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Nearly a Year After Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing, the Georgia House Passes Bill to Reform the State's Citizen’s Arrest Law
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery by two white men who thought they could take the law into their own hands sent a ripple effect through the nation that is still being felt today. In an effort to prevent something like this from happening again, the Georgia House unanimously passed a bill overhauling its citizen’s arrest…
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Protesters at a North Carolina Confederate Monument Have Received KKK Flyers at Their Homes
While most of us can acknowledge the fact that this country built so many monuments to a bunch of racist losers is deeply weird, racists will simply not accept anyone questioning the necessity of their big-ass participation trophies. So much so, that a group of people who protested a Confederate monument in North Carolina have…
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California State Lawmaker Introduces Bill That Would Repeal Law Critics Say Unfairly Targets Black and Brown Trans People for…Walking. Yes, Walking
A state senator in California has crafted a bill that would repeal a 26-year-old solicitation law that has been seen as unfairly punitive to Black and brown trans people. According to CNN, Democratic state Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB-357 to the state legislature on Monday night. The bill would repeal the “loitering for purpose of…
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Vice President Kamala Harris Announced $250 Million Grant That Will Be Distributed Among Organizations Combating Racial Disparities in Covid Response
At this point, you’re probably tired of the phrase “Black people are disproportionately affected” when it comes to coronavirus. I know I am. Unfortunately, the last year has seen the Black community bear the brunt of the worst parts of the pandemic—be that deaths, job losses, a lack of economic relief, evictions, or the loss…
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FBI Report Finds That White Supremacists Seek to Join Armed Forces and Law Enforcement
In news that is absolutely shocking to no one who’s been paying attention, an internal report distributed by the FBI to various law enforcement agencies finds that white supremacists seek to infiltrate law enforcement and the armed forces in an effort to further their racist-ass agenda. According to ABC News, the report was crafted by…
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Received Your Covid Vaccine? Great! Here’s What the CDC Says You Can Safely Do Now
There’s some good news today for anyone who has received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines on what activities those who have been fully vaccinated can safely engage in. According to NBC News, the CDC has said that after two weeks, people who have been…
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Apparently Human Scrabble Is a Thing, and a Group of White Teachers in Missouri Have Managed to Make It Racist
Oh boy, y’all. Today I learned that human Scrabble is apparently a thing people do, and leave it to a group of white teachers in Missouri to find a way to make it racist. According to the Kansas City Star, a group of teachers at the Christian School District in O’Fallon, Mo., were photographed holding…
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United Nations Human Rights Officials Release Report Calling for an End to the Environmental Racism of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The more I learn about how horrific the nooks and crannies of this country are, the less I understand how anyone can proudly declare we’re the best in the world. If this country is best at anything, it’s managing to embed racism in just about every facet of American life, including the goddamn environment. A…
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Free Games Galore in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices
It’s Friday night, and we just got paid. I mean, I didn’t, but you might have! Hold on to those coins though, because this week’s list is all about those free games. While I caught another L on getting a PS5, Sony did come through this week by offering some absolute bangers for free. For…
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Predictably Florida: White Men Caught on Video Shouting Racial Slurs at Black Fisherman
Proving once more that Florida is always going to Florida, a group of white men was caught on camera yelling racial and homophobic slurs at a Black man just trying to fish. According to NBC Miami, Shannon Bustamante was invited to join a group of fishermen to record some content for his YouTube channel. The…
