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Intense Segregation Is Returning to Boston's Public Schools, Report Finds
Boston is the latest city that is facing resegregation in its school system, an issue that many education advocates and experts say can intensify stark racial and economic divisions in the city. A new report from the Boston Globe details the city’s problems, finding that nearly 60 percent of Boston’s schools are “intensely segregated”—meaning students…
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Black Man Who Filmed Latino Workers Striking Is Fired from His Job, Regrets Nothing
For many viewers, watching a group of construction workers walk off a shop floor in protest might have been rousing enough. But when Antoine Dangerfield’s video of his Latino coworkers went viral last week, people on social media were particularly taken by Dangerfield’s commentary and his infectious enthusiasm at what was transpiring. “They are not…
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Wounds That Never Heal: Emmett Till Sign Hit With Bullets Just a Month After Being Replaced
If you drive along Mississippi’s Tallahatchie river, you might encounter a purple sign at Graball Landing. The marker was erected in 2013 to commemorate the spot where 15-year-old Emmett Till’s body was recovered. For the third time in its short history, the sign has been vandalized—riddled with bullet holes once again. As the Clarion Ledger…
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White Brooklyn Firefighter Shouts Racist Insult at Medical Technician: 'Just Do Your Job You Black Bitch'
A white FDNY firefighter hurled a racist and sexist insult at an EMT while emergency medical services were attempting to bring power back to Starrett City residents last Sunday. According to the New York Daily News, during a heated exchange between an EMS crew and some firefighters, a white firefighter from Engine Co. 290 in…
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Azealia 'Where Are Your Bookings' Banks Accuses Beyoncé of Stealing and Drags Her Fashion Sense
I want a friend for Azealia Banks. I really and truly do. The type of friend who can sit there for hours and say “mmm hmmm, I know right” to your various grievances while scrolling through her Instagram and occasionally showing you funny memes and bomb looks. The type of friend who, when you say,…
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Statue of Liberty Protester Expertly Shades Melania Trump With Statement Dress
On Independence day, Therese Patricia Okoumou scaled the feet of the iconic statue at Liberty Island to call attention to Donald Trump’s cruel, xenophobic immigration policies. Days after her arrest, Okoumou, herself an immigrant (she was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), said she was specifically moved by the reports of migrant children…
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Washington Metro Considers Giving Unite the Right Rally Participants Their Own Special KKK Express. Union Group Responds: Um, No
A follow-up to last year’s violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., the reconvening of white supremacists of various stripes for the upcoming Unite the Right 2 Rally in Washington, D.C. has law enforcement and civic agencies debating how best to keep rally attendees and counter-protesters safe. All of our rotten eggs will be in one racist…
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Bitter Old Goat Trolls One of the GOATs, Successfully Plays Himself
It was a Friday night in Washington D.C., and what was the so-called leader of the free world doing? Staying up past his bedtime to catch up on his favorite hobby: racist hate-tweeting. Shortly before midnight, Donald Trump tweeted: “Lebron [sic] James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made…
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First Wives Club Is Back, and Black Women Are Taking the Lead
A revamped take of the iconic film, First Wives Club, is heading to television next year, and if the casting thus far is any indication, you might want to start sending calendar invites for those girls’ nights now. For the uninitiated (or the very young), the 1996 film gave us Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and…
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Swanky South Beach Hotel That Allegedly Called Haitian Employees 'Slaves' to Pay $2.5 Million Settlement
A ritzy Miami hotel has agreed to settle a discrimination suit with 17 Haitian dishwashers who say they were mistreated and eventually fired because of their background. While the allegations stem from 2014, the decision to settle was announced just last Friday. Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the discrimination suit on…
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