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News has surfaced that two prisons in California illegally sterilized women inmates: “Prison doctors in California sterilized nearly 150 female inmates during the course of four years without ever obtaining proper approval from the state.”

Yesterday we reported that Paula Deen had hired the services of real life Olivia Pope, Judy Smith to help repair her image. Now, she’s reaching out to Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has actually come to Deen’s defense: “Jackson says if Deen is willing to acknowledge mistakes and make changes, ‘she should be reclaimed rather than destroyed.'”

The massive tornado that hit Oklahoma has left dozens dead and hundreds injured and without homes. President Obama has since declared Oklahoma a major disaster area, calling the tornado “one of the most destructive storms” in American history.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X.

First Lady Michelle Obama covers the latest issue of Vogue. In a great interview with both her and her husband, President Obama gives Michelle props for improving his sense of style: “Michelle’s like Beyoncé in that song. ‘Let me upgrade ya!’ She upgraded me.”

“Anger is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change…I cannot hide my anger to spare your guilt, nor hurt feelings, nor answering anger; for to do so insults and trivializes all our efforts. Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own action or lack of […]

7 year-old Wilson Reyes was accused of stealing $5 from a classmate, and a scuffle ensued. Instead of being sent to the principal’s office, the NYPD took him to a police station, handcuffed Reyes to a wall, and interrogated him for hours.

Mr. Obama will be using two Bibles–one belonging to Abraham Lincoln, the other to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.–when he is sworn in for the second time. Is this empty symbolism, or does it suggest that he’ll concern himself with racial equality and the concerns of black Americans in his second term?

California voters approved a ballot measure that would amend the state’s highly controversial Three Strikes law, requiring that the third offense be of a serious and/or violent nature.

An anti-Obama ad, currently running on BET in Cleveland, OH, and Seattle, WA presumably expresses some black people’s qualms with the POTUS. Will this ad prove effective in the battleground state of Ohio? What do you think of the claims in the ad?

Very few athletes, or any person in the public eye for that matter, handle themselves with the amount of humility and class that Derrick Rose does. And I for one am so glad that he can be someone who kids look up to. More kids will believe that they can make it. Because he did.

13 year-old rapper Lil’ Mouse’s music video ‘Get Smoked” has racked up nearly half a million views on youtube. But his profanity-laced gangsta rap lyrics – rife with references to drugs, sex, and guns – has sparked outrage. Is there any justification for this?