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Man Shot and Killed in Portland, Ore., Protests After Caravan of Trump Supporters Travel There to Rally
Violent confrontations between people protesting for racial justice and people who find the very concept offensive have been happening on the streets of Portland, Oregon—a hotbed of white supremacy—for most of the summer. Following up last weekend’s ‘Back the Blue’ rally, which ended in violence between far-right protestors and anti-racism protestors, clashes again took place…
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Obama Advised NBA Players to Push for Social Justice Initiatives and Get Back in The Game
Advice from former President Barack Obama helped NBA athletes make their recent decision to return to the playoffs, alongside a suite of social justice initiatives from the organization, days after the Milwaukee Bucks launched an impromptu strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. According to ESPN, LeBron James and Chris Paul led…
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Ole Miss Football Players Walk out of Practice, Protest Police Brutality in Front of Confederate Statue
Sports has become one of the most viable avenues to force a spotlight on racial injustice, not least because so many of the most popular ones are dominated by Black men. On Friday, football players from Ole Miss at the University of Mississippi chose to walk out of their practice in protest of the racist…
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Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther, Has Died at 43
Chadwick Boseman, the award-winning leading man who portrayed inspiring Black figures in movies like Marshall, 42, Get On Up, and the culture shifting Black Panther, has died from colon cancer at 43 years old. Boseman’s death was announced on his official Instagram page on Friday night, in a post which revealed that the actor had…
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Organizers Behind BreonnaCon Respond to Online Criticism, Say Breonna Taylor's Family Was Integral to Its Creation
As Until Freedom’s BreonnaCon began underway in Louisville yesterday, so did the chatter on social media about the appropriateness of the event—and more specifically the use of the deceased 26-year-old’s name as a portmanteau to promote planned activities “Bre-B-Q.” Much of the outrage also centered on promotional flyers for the event which showed Breonna’s faded…
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Maryanne Trump Barry Describes Her Brother As the Cheating Cretin He Is in Secret Recording
Everybody knows that Donald Trump is a vile human being. Anyone who pretends they don’t is lying, like the many GOP politicians who called him trash before he got elected and then completely pivoted to pretending he is a decent man worthy of the presidency. Anyway, the Washington Post has revealed that Trump’s own sister,…
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This Is Not A Drill: Brandy and Monica Confirmed for Next Verzuz
Dreams do come true, and we very likely will get to see a 2020 version of “The Boy Is Mine” duet, because it is now official: Brandy and Monica will be facing-off in the next Verzuz on August 31. The two R&B icons have come up frequently in discussions about ideal Verzuz pairings, ever since…
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Tennessee Passes Law That Would Punish Protestors By Taking Away Their Right to Vote
Republican lawmakers and a Republican governor have green-lit a new law in Tennessee that makes it possible for people to have their voting rights revoked as punishment for participating in protests. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the measure into law last week after a special three-day legislative session, reports AP. Under the new law, demonstrators…
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Trump Bragged About Low Black Voter Turnout, Disparaged John Lewis in Meeting With Black 'Leaders' in 2017
New details have emerged from a meeting of so-called leaders in the Black community and then President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2017. Audio obtained by The Independent reveals that during the meeting —which was attended by Martin Luther King III, son of the civil rights icon—Trump made…
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Pharrell and Jay-Z Release Music Video for New Song 'Entrepreneur,' Featuring Some Familiar Faces and Shade to Black Twitter
Pharrell has followed up his curated issue of TIME magazine with Black leaders of “The New American Revolution” from earlier this week by dropping a new song and accompanying music video on Friday. The track “Entrepreneur” features Jay-Z, whose own Black entrepreneur cred is well-established and is frequently boasted about by the rapper himself. I…
