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Almost as soon as she was crowned, new Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay found herself in the middle of a media firestorm after old tweets from her Twitter account showed her using the N-word on multiple occasions. Naturally, the public response ranged from outrage and disbelief to demanding that her crown be taken away. Now, […]

It was just last week that a Yale employee made national news when he destroyed a glass panel in the campus dining hall that depicted slaves picking cotton. Corey Menafee was arrested and fired after destroying campus property, but today he got some good news involving the incident.   ABC News is reporting that Corey […]

It was just last week that a Yale employee made national news when he destroyed a glass panel in the campus dining hall that depicted slaves picking cotton. Corey Menafee was arrested and fired after destroying campus property, but today he got some good news involving the incident.   ABC News is reporting that Corey […]

If you read anything today, it should definitely be these tweets.

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — In the searing 100-degree Texas heat, Sylvester Nunn uses three worn beach umbrellas to protect himself and the produce piled in the bed of his old Chevy pickup truck as he carries on a generations-old summer tradition. The 78-year-old is selling watermelons by the roadside just outside Hempstead, where the perfect […]

The election of Parma, Missouri’s first black female mayor Tyus Byrd may have have been a historical moment, but the abrupt resignation of 11 municipal employees from their respective positions this month is shining a different light on the town. In an interview with NBC News, former Parma police chief Trish Cohen mentioned that it […]