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NFL Players Speak Out in Congress on Criminal-Justice Reform, Police Killings of Blacks
In the past few years, there has been an uptick in press coverage of police brutality targeting the African-American community, coupled with the already troubled and biased criminal-justice system that penalizes black people often and harshly. This, in turn, has brought a widely publicized rise in the mobilization of the black community and its allies…
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Chicago Mom Devastated After Seeing Her 2 Sons Gunned Down at Restaurant Where She Worked
A Chicago mother was one of the witnesses who saw a man approach the South Side restaurant where she works Thursday and open fire, killing her two sons and two other men. According to the Chicago Tribune, two young men lay dead inside the restaurant, while another was found dead outside, and the fourth was…
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This Racist Promposal Gotta Go: ‘You May Be Picking Cotton, but We’re Picking You to Go to Prom With Us’
Prom is slowly approaching for many across the nation, which means the extra “promposals” have started flooding the timelines of the internet. Some are cute, some are cringeworthy and a lot of them are just generally doing the most. But then there’s that special category of racist-ass shit, and these Florida students (dammit, Florida, seriously?)…
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Tulsa, Okla., Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Says Race Had Nothing to Do With It
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby is insisting she was just doing the best she could in a bad situation, fatally shooting Terence Crutcher—an unarmed motorist—not because of his race but because of “his actions, his behaviors.” CBS’ 60 Minutes snagged Shelby for her first interview since the 2016 shooting, and the segment is scheduled…
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Man’s Ore. Home Vandalized With Racist, Threatening Messages
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon is investigating a “bias” crime that was reported Tuesday after Hasel Afshar, who is originally from Iran, returned from a three-day vacation in Canada to find his home ransacked and vandalized with racist graffiti. The vandals even left a threatening note. According to local news site the Gresham…
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Kind IHOP Waiter Stops Working to Help Customer With Huntington’s Disease Eat
It’s always nice, amid today’s political climate, to know there’s still hope left for humanity. Most recently, a kind Illinois IHOP waiter went viral after he was photographed helping a customer who has Huntington’s disease eat. Another customer, Keshia Dotson, snapped the photo from her seat a few tables away. “She was coughing and then…
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Sean Spicer Thinks It’s ‘Demeaning’ to Suggest That April Ryan Can’t ‘Take’ His Bullshit
So Sean Spicer is back with another twist, actually saying that it is somehow “demeaning” to veteran White House reporter April Ryan to suggest that she can’t “take it.” By “it,” he is, of course, referring to the fact that he told a grown woman to “stop shaking your head” when she was listening to…
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Rep. Maxine Waters Ain’t Got Time for Bill O’Reilly: ‘I Am a Strong Black Woman and I Cannot Be Intimidated’
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has a lot of things going on, what with basically being one of the few members of Congress willing to fight the current administration tooth and nail and calling it out on all its bullshit. So it’s quite obvious that she doesn’t have time for Bill O’Reilly or his shenanigans trying…
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Fox News Slapped With Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit
Fox News has a lot of problems, and apparently racial discrimination is one. (Surprise?) Two black women filed a federal lawsuit in state Supreme Court in the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday night, claiming that they were subjected to “top-down racial harassment” in the Fox News payroll department thanks to longtime comptroller Judith Slather. According to the…
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NYC Subway Rider Threatens to ‘Kill’ Iranian Couple: ‘Donald Trump Is in the House’
A video of a man on the subway in New York City is sparking online attention, as well as conversation about how to respond to hateful, violent threats in public, after the man was seen cursing and apparently threatening to kill an Iranian couple who were on a Manhattan train over the weekend. In a…
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