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Zimmerman Released On Bail; Ex-Girlfriend Alleges That He Has Contemplated Suicide and Has Choked Her

• November 19, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Gun Violence, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Allegations, Choking, Debt, Divorce, Divorce Papers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Fear, Florida, Gaming The System, George Zimmerman, Girlfriend, Guns, Murder, Public Defenders, Racism, Samantha Scheibe, Sarah Jones, Scheibe, Seminole County, Seminole County Judge Fred Schott, Seminole County Sheriff's Department, Shooting of Trayvon Martin, State Attorney Lymary Munoz, Suicidal, Threats, TMZ, Trayvon Martin, Wife, Women, Working The System, Wrong!

George Zimmerman, Killer of Trayvon Martin, Charged With Domestic Violence Against His New Girlfriend

• November 18, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Facebook, Gun Violence, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, People of Color, Race, Television, Women
Tags: "Stand Your Ground" Laws, Apopka FL, Apopka Florida, Domestic Abusers, Domestic Violence, Facebook, George Zimmerman, Girlfriend, Gun Threatening, Karma, Orlando Florida, Pregnant, Pushing, Renisha McBride, Samantha Scheibe, Scheibe, Sheriff, Shooting of Trayvon Martin, Theodore Wafer, Threats, TMZ, Tracy Martin, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Zimmerman

The Newtown School Massacre: A Black and Latino Child Died Too

• December 15, 2012 • 4 Comments

Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Religion, Slavery, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Ana Greene, Aurora CO, Biracial Children, Blacks, Children, Columbine, Connecticut, Domestic Violence, Elementary School, Facebook, Greene, Herald Sun, Jeff Tamarkin, Jimmy Greene, Jovan Belcher, Kassandra Perkins, Love, Marquez-Greene, Marriage, Murder, National Rifle Association, Nelba, New Orleans, Newtown, Newtown Connecticut, NRA, Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School, The Black Panthers, United States, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Jovan Belcher and Other Sports-Related Killings: It’s Not Over Until The Victim Blaming Stops

• December 9, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Jovan Belcher-Kassandra Perkins, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, Sports, Suicide, The Brain, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anger Management, Armour Boulevard, Belcher, Bentley, Black Women, Blacks, Bob Costas, Brittni Glass, CDC, Children, Chris Henry, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Common Sense, CTE, Deadspin, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drama, Infants, Jamaal Charles, Jason Whitlock, Jovan Belcher, Kansas City Chiefs, Kasi Perkins, Kassandra Perkins, Loleini Tonga, Love, MAAV, Male Athletes Against Violence, Motherhood, Murder, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Perkins, Power and Light District, Pregnancy, Sex, Trey Songz, What About Our Daughters?, Zoe

The Ancestors Bring Rodney King Home

• June 17, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Addiction, African Americans, Blacks, California, Celebrity, Celebrity Deaths, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, D-Lister, Domestic Violence, Drugs, Drunk Driving, Los Angeles, Love, Lower Middle Class, Racism, Rialto, Rodney G. King, Rodney King, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Substance Abuse, The L.A. Riots, The Nineties, TMZ.com, United States

Creflo Thinks He Should Never Have Been Arrested, Because He Didn’t Choke or Slap His Daughter. Here We Go Again…

• June 11, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Creflo Dollar, Domestic Violence, Drama, Eddie Long, Growing Up, Love, News One, Old Testament, Parenting, Pastor, Sunday, United States

Now It’s His Turn: Creflo Dollar in The Slam for Choking and Slapping His Fifteen-Year-Old Daughter Around

• June 9, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Discipline", African Americans, Alexandria, Atlanta GA, Bible, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Choking, Common Sense, Corporal Punishment, Creflo Dollar, Creflo Dollar Ministries, Disrespect, Domestic Violence, Friday, Growing Up, Hormones, Pastor, Pastor Creflo Dollar, Preachers, Prison, Slapping, Teenagers, Television Evangelist, TV Evangelist

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Mets left-hander Steven Matz to have elbow surgery again August 22, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Steven Matz needs another elbow operation, ending a miserable season for the New York left-hander.
Rebecca Blank: UW-Madison group will research Ku Klux Klan's history on campus August 22, 2017
The roster of an honorary interfraternity group included many notable alumni, including some for whom Memorial Union rooms have been named.
Sandra Saul: Ryan, Walker's response to hate tepid August 21, 2017
Dear Editor: Those who cannot call hate what it is and call out racists and anti-Semites by name will pay a political price. I am talking about Wisconsinites with tepid and not forthright responses politicians, like Paul Ryan and Scott…
Soglin: Madison City Council to decide fate of Confederate monument in Forest Hill Cemetery August 21, 2017
Mayor Paul Soglin details changes he would like to see to a 1931 Confederate memorial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Alexandra Peirce: Reflections on Charlottesville August 21, 2017
Dear Editor: These are some of my reflections on the events in Charlottesville and the president's response.
Bill Dagnon: Foxconn must not ask us to drop our Wisconsin values August 21, 2017
Dear Editor: The governor and ruling party in Madison are working to bring Foxconn to Wisconsin, but is Wisconsin right for Foxconn?
Kristen Zehner: Scott Walker is gift horse for Foxconn August 21, 2017
Dear Editor: Leave it to Walker et al. to jump up and down when handed a fraudulent jobs deal that would leave our state in worse straits than we already are.
Email: Tony Evers to launch gubernatorial campaign on Wednesday August 21, 2017
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers will make his campaign for governor official this week, making him the third major candidate to enter the race to challenge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in 2018.

The New York Times

A Total Solar Eclipse Leaves a Nation in Awe August 22, 2017
A total eclipse that crossed the sky from Oregon to South Carolina brought out throngs of spectators, who exulted in seeing the midday sky go briefly dark.
Chaos Breaks Out at Charlottesville City Council Meeting August 22, 2017
For more than four hours, speakers angrily chastised city officials for their response to protests by white supremacists. The city manager said Charlottesville would have a third-party conduct a review.
Coal Mining Health Study Is Halted by Interior Department August 21, 2017
The study, begun under the Obama administration, was examining the health and environmental impacts of mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia.
Trump Administration Moves to Expand Deportation Dragnet to Jails August 21, 2017
Federal officials are working with sheriffs on a legal maneuver to gain access to undocumented immigrants in local jails, a practice now limited by the courts.
University of Texas at Austin Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation August 21, 2017
The university’s president said that violent protests over a statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., had opened his eyes to what the monuments represented.
Liberty University Alumni Return Diplomas in Protest of Trump Remarks August 21, 2017
Dozens of alumni pledged to act after the university’s leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., defended President Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
Ohio Judge Returns Fire After He Is Ambushed on Way to Court August 22, 2017
The judge was injured and airlifted to a Pittsburgh hospital where he had surgery and was expected to survive.
The Red Cap Aside, Trump Souvenirs Are a Hard Sell August 20, 2017
The president’s brand is no winner in Washington gift shops. But first ladies do better anyway. “They don’t make public policy, and they’re easier to like.”

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Speaker Paul Ryan at CNN town hall: Trump 'messed up' Charlottesville reaction August 22, 2017
"I do believe he messed up in his comments on Tuesday," Ryan said during a town hall on CNN. "I do think he could have done better."
Trump: No easy answers in Afghanistan; solar eclipse spellbinds America (10 Things to Know for Tuesday) August 22, 2017
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday.
Trump: US can't afford quick Afghanistan withdrawal, must continue the fight August 22, 2017
"Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on," Trump said.
Trial of KIPP student's accused killer stalls over alleged threats against witness August 22, 2017
Eric 'Teddy' Adams is accused of killing KIPP Believe eighth-grader Christine Marcelin in April 2012.
National Hurricane Center watching 2 disturbances August 22, 2017
The remains of Tropical Storm Harvey could reform later this week.
Poll shows strong disapproval of how Trump responded to Charlottesville violence August 21, 2017
The poll underscores the degree to which Trump's base has largely stuck with him during the most tumultuous week of his presidency.
In the Crescent City, New Orleanians watch the sun become a sliver August 21, 2017
Residents gazed skyward at the first full solar eclipse to hit the nation in nearly a century
Congressional Black Caucus has had it with Trump, plans to discuss impeachment August 21, 2017
Rep. Cedric Richmond 'absolutely' concerned about 'this president's fitness to serve'

The Guardian, UK

'These boys were raised among us': terror cell town reels after Catalonia attacks August 22, 2017
Ripoll, where a dozen men appear to have been radicalised, is no Muslim ghetto but a small moderately prosperous communityA dark, narrow staircase leads up to the seventh-floor flat in the small Catalan town of Ripoll from where Abdelbaki Es Satty allegedly masterminded the terrorist cell that struck in Barcelona last Thursday.A bottle of the Moroccan imam’s […]
Trump to expand US military intervention in Afghanistan August 22, 2017
President admits: ‘My original instinct was to pull out’ but says he has bowed to advice from officials, and claims he will take tougher line with PakistanDonald Trump has announced he will prolong the US military intervention in Afghanistan, which he once described as a “complete waste”, bowing to advice from his top officials to raise the stakes once more […]
India's supreme court bans Islamic instant divorce August 22, 2017
Controversial Islamic practice of ‘triple talaq’ that allows men to divorce their wives instantly ruled unconstitutional by judgesIndia’s top court has banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, saying it was unconstitutional.Victims of the practice known as “triple talaq”, whereby Muslim men can divorce their w […]
Total solar eclipse captivates America – as it happened August 21, 2017
‘Worth everything’: America takes in eclipse from coast to coastTotal eclipse began in Oregon on west coast and passed through 14 states 9.51pm BST Well that was fun. We saw the moon totally eclipse the sun. We saw people observe it. We saw darkness briefly reign. 9.25pm BST Earlier today – pre-eclipse – we brought you news that Bonnie Tyler would be perform […]
Woman’s body found as Danish police search for missing journalist August 21, 2017
Headless torso discovered hours after inventor tells court that Kim Wall died onboard his homemade submarineA woman’s body has been found at the water’s edge in Copenhagen, hours after a Danish inventor charged with killing a Swedish journalist in his homemade submarine told a court she had died onboard.Peter Madsen told the court that Kim Wall, who has been […]
Earthquake strikes Italian island of Ischia, killing at least two August 22, 2017
Magnitude 4.0 event near Naples has injured 39 people, with more still missing, and caused a church and other buildings to collapseTwo women have died and 39 people were injured – at least one of them seriously – after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck the Italian island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples.One woman was buried under the rubble of her home in […]
Pope Francis: prioritise migrants' dignity over national security August 21, 2017
Publication of action plan for governments is response to what Vatican sees as one of biggest global challenges of 21st centuryPope Francis has issued a 20-point action plan to governments on refugees and migrants to try to galvanise their response to an issue seen by the Vatican as one of the biggest global challenges of the 21st century.His intention is to […]
Ovarian cancer victim wins $417m payout from Johnson & Johnson August 21, 2017
Court orders firm to compensate woman who claims her cancer was linked to using talc products for feminine hygieneA jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay $417m (£323m) to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talc-based products such as Johnson’s Baby Powder for feminine hygiene. Related: Is it safe to u […]

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Trump rules out Afghan troops withdrawal August 22, 2017
The president indicates he will send more US troops to a conflict he once called "a complete waste".
Italian quake on Ischia kills two women August 22, 2017
A baby is pulled alive from rubble on Ischia, but rescuers are working to free her two brothers.
Kim Wall: Torso found amid search for submarine journalist August 21, 2017
"Too early" to tell if woman's remains are those of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, police say.
Triple talaq: India court bans Islamic instant divorce August 22, 2017
The ruling on "triple talaq" is seen as a major victory for women's rights in India
Barcelona attack: Van driver shot dead by police August 21, 2017
Younes Abouyaaqoub, wearing a fake explosive belt, was cornered west of Barcelona after a tip off.
Chile abortion: Court approves easing total ban August 21, 2017
News of the judges' ruling by 6-4 led to celebrations among left-of centre parties in Santiago.
Men in South Africa court on cannibalism charges August 21, 2017
Arrests are made after a KwaZulu-Natal man complained to police he was "tired" of eating human flesh.
Ambushed Ohio judge shoots gunman dead outside court August 21, 2017
Judge Joseph Bruzzese was shot several times, but returned fire in a gunfight outside his chambers.