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Pastor Finds Burned Cross Outside Historically Black Texas Church; Authorities Say Vandalism
Pastor Bill Burton of the St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historically black church in Alto, Texas, is convinced that a burned cross found near his church was the result of a hate crime, although local authorities are hesitant to label it as anything more than vandalism, CBS19 reports. According to the news station,…
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Attack on Korean Woman, 83, That Went Viral Is Not Being Investigated as Hate Crime: Report
The assault on an 83-year-old Korean woman in Koreatown in Los Angeles that reportedly went viral on social media is not being investigated as a hate crime, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The assailant allegedly yelled “white power” before running away, according to a post reportedly shared across Facebook that has since been…
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Texas High School Students Did Nazi Salute for ‘Silly’ Class Photo
Honestly, the racism (and overall general ignorance) present in American schools is just out of this world. And in our latest update of “Who’s going to be expelled next?” Cypress Ranch High School students are now under intense scrutiny after apparently doing a Nazi salute for a class photo, Click2Houston reports. According to the site,…
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Nordstrom Drops Ivanka Trump Brand From Stores, Citing Poor Sales
The American people are showing businessmen and businesswomen that while they may be able to ignore the voices of protest that are currently resonating across the country over the Donald Trump presidency and all the controversial executive orders that have come with it, they’re not going to be able to ignore this coin. The #DeleteUber…
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Dylann Roof’s Attorneys Argued He Has Mental Disorders: Report
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the murders of nine black parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., suffers from several mental disorders, attorneys claimed in an unsealed court document, CNN reports. According to the network, his legal team filed the document Dec. 6, the day before opening…
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‘Ashy Knees’: Fans Taunt Black Student-Athlete at NJ High School Basketball Game
New video has been publicized from a New Jersey high school basketball game that occurred Jan. 27 between Dover High School and Jefferson High School, in which the Jefferson crowd shouted racially charged comments at a black Dover student-athlete during the pregame warmups, NJ.com reports. Jefferson Superintendent Patrick Tierney apologized Monday after students “allegedly made…
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10-Year-Old Texas Boy Invents Device to Stop Deaths of Children in Hot Cars
Bishop Curry V may be young (10 years old, to be precise), but the little kid from Texas has some big ideas. He’s currently working on a device that could help prevent children from dying in hot cars. According to NBC Washington, overall, the number of children who died in hot cars increased across the…
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White House Will No Longer Send Officials on the Air on CNN: Report
The White House is reportedly giving CNN the cold shoulder and will no longer send spokespeople or surrogates on the air with the network, freezing it out from on-air administration voices, Politico reports. “We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” a White House official told the news…
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2 Wrongfully Imprisoned NYC Men Open Restaurant, Work to Help Wrongfully Convicted
It’s been a long way home for two New York City men who were wrongfully imprisoned for murders they didn’t commit. However, as CBS News reports, far from being bitter, the men have now become business partners in a new Brooklyn, N.Y., restaurant while working full time to help the wrongfully convicted. According to the…
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Flint, Mich., Residents Seek $700,000,000 From EPA for Handling of Water Crisis
As Flint, Mich., still struggles with the aftermath of the water crisis due to lead-tainted water, more than 1,700 residents and property owners have come forward seeking more than $700 million in damages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its handling of the crisis, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the EPA…
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