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    CNN host Don Lemon pretty much accused one of five women who have come forward and publicly claimed that comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them of not preventing her own rape. The comments came during Joan Tarshis’ appearance on Lemon’s show. 

    The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S., has reached a settlement with the hospital that treated him and admitting to making mistakes in addressing his care. Les Weisbrod, who is representing Duncan’s family, told reporters the hospital “wanted to do the right thing.”

  The following piece is from The New York Times. It was written by George Yancy and Naomi Zack. By: George Yancy and Naomi Zack This is the first in a series of interviews with philosophers on race that I am conducting for The Stone. This week’s conversation is with Naomi Zack, a professor of philosophy at […]

  Sports commentator Charles Barkley hasn’t come across a sensitive topic that he will not touch, and now he has voiced his opinion on what he calls a “dirty, dark secret” in the African-American community. During an interview with a radio station in Philadelphia, Barkley expounded on claims that Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was […]

The following post is from Chicago Pride. It was written by Terrence Chappell. By: Terrence Chappell National Coming Out Day (NCOD) started in 1988 to celebrate “coming out” and to raise awareness of the LGBT community and civil rights movement. It was the brainchild of psychologist Robert Eichberg, the founder of a personal growth workshop, and Jean […]

An Arizona teacher has lost her job for defending a fourth-grader from bullies who harassed him with racist words. Pam Aister, a 25-year veteran, was booted from her position at Four Peaks Elementary School after administrators said she was too harsh on the group of boys who called Malachi Gillis a monkey, crackhead and the […]

  Sean Groubert, the South Carolina state trooper who shot Levar Jones in September during a routine traffic stop, is claiming that Jones was the aggressor. Footage from the police car dash cam shows Groubert pulling over Jones for a seatbelt violation. Jones reaches to grab his wallet, per Groubert’s instructions, but is then shot […]

Hip-Hop is a world where your word is your bond. Anything you say is purported to be factual and “keep it real” becomes more than a slogan, it is law! After a recent conversation I had with my brother about the recent happenings in each others lives and the topic of authenticity came up. How […]

  The following piece is from the New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset. By: Richard Fausset Since moving to this small city on the eastern flank of Atlanta’s suburban sprawl, Lorna Francis, a hairdresser and a single mother, has found a handsome brick house to rent on a well-groomed cul-de-sac. She has […]

Leon Ford at Community Awareness Day (Photo by Haute Muslim) httpv://youtu.be/_x-8MGdRBgA On November 11, 2012, Leon Ford was pulled over by the Pittsburgh police. He promptly gave them his drivers license and registration, which confirmed who he was and his ownership of the vehicle he was driving. The police officers then decided, despite Leon giving them […]

Most of us know about Jackie Robinson being the first black professional Major League Baseball player, but few know about the men responsible for breaking the color barrier in the NFL.  But a new EPIX documentary will tell the story of four black pro sports players, Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis, […]

By: Samantha Master Trigger Warning: violence against women; misogyny One of my earliest and most vivid memories was at five or six years old. My mother and I went to a local Hampton Inn after one of my step-father’s drunken rages left her black-eyed and busted-lipped. At the check-in counter of the hotel, my mother […]