This week for BuzzFeed News, Anita Badejo unpacks the complexities of reporting sexual assaults at historically black colleges. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Why the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault Is Leaving Women at Black Colleges Behind — BuzzFeed News
For decades, students at Spelman — the elite historically black women’s college — have spoken out about instances of sexual assault committed by students from Morehouse College, their unofficial brother school. Now, in the wake of a petition, protests, and a federal investigation, their messages are ringing louder than ever. Why haven’t we heard them? Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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The Ballad of Diane Warren — BuzzFeed News
You may not know Diane Warren’s name, but you’ve belted out a chorus of one of her dozens of megahits at karaoke. With an unexpectedly viral Lady Gaga hit now up for an Oscar, Warren explains to Doree Shafrir how it feels to be in her fourth decade of writing definitive mainstream pop songs without ever quite feeling part of the mainstream. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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Who Akai Gurley Was, Before He Was Killed by a Police Officer — BuzzFeed News
In November 2014, Akai Gurley was shot and killed by a rookie police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project. As the officer’s trial begins, Gurley’s family and friends tell Alex Ronan the definitive story of the man they lost. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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The Man Who Solved His Own Murder — The Guardian
A former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by a cup of a tea he drank in a London hotel in 2006. Luke Harding traces the astounding events that led Litvinenko to find the man who ultimately killed him — all from his hospital bed. Read it at The Guardian.
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