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Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to Fight Against Police Brutality
In a decision handed down Monday, the Supreme Court made it even more difficult for victims of police violence to bring action against police officers who use excessive force. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the high court ruled in favor of an Arizona police officer who shot a woman outside her home because she…
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After Standing Her Ground, a Young Mother and Environmental Activist Could Be Forced to Give Birth in Prison
One of Detroit’s foremost environmental activists, a black woman who fought against Southwest Detroit’s Marathon Oil Refinery and the Detroit Renewable Power trash incinerator, developed educational outreach for local mothers and schoolchildren on nutrition and environmental issues, and represented Detroit at the Paris Climate talks may now be forced to give birth behind bars. Last…
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‘Unapologetic’ White Nationalist Podcast Host and Middle School Teacher Resigns
Nearly a month after HuffPost first outed Florida middle school teacher Dayanna Volitich as the host of a white supremacist podcast, Unapologetic, Volitich has submitted her resignation. The Citrus County School District removed Volitich from her classroom on March 2, reports the Citrus County Chronicle, as the district investigated claims that Volitich had moonlighted as…
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I Am Queen Mary, Denmark’s 1st Public Monument Honoring a Black Woman, Recalls a Fierce Rebel
Denmark just got its first public monument to a black woman, and what a phenomenal woman she was. On Saturday, two artists revealed a 23-foot statue inspired by Mary Thomas, a Caribbean woman who led a fiery 19th-century revolt against Danish colonial rule. Seated on a wicker throne, the statue stares solemnly ahead, her head…
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Fox News Runs Story About Teacher’s ‘Anti-Trump Rant,’ Neglects to Mention That Teacher Was Stating Facts
Fox News got its Holy Week knickers in a twist this weekend after a Georgia sixth-grader recorded her teacher saying that Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America great again,” was never meant to include racial minorities. In the real world, we call that facts. But over in Faux News land, it’s a cause for outrage.…
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Ex-Georgia Cop Accused of Stealing $150,000 at Traffic Stops and Handing Money Over to Drug Dealers
It’s the kind of crime made for a TV drama. An ex-Georgia cop has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that while she was an officer, she performed fake traffic stops in order to steal money from drivers, and then split the goods with drug dealers she ran with. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports…
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Easter Sunday Turns April Foolish as Blac Chyna Tries to Attack Someone With a Pink Stroller at Six Flags: Report
A fun Easter Sunday (slash April Fool’s Day) at Six Flags for Blac Chyna and her crew took a turn when Chyna got into a squabble with another amusement-park-goer. It’s unclear what caused the argument, which took place at Six Flags Magic Mountain outside of Los Angeles, but snippets of it were caught on video…
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Ava DuVernay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Janelle Monáe and More Join Call for Justice for Slain Afro-Brazilian Activist
More than two weeks after the assassination of Marielle Franco, an Afro-Brazilian politician who had staunchly advocated against police violence, grim details have emerged around her death. As Kiratiana Freelon reported for The Root, the 38-year-old Franco was gunned down in her car by armed men in Rio de Janeiro. She was shot a total…
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Texas Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for Casting an Illegal Ballot in 2016 Election
A Texas woman on supervised release from a tax-fraud conviction will lose her freedom once again—this time for casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election. A judge handed 43-year-old Crystal Mason a five-year sentence on Wednesday for casting a ballot before completing the full term of her sentence, including the supervised release, for a…
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Rihanna’s ‘BBHMM’ Officially Becomes the Protest Song We Always Knew It Was
What do you do when your university’s financial aid office has been accused of finessing $1 million worth of aid money? You tap your inner Rihanna and let the school administration know that bitches those fools better. have. your. money. Which is actually what Howard University students did Thursday night, rallying at the school’s financial…
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