alfonso Ribeiro and his wife, Angela Unkrich, are expecting their second child! The Dancing With the Stars contestant, who has been doing exceedingly well in the competition, made the announcement...
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Sarah Palin Hopes To Run For Office, Stick It To Her “Haters”
Sarah Palin grabbed headlines Tuesday when she said that she would “hopefully” run for office again soon to feed the fire of her “haters.” Before I continue, I would like to give Palin some props for...
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Marvel Announces Black Panther & Captain Marvel Films
Marvel Comics took a couple of big steps towards diversifying its blockbuster superhero roster. On Tuesday, Marvel announced that it will release a feature-length film about its superhero Black...
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Not Just Mercury in Retrograde: AT&T Purposely Slowed Down Your Service
The Federal Trade Commission is calling out AT&T for slowing the data speeds of their ‘unlimited data plan’ customers, in some cases by nearly 90 percent. So it wasn’t your imagination or Mercury...
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Barbados Bound
With a booming capital city (Bridgetown) and clear cobalt waters, it’s no surprise that Barbados attracts half a million visitors yearly. And the annual Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival has...
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Autopsy: Utah Police Shot Darrien Hunt From Behind
The official state autopsy of 22-year-old Darrien Hunt confirms that he died as a result of being shot several times in the back by Utah police. The news released Tuesday indicated that there were no...
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Lupita Nyong’o Opposes Baseball Stadium in Shockoe Bottom
12 Years A Slave star and red carpet it-girl Lupita Nyong’o has become one amongst many who are opposed to the transformation of Shockoe Bottom into a minor league baseball stadium for the Richmond...
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Charles Barkley Told The Crude Truth About The Black Community
Charles Barkley is the most impolitic Black man on television. Whether you attribute this to his age, the socioeconomic dynamics of his childhood, or simply his natural straight-forward personality,...
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Headless Woman is Real Life Victim, Not Halloween Prank
Last night, the local Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road was shut down due to an investigation surrounding two Farmingdale victims. Today, more details emerged on the gruesome deaths –...
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AIQ…Viola Davis, President Obama, Laurence Fishburne, & More Celeb Quotes
This week in celeb quotes, Viola Davis explains why Annalise Keating took off her wig, Laurence Fishburne is not feeling Justin Beiber’s ‘blackish’ behavior, and President Obama needs everyone,...
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Black Kids in Minneapolis Face Higher Arrests
Black kids in Minneapolis face a bleak outlook when looking toward to their future. According to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Minneapolis the difference between Blacks’ and...
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Geneva Thomas’ Pre-Halloween Bash
Journalist and “Blood, Sweat & Heels” star Geneva Thomas hosted The Monster Bash with Uptown Magazine at Harlem hot spot Park 112. “Blood, Sweat & Heels” cast Mica Hughes, Chantelle Fraser and...
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Nurses Charged for Hitting, Tormenting Alzheimer’s Patient
Two staff members at a nursing home in Winter Haven are facing battery charges for tormenting and abusing a 76 year old Alzheimer’s patient. The victim’s son, Dale Wilson, began to notice random...
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Five Cal U Football Players Arrested for Assault
Five California University of Pennsylvania football players have been arrested for assaulting a man at an off-campus restaurant. The Cal U football players attacked Lewis Campbell, 30, of West...
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Morning Talk Shows Go All Out For Halloween 2014
Nothing says spooky like seeing your favorite morning and show hosts dressed as their alter-egos. In the shots to follow check out some the drastic changes we wait all year for from The Today Show,...
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