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Racist GOP State Sen. Frank Artiles Calls Black Colleagues ‘N–gers’ and Lived
Updated Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 1:05 p.m. EDT: Artiles claims that he was referring to white colleagues as “niggas” and insists that he’s not racist, Politico reports. Earlier: Another day, another Republican showing out in the name of white supremacy. This time it’s Frank Artiles, a Cuban state senator in Miami serving Florida’s 40th District,…
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#FlipThe6th: The Jon Ossoff Train Keeps Running in Ga., Forcing June Standoff With GOP
Democrat Jon Ossoff, 30, almost turned a GOP stronghold blue Tuesday night in a special election to see who will take over Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Instead, Ossoff, who would become the youngest member of Congress if elected, forced a June runoff with the GOP front-runner, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, which will…
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Why We Must Focus on Black Girls and Child Sexual Abuse
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year during this time, there are campaigns across the country that highlight the dangers of acquaintance or “date” rape. There are silent marches and “Take back the night” events on college campuses around the country, and generally a heightened focus on the epidemic of sexual violence among adult…
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You the Jury: Benjamin Crump, Trayvon Martin Family Attorney, Stars in Fox Reality Show
Benjamin Crump, most well-known as the lawyer for the families of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Michael Brown Jr., is building on his fame in a new reality courtroom show premiering Friday on Fox. According to Fox, You the Jury “will address hot-button issues that define America today. Whether it’s online trolling and the limits…
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Why This Season’s Underground Should Be in Every Conversation About the War on Drugs
Over the last few years, I have spent a lot of time thinking, talking and writing about the war on drugs, particularly how it affects black women. And it is clear that the writers of WGN’s Underground, the exceptional runaway hit show that tracks the movements on the Underground Railroad, have been, too. There are…
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Sean Spicer, Joe Walsh and Bill O’Reilly: Your Hatred for Black Women Is Showing
There is something about black women in positions of power and influence that brings out the devil in white men. The residue of evil clings to them like a moldy cloak. One could rightfully argue that this is true for all women. But it is black women in particular—being unyielding, assertive and ungovernable in the…
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The Liberator: Susan Burton on the War on Drugs, Black Motherhood and Freedom [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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To Be Held by Moonlight
There was no church scene. There were no tambourines or drums, no preachers loudly proclaiming Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1 and 1 Corinthians 6:9. There were no flamboyant choir directors, teenagers named Arthur or bluesmen named Jimmy; no John or Gabriel Grimes; no Elishas. Yet, this film, Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, could’ve been James Baldwin’s,…
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Alonzo Cox, 16, Viciously Assaulted by Baltimore County PD, Lives to Tell the Tale
The actions of two Baltimore County police officers are now under review after they were captured on video last week violently detaining a 16-year-old child who was in need of help and clearly in distress. Fox Baltimore reports that on Feb. 22, police were called to respond to reports that a 14-year-old girl (who has not…
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Tom Perez Elected Democratic National Committee Chair
Tom Perez, former labor secretary in the Obama administration, has been elected the new Democratic National Committee chair, beating out Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) for the top spot, the Washington Post reports. In a move that jump-started the battle dubbed the “West Wing vs. the Left Wing,” veterans of the Obama administration urged Perez to…
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