Sample the Top 10 Common Videos of All TimeEric GarnerWhy Get Married?tony dungy[BLACK POP DAILY] Nicki Minaj Reveals Assets on ‘Anaconda’[Ending Rape 4ever] A Prayer for HealingThe Coolest Black Family in America, No. 47: The Tynerspalestine gaza israel conflict
Sample the Top 10 Common Videos of All Time
Common’s latest, this week’s ‘Nobody Smiling,’ put images of the Chi-Town MC back in our heads. Here’s 10 of his very best clips
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Eric Garner:
Tall, Dark, and Threatening
Charles F. Coleman, Jr. on what it means to occupy a Black body that is inherently threatening...even to armed members of law enforcement
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Why Get Married?
Do we value marriages over relationships, and if so, why? Josie Pickens wonders about our infatuation with marriage
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[BLACK POP DAILY]
Nicki Minaj Reveals Assets on ‘Anaconda’
Plus Nas digs into his family history and Zoe Saldana reveals her baby bump in today's truth, lies and gossip headlines
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A Prayer for Healing
After being sexually assaulted, a young mother seeks to regain wholeness through faith
By April Holloway, Esq.
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The Coolest Black Family in America, No. 47: The Tyners
This Atlantic City family of five gambled on love and won... Now *that's* cool!
By Alexandra Phanor-Faury
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“This Is Indeed a Massacre”
Palestinians in Gaza Respond to Siege
As the civilian death toll rises, Kristian Davis Bailey examines the plight of those living in the war torn middle east
By Kristian Davis Bailey
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Black Listed - Today's Top Stories Around the Web

01 Internal NYPD report on incident with Staten Island dad Eric Garner does not mention chokehold News & Views Garner report doesn't mention chokehold The New York Daily News reports that the supervising officers also downplayed Garner's condition in the report, saying he was not in "great distress"
02 Thousands Flee Nigerian Town After Boko Haram Attack News & Views Boko Haram occupies entire town Gawker reports that more than 40 people were killed during raids on the Nigerian town last weekend
03 What Murdered Black Boys Mean for the Renisha McBride Trial News & Views Context behind the Renisha McBride trial Jezebel's Hillary Crosley writes on how race often puts Black murder victims on trial instead of the actual murderer
04 Tony Dungy 'wouldn't have taken' Michael Sam in NFL draft Entertainment & Culture Dungy: I wouldn't have drafted Sam The former coach and current NFL analyst said the story around Sam would have been too big of a distraction
05 President Obama paused as he spoke to reporters on July 19 about race and the death of Trayvon Martin. News & Views LGBT non discrimination order signed Slate reports that the historic order protects all federal employees from discrimination on the basis of gender identity
06 Shamiya Adams News & Views Girl killed by stray during sleepover Shamiya Adams was one of 20 people shot in a 12 hour span from Friday night to Saturday morning
07 NYPD Chokehold Death News & Views Gun, badge taken from officer Gawker also reports that the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, has been sued for racially motivated arrests before
08 Alexandra Shipp Entertainment & Culture Alexandra Shipp new Aaliyah According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Nickelodeon actress takes over for Disney Channel star Zendaya Coleman
09 mosquito News & Views Dreaded virus reaches America Slate reports that the Chikungunya virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, has been found in Florida
10 Staten Island Dad dies choke hold Eric Garner, 43, News & Views Husband, Father killed by police The Root reports that Eric Garner was breaking up a fight when police approached and eventually killed him
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