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‘People’ Aren’t Divided on Kavanaugh’s Confirmation. White People Are.
In newsrooms across the country, political reporters and pundits are trying to read the tea leaves on what’s in store for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct and accusations that Kavanaugh lied multiple times under oath during last week’s Judicial Committee hearing. At their disposal…
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'The Video Doesn't Show My Perspective': Jason Van Dyke Testifies About Shooting Laquan McDonald as Trial Draws to Close
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday in the shooting death of a Chicago teen, Laquan McDonald, who died at the hands of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in 2014. The defense rested their case on Wednesday, and as early as this afternoon, a Cook County jury will decide Van Dyke’s fate, and along with…
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Dallas Police, DA Refuse to Release 911 Call, Records From the Night Amber Guyger Shot Botham Jean
The Dallas Police Department and the city’s District Attorney’s Office refuse to release a slew of records that could help the public better understand what happened the night an officer shot and killed an unarmed black man, Botham Jean, in his apartment. Those records include the 911 phone call officer Amber Guyger placed after she…
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Georgia Cop Who Lied About Being Shot by a Black Man Gets 15 Years in Prison
A white Georgia cop will have a long, long time to revisit why the hell she lied about a black man shooting her two years ago. A judge sentenced former Jackson, Ga., police officer Sherry Hall to 15 years in prison, with another 23 years of probation, for claiming that she was shot by a…
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But Can You Block the President? Trump to Send Mass Text Today
When someone asks me to imagine what hell feels like, I envision it a little something like receiving a “good morning” text from President Donald Trump. Well, congratulations everyone, because this afternoon we’re all inching a little closer to my personal definition of hell when the White House will utilize the presidential alert system to…
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Tulsa Mayor Calls for Investigation Into Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre
Nearly 100 years ago, white rioters laid siege to the nation’s most affluent black neighborhood, colloquially known as “Black Wall Street,” in Tulsa, Okla., setting fire to homes, destroying businesses and killing hundreds of black people. The wounds of that incident still scar the town, particularly because so many unresolved questions—like where some 300 black…
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Jemele Hill Says Race Was Definitely a Factor in Being Labeled 'Too Political' for ESPN
For years, whenever complaints about ESPN being “too political” came up, anchors Jemele Hill and Michael Smith were pointed to as the primary culprits. Their race was always the subtext, though no one—least of all ESPN—seemed to want to call attention to it. But now that Hill has taken her talents to the Atlantic, where…
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Time's Up Taps Former WNBA President Lisa Borders to Serve as 1st President and CEO
Time’s Up, the gender-equality initiative founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement, has selected former Women’s National Basketball Association President Lisa Borders as the organization’s first president and CEO. The decision was formally announced Tuesday morning by the organization, which was started earlier this year by women in the entertainment industry. But the scope…
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#JusticeForDre: NCCU Students Walk Out of Classes, Demand Answers Over Classmate's Death at Hands of Security Guard
Students at North Carolina Central University walked out of classes on Monday in protest of their classmate Deandre Ballard’s death under questionable circumstances two weeks ago. Ballard, a senior at the HBCU, was shot and killed by a black security guard at his off-campus apartment complex on Sept. 17. As multiple outlets have reported, the…
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Shopper Says Florida H&M Falsely Accused Her of Stealing a Pair of Earrings: ‘It Was a Black Thing’
It may feel like it was three years ago that H&M got hemmed up for posting a racist photo of a young black child in a “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” sweatshirt, but in fact, it was just in January of this year—far too soon for the retail giant to get caught up in another…
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