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Police Chief and Officer in Hamilton, Ga., Caught on Body-Cam Footage Being Disgustingly Racist
It’s frequently said that modern video technology has helped expose the truth of the racism in America that Black people have long said is endemic, especially in institutions like policing. The latest evidence of this comes in the form of recently released body camera footage of two officers from the Hamilton Police Department in Georgia—one…
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Trump's Lawyers for the Impeachment Trial Have All Dumped Him
Former President Donald Trump is having a real rough start to the year. A little over a week after his supporters led a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that he incited, Trump earned the ignoble distinction of being the only president in history to be impeached twice. Now, just before the…
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T.I. and Tiny Deny 'Egregious' Sexual Abuse Allegations, Threaten to Sue
You may have gotten wind of some allegations that have been swirling across the internet about Atlanta-based rapper T.I. (whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr.) and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris. Sabrina Peterson, reportedly a former friend of the Harris family, shared a post on Instagram earlier this week in which she accused the…
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Black Lives Matter Nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Black Lives Matter movement, which has proven itself a defining force for human rights advocacy in our time, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination was made by a Norwegian member of Parliament, Petter Eide, according to the Guardian. Three Black women—Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded the Black Lives…
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Rep. Cori Bush Reveals She Moved Offices After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Berated Her at the Capitol
It’s beyond clear that Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not belong in Congress, as information continues to emerge that some of her favorite past-times are haranguing people and inciting violence. Now Rep. Cori Bush has revealed that she’s had to go as far as moving into a different office to get further away from…
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Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and More Than 50 House Dems Tell Biden the American People Need Recurring Stimulus Checks
I gotta tell you, I love the squad–i.e. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. These four Democratic representatives in the House often feel like the only ones willing to vocally advocate for the needs of everyday people across the country, no matter how this might play politically. The…
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10-Year-Old Wins Big on GameStop Shares His Mother Got Him for Kwanzaa
Here’s a heartwarming story that’s come out of the drama between hedge funds and retail traders (many of them from Reddit) who drove GameStop shares up in the stock market this week. The rise and fall and rise again of the stock price for GameStop (or GME) over the past couple of days sent everyone…
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Union Calls Out Capitol Police Leaders for Leaving Cops Vulnerable to Insurrection Attack; Another Police Officer Has Died by Suicide
The fall-out from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol continues. A second police officer who responded to the attack has died by suicide, and the union head representing Capitol Police officers have called out the force’s leadership for failing to adequately prepare officers for the violence that ensued during the insurrection. NPR reports…
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San Francisco Will Rename 44 Schools—Including Ones Honoring Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
The San Francisco Board of Education has decided to kick some presidents’ names off of public school buildings in the city, in an apparent bid to challenge racism and oppression. The school board recently approved a resolution to rename 44 of the 125 schools in its district because their names honor people with ties to…
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9-Year-Old From Haiti Detained by Immigration in Trump’s Final Days in Office Is Released Home to Family
Vladimir Fardin, a 9-year-old boy who was separated from his family and held in a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in the final days of the Trump administration has been released and is now back home in Haiti. Vladimir had flown into the U.S. last Sunday with his older brother, Christian Laporte, a 19-year-old who…
