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Suspect Arrested in Killing of Missouri Trans Woman Nina Pop
A man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Nina Pop, a 28-year-old trans woman found stabbed to death in Missouri earlier this month. KFVS TV reports that 40-year-old Joseph Cannon was arrested Friday morning in Dexter, Mo. Sikeston DPS Chief James McMillen told reporters that police were “pleased to…
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Black Delivery Driver Held Against His Will in Gated Oklahoma City Community by White Homeowners
A black delivery driver was trapped for more than an hour in a gated community in Oklahoma City earlier this week by a white man claiming to be president of the local homeowner’s association. The encounter, live-streamed by furniture and home appliance delivery driver Travis Miller on Monday, went viral as fears around the country…
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UK Railroad Worker Dies of COVID-19 After Being Spat on at Work; Union Says Death 'Wasn't Inevitable'
The United Kingdom’s transport union, TSSA, is calling for better protection and compensation for its members after a railway worker died following an attack from an irate passenger claiming to have the coronavirus. As the BBC reports, 47-year-old Belly Mujinga was attacked, along with another female colleague, at London’s Victoria Station on March 22. The…
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As Media Focuses on Black Lives, Activists Call Attention to Nina Pop, the 5th Trans Woman of Color to Be Killed in the Last Month
As tributes poured in last weekend for Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old unarmed black man whose Feb. 23 killing made international headlines when cellphone footage of his death was released last week, racial and trans justice advocates sought space to lift up the name of Nina Pop, a 28-year-old trans woman who was found stabbed to…
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More Than 80% of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Georgia Were Black, CDC Reports
As Georgia gets set to reopen more non-essential business this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study finding that more than 80 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were black. Shared on Wednesday, the CDC study looked at 305 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in eight Georgia hospitals, seven of which were in…
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream…at Senator Mark Warner's Mayo Abomination of a Sandwich
If we can find just one moment of national unity this week, let it be the collective scream we all let out as Virginia Senator Mark Warner dumped a Mitch McConnell-sized helping of mayonnaise on what we’ve been told is a tuna melt. “Senator’s mayo-heavy tuna melt met with jeers” crowed CNN. “Virginia Sen. Mark…
