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SC Politicians Try to Rinse Confederacy of White Supremacy by Honoring ‘Black Confederates’
Two South Carolina representatives hope to put the whole Confederate-monument controversy to rest—by memorializing the enslaved black people forced to fight for the Confederacy. Newsweek reports that Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns brought forward the idea because the contributions of black Confederates have been historically overlooked: “This history is the truth and is being…
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Black NHL Player Receives Death Threats After Raising Fist During National Anthem
With his fist raised high Saturday night, Tampa Bay Lightning player J.T. Brown became the first NHL player to protest police brutality during the national anthem. After taking action, Brown took to social media to explain and defend his position. The forward also admitted that his gesture had provoked death threats from racist Twitter users.…
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Here We Go Again: Gulf Coast Braces for Yet Another Major Storm
Hurricane Nate, a storm that has already killed 22 people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is barreling toward the Gulf Coast. Nate is expected to make landfall late Saturday night or Sunday morning as a hurricane. The Washington Post reports that the National Hurricane Center has issued warnings for southeastern Louisiana, coastal Mississippi and Alabama.…
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FBI Launches COINTELPRO 2.0, Targeting ‘Black Identity Extremists’: Report
Raise your hand if you identify as a “black identity extremist.” Matter of fact, raise your hand if you’ve ever even heard of the term “black identity extremist.” According to a new report from Foreign Policy magazine, this is the dangerous, racially motivated movement the FBI counterterrorism unit warned about in a report back in…
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Boy, Bye: Pro-Life Congressman Who Suggested Mistress Get an Abortion Will Resign
Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Murphy will resign later this week following a report that he had urged his side chick to get an abortion earlier this year. Murphy, a member of the Pro-Life Caucus, had flaunted his pro-life bonafides as a congressman throughout his career. The Hill reports that Murphy’s resignation will be effective Oct. 21.…
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Moonlight Director on Why New James Baldwin Film Needs to Be in Harlem
After his history-making turn directing Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has chosen to tackle the work of one of America’s great literary icons: James Baldwin. Jenkins is adapting Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk as his next feature film. As DNAinfo reports, Jenkins is choosing to stay true to the story by filming in Harlem, where…
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Justice Department Probe of Harvard Admissions May Hit on Affirmative Action: Report
The Trump administration’s battle against affirmative action is under way. A new report from BuzzFeed News confirms that the Department of Justice is investigating Harvard University’s admissions practices. The investigation likely centers on allegations that Harvard’s use of affirmative action discriminates against students of Asian descent, according to the report. BuzzFeed reports that the confirmation…
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Gabrielle Union Opens Up About Miscarriages to Change the Way People Talk About Fertility
In her new book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union discloses her painful experiences with infertility. In an excerpt from the book shared with People magazine, the star of BET’s Being Mary Jane says that she’s had “eight or nine miscarriages.” “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to…
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Pro-Life Congressman Mysteriously OK With Abortion if His Side Chick Needs One: Report
It turns out that Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), a politician who proudly flaunts his pro-life bonafides, doesn’t really mind abortions as long as his mistress has access to them. Last month the 64-year-old congressman with a reputation for family values admitted to having an extramarital affair with Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
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The Supreme Court Case That Could End Political Gerrymandering for Good
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether Wisconsin’s legislative maps are so extremely partisan that they are, in fact, unconstitutional. It’s a case that could fundamentally reshape the way politics is practiced in America. As The Nation reports, legal scholars and voting rights activists claim that in 2010, Wisconsin’s Republican Legislature sought to…
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