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Undergraduate Students at Brown University Vote in Favor of Reparations for Students Who Descended From Slaves
A report commissioned by Brown University over a decade ago revealed that the school’s namesake family was deeply involved in the transatlantic slave trade. Citing the school’s history with slavery, the school’s undergraduate students have voted in favor of the university providing reparations for descendants of those who were enslaved. According to CNN, in 2003…
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Virginia Supreme Court Rules That Charlottesville Can Remove a Pair of Confederate Statues
Considering the level of violence and chaos white supremacists brought to Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years ago, it’s not terribly surprising that the city isn’t exactly gung-ho about preserving its Confederate monuments. The city can now remove two statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson after the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a…
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All Late: Google Has Finally Decided to Spend a Little Money to Combat Fake News
Remember how five years ago we were all like “Man, tech companies should really do something about misinformation,” and tech companies were like “Nahhhh, what’s the worst that could happen?” Well, the worst has happened and now Google is contributing more than $29 million to an organization intended to combat misinformation online. According to ABC…
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Proud Boy Leader Used by FBI to Inform on Antifa, an Organization That Doesn’t Exist
Considering the FBI’s history with COINTELPRO, it isn’t a great look that they used a leader of the Proud Boys to inform them about people standing up to Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the Proud Boys themselves. According to NBC News, a court filing revealed that before he was arrested after being among those who stormed…
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Rising COVID Cases Across the Country Have Many Doctors Fearing a Fourth Wave Is on the Way
While vaccine availability is steadily increasing across the country, an ongoing surge in cases has doctors fearing a fourth wave of the virus is approaching. According to CBS News, cases have been rising in 27 states nationwide, with new transmissions rising by double digits compared to the week before. Doctors have been troubled by the…
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Maryland Moves to Repeal Its Bizarrely Pro-Confederate State Song
If your state’s song was written before 1995, there’s a very likely chance it’s racist as hell. The state legislature in Maryland voted on Monday to repeal its state song, which, as of now, is very pro-Confederate. According to CNN, this is not the first attempt to repeal “Maryland, My Maryland” as the state’s song…
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Y’all Know Godzilla Just Needs to Distract Kong With a White Woman and He Wins, Right?
Tomorrow, a clash of massive proportions will hit theater and TV screens in the form of Godzilla vs Kong. Now I love watching giant creatures suplex each other through skyscrapers just as much as the next person, but y’all really expect to believe Kong, king of the simps, can take on the big G? I…
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Turns Out, When You’re White, You Can Storm the Capitol and Possibly Not Even Face Jail Time. Who Knew?
White people really don’t like holding each other accountable for their actions. For the rest of us, getting killed by cops for counterfeit bills, getting absurdly long prison sentences for low-level drug possession, and even being incarcerated for crimes we didn’t commit is perfectly fine. For the majority of the white people who stormed the…
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The Biden Administration Extends Federal Moratorium on Evictions to June
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage and unemployment rates continue to fluctuate, the Biden administration has announced it will extend the federal ban on evictions until June. According to the Associated Press, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved to extend the protections on Monday, as the moratorium was set to expire on…
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Low-Level Offenses, Including Drug Possession and Prostitution, to No Longer Be Prosecuted in Baltimore
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the country make adjustments in what crimes they do and don’t prosecute in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. In Baltimore, those adjustments will remain permanent as the city prosecutor announced her office will no longer prosecute a multitude…