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Michigan Appeals Court Grants Release of Black Girl Who Was Detained After Not Doing Online Homework
A 15-year-old Black girl who was being detained in a juvenile facility in Detroit for failing to complete online schoolwork has been granted release by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The teenage girl in question, referred to as Grace to protect her privacy, had been held in detention at the Children’s Village center for 78…
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Protests Planned in St. Louis, Mo. After New Prosecutor Says He Won't Make Criminal Charges in Police Killing of Michael Brown
Protests are scheduled to happen in St. Louis, Missouri this Sunday in response to Prosecuting Attorney for the County, Wesley Bell’s recent announcement that he will not file criminal charges against former Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Two weeks of riots and unrest took place on the streets of…
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After a Summer of Social Media Trolling By Gen Z, Trump Says He's Going to Ban TikTok From America
The petty President of the United States says his government will be banning the social media app TikTok from operating in America, and that it could happen as soon as this weekend. Trump announced his plans to end use of the Chinese-owned video sharing platform in the U.S. to reporters on Friday, reports NBC. From…
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Jamaica's Supreme Court Rules That School Can Ban Child With Dreadlocks (No, We're Not Kidding)
If you’ve ever heard the statement ‘anti-Blackness is global’ and wondered what it truly meant, consider this news: the Supreme Court in Jamaica, an island whose population is around 80 percent Black people, has ruled in favor of a school that said a seven-year-old could not attend their classes unless she cut her dreadlocks. “I…
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Florida's Youngest to Die From COVID-19 Is a Little Black Girl
Health officials in Florida say that a 9-year-old girl is the youngest person in the state to die from COVID-19. Kimora “Kimmie” Lynum from Gainesville died from coronavirus complications on July 17. According to a GoFundMe created by her family to cover medical bills and funeral expenses, Kimmie was taken to hospital with a high…
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Body-Cam Footage Shows Unarmed Man in Austin, Texas Begging 'Don't Shoot' Before Police Shot and Killed Him
The Austin Police Department has released bodycam footage and the 911 call from a fatal encounter between its officers and Michael Ramos, an unarmed 42-year-old man, in April of this year. According to a report from Buzzfeed, police approached Ramos—who is Afro-Latino—in response to a 911 call that he was allegedly taking drugs with a…
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Oprah's Back in Her Talk Show Bag With New Apple TV+ Series, The Oprah Conversation
Oprah is returning to a role we are very familiar seeing her in, with a new talk show series premiering this Thursday, July 30 on Apple TV+ called The Oprah Conversation. The new show will be filmed remotely and feature Oprah leading “timely and intimate discussions with today’s foremost newsmakers, thought leaders, and masters of…
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Black Leaders, We Need You to Tell the Full Story When Talking About Black Crime—and Black Humanity
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acceded to the presence of federal police in her city—the same federal officers who have been tear-gassing and beating men, mothers, and Navy veterans in Portland, Ore.—as part of President Trump’s ridiculously and ominously termed “Operation Legend.” The decision from the mayor, the city’s first who is a Black woman,…
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NBA Says LA Clippers' Lou Williams Has to Quarantine for 10 Days After Visiting Magic City in Atlanta
Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers apparently loves the food at the Magic City strip club in Atlanta so much that he’s willing to endure 10 days under quarantine for it. That’s the punishment the shooting guard has been dished out from the NBA, reports ESPN, after he left the campus ‘bubble’ where players…
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WNBA Players Walk Off Court During Anthem; Kyrie Irving Commits $1.5 Million to Support Those Who Opt-Out This Season
WNBA athletes continue to make it clear that they are all about justice for Breonna Taylor. Over the weekend, members of the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty teams walked off the court as the national anthem was being played ahead of their game in Florida. The players were wearing shirts bearing the words ‘Say…
