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New York City’s Afrocentric Schools Get More Love as Segregation Increases Nationwide
As school districts across the country grapple with deepening segregation, Afrocentric schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., are drawing more interest from parents and educators alike. In a story published by the New York Times last week, reporter Eliza Shapiro spoke to the teachers, administrators, and parents of students enrolled in the “half-dozen or so” city schools…
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According to Survey (OK, Several Surveys), Americans Blame Trump for Shutdown
Much has been made of the great political polarization gripping the country (an assessment that is not at all unfair), but if there’s one thing a majority of Americans seem to agree on, it’s this: Donald Trump and his Republican allies are to blame for the government shutdown. Now entering its 24th day, the partial…
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Stacey Abrams Meets With Top Democrats to Talk Possible 2020 Senate Run
Senator Stacey Abrams certainly has a ring to it. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Abrams, who gained interest nationwide after conceding a hotly contested election for the Georgia governor’s seat last year, met with Democratic leadership in Washington, D.C., to discuss a possible 2020 run—for the U.S. Senate. An aide told AJC that Abrams…
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Black Federal Employees Disproportionately Affected as Government Shutdown Ties for Longest Ever
The partial government shutdown over Donald Trump’s border wall has now tied for the longest ever, with substantial portions of the federal government nonoperational for the third straight week. And with the stalemate between Trump, Republicans and the Democratically controlled House of Representatives holding strong, that record will likely be broken by Saturday. Across the…
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Kamala Harris Doesn’t Yet Announce Presidential Run With New Book (but Hints as Subtly as a Semi-Truck)
Expect news about a Kamala Harris presidential run to drop any day now. On Tuesday, the Democratic senator released her memoir, The Truths We Hold, though telling her life story really isn’t the point of this book, as several reviewers have noted. What Harris carefully lays out in the book is the case to voters—those…
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News Networks Airing Trump’s Immigration Speech Tonight Did Not Have That Same Energy for Obama in 2014
Tuesday night, as multiple news networks are set to air Donald Trump’s address on immigration—a speech that promises to deliver a smorgasbord of lies, live and in primetime—it’s worthwhile to remember that broadcasters could just as easily choose not to air the president. In fact, it’s a decision they have made before. As multiple outlets…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Patron Saint of ‘MFers,’ Endorses Rashida Tlaib’s Expert Usage on Trump
Before we dig into this story, I would first like to apologize to my dad, who once kindly suggested that I maybe, just maybe, give some thought to cussing less in my posts. Dad, my condolences, but this will not be one of those posts. Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib told a crowd of supporters at…
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Exclusive: New Report Shows Gentrifiers Use Police to Terrorize Communities of Color—Without Even Calling 911
It was a story so ridiculous it seemed destined to go viral: A new Harlem resident, a white woman going only by the name Mackenzie, launched a veritable war against a neighborhood ice cream truck, complaining loudly and persistently about the noise and attempting, several times, to call 311—New York City’s hotline for quality of…
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Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, in one of his last acts in office, has granted clemency to 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown, who has spent the last 14 years behind bars for shooting and killing a man. Brown, who was tried as an adult as a 16-year-old, said she was forced into sex work and feared for her…
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Government Shutdown Not Responsible for Declined EBT Cards in Indiana, Officials Say [Updated]
A grocery store in Clay City, Indiana, says customers who want to pay with food stamps have been denied the ability to do so for more than a week, and they think the government shutdown is to blame. Tristen Malone, manager of the IGA grocery store, told WTWO that store machines stopped taking EBT cards…
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