Opinion

Support for Bill Cosby under the guise of racial injustice is simply a thinly veiled defense of rape.

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Students held signs that read "Rape is Rape" and "Stanford Protects Rapists" to denounce Brock Turner's lenient sentence.

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Go EIC, that’s my EIC! You betta, you betta…@kiernamayo pic.twitter.com/hL1fiUM7c6 — Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) October 16, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Most people are still shaking the dust off in the wake of EBONY Magazine’s November cover shaking up social media on Thursday. Now the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, veteran media executive Kierna Mayo, is pulling back the cover on […]

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One of the most high-profile philanthropic love affairs in modern history has come to an end. In the wake of mounting rape and sexual assault allegations, Spelman College has severed ties with Bill Cosby. RELATED: NBC Severs Ties With Bill Cosby According to the Times, the illustrious HBCU has discontinued its William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship and returned […]

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An HBCU president in Pennsylvania is under fire for insensitive comments he made to female students about sexual assault during a school address earlier this year, the Huffington Post reports. Robert R. Jennings, (pictured right) president of Lincoln University in Lincoln, Pa., made the remarks on Sept. 16 at the school’s annual All Women’s Convocation after […]

During a show in Philadelphia on October 16, popular comedian Hannibal Buress came for the head of Philly’s own Bill Cosby, joking that his often condescending advice to Black Americans is negated because he “rapes women,” reports PhillyMag.com. RELATED: Barbara Bowman: Bill Cosby Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Me Celebrating The 30th Anniversary Of ‘The Cosby Show’ “It’s […]

R. Kelly has been dealing with an avalanche of negative media that began with the release of his latest studio album, “Black Panties,” and an ill-advised “#AskRKelly” Twitter chat. Now, BK Nation, a non-profit organization founded by activist Kevin Powell, has created a petition calling for an end of support for the Chicago singer’s career. […]

Crime

Jacoby Kindred, 61, pastor with Minnesota’s One Accord Ministries, is accused of raping the daughters of his son’s girlfriend beginning when they were only six- and eight- years old. Kindred allegedly told at least one victim that “the devil was inside her and he could take the demons out of her.” The victims are now 15- and […]

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Does corporate Hip-Hop profit from paying Black men to prey on Black women? Writing for Clutch Magazine, NewsOne’s Contributing Editor, Kirsten West Savali, opines that Chief Keef — and others like him — are bought and paid for puppets in an industry where rapping about murdering and raping women can make you very, very rich. […]

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On the heels of rapper Rick Ross‘ severed relationship with Reebok due to lyrics bragging about drug-induced date rape, Interscope artist, Chief Keef (BigGucciSosa300), has released a record threatening to kill a young woman if she doesn’t perform fellatio. “You aint gonna let me f*ck and I feel you, but you gone suck my d*ck […]

Entertainment

Rapper Rick Ross, who has been called out for his rape lyrics in the song “U.O.E.N.O.” by feminists around the country, tweeted a pseudo-apology that’s about as real as his name. “Interpreted as” is not an apology; it is, however, a translucent attempt at damage control to appease his corporate sponsors, as proven by his […]

There’s something to be said of a man whose only way to have sex with a woman is by getting her drunk. However you care to categorize such behavior, I would hope we can all agree by now that the sex by date rape meme needs to be dropped deep in to the abyss. Two […]