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Scathing diversity reports from major tech companies revealed that women make up less than 30 percent of employees. For minority employees, this number staggers as low as four percent. The culprit? Unconscious bias in an industry largely dominated by white men.

Donald Trump continues his march to the Republican presidential nomination, spurred on by tapping into the racist paranoia of white conservatives all across the country who have found in him a leader who gives voice to their base nature.

Donald Trump announced on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning that he had no plans to attend the Republican presidential debate in Salt Lake City on Monday, according to the Washington Post. He noted that there have been enough debates and therefore he was planning on attending a pro-Israel group's event that night. On Wednesday, Fox 13 News confirmed that there would be no debate after phone conferences between the Fox News Channel and the Republican National Committee.

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The Georgia teacher who reportedly called a student "the dumbest girl I have ever met" and added, "You know what your purpose is going to be? To have sex and have children because you ain’t never gonna be smart," resigned Monday night, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports.

Six Michigan high school students have been suspended after school officials were alerted to photos posted on social media that showed some of them with the n-word written across their stomachs, Fox 2 Detroit reports.

Last night was Super Tuesday, part 2, where really important things were bound to happen because there just aren’t as many states left for the candidates to fight over. On the Democratic side, it was another opportunity for Sen. Bernie Sanders to remind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that he wasn’t quite dead yet, and for the Republicans it was another episode of America’s favorite new reality show: Chickens Come Home to Roost: All Star Edition. 

President Barack Obama has picked federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to fill late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, NPR reports.

Both prosecutors who proved to be incompetent in the high-profile police shooting deaths of unarmed juveniles Laquan McDonald in Illinois and Tamir Rice in Ohio have lost their seats.

Motivational speaker Eric Thomas, who goes by ET and has been called the “hip hop preacher,” is a viral sensation whose YouTube videos all garner around 250,000 views. Thomas’ personal struggles, the absence of his biological father, and having once been homeless, to his triumphs of graduating college after 12 years and a recent Ph.D. in Education Administration from Michigan State University, resonate with young and old alike. Thomas is flown around the world speaking to everyone from Fortune 500 employees to professional athletes. Читать дальше...

Hillary Clinton has emerged as the clear Democratic front-runner, sweeping Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois in Tuesday’s presidential primaries. A big Florida win for Donald Trump strengthened his grip on the Republican nomination and forced Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to end his bid after a devastating home-state loss.

Bob Shapiro is at the courthouse offering a “Good morning” to Gil Garcetti, who is not here for any of Shapiro’s shenanigans. “We barely recovered from the Rodney King riots of two years ago, and now you and Johnnie are standing in a damn pool of gasoline playing with matches,” Garcetti snaps. 

Four years ago a petite, timid Gabby Douglas made her national media debut in front of hundreds of reporters at the Olympic Media Summit. At the time, she was unknown to everyone except gymnastics insiders, but that changed when, two months later, she captured the all-around gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 

You can say many things about Ben Carson, the back-ordered, decaffeinated coffee machine who recently dropped out of the presidential race. Iconic surgeon. Popeyes enthusiast. Vigilante. Black History Month book-report muse. Delusional motherf--ker. But one thing you cannot do is doubt his blackness bona fides. Yes, his actual politics, if enacted, would have put America back to 1953. But let’s forget about that for a moment. Instead, just think about all the times he reminded us he was black as f--k. Читать дальше...

Daylight saving has run up and kicked all of our collective asses, which means spring is finally coming around the corner and it’s time to rub what little coins I have together and start planning out my excursions for the rest of the year. Not only do I need the occasional respite from New York City and all the burdens of day-to-day living here, but getting older also means more annual trips that are obligations disguised as fun weekend getaways. You know, weddings, bachelor(ette) parties, baby showers... Читать дальше...