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  • Black Women Arrested At Alabama Home For a Measly $77 Trash Bill

    Black Women Arrested At Alabama Home For a Measly $77 Trash Bill

    A longtime resident of Valley, Alabama, Martha Menefield, stated she never received a notice before two officers took her to jail.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 2, 2022
  • Atlanta Elementary School Under Investigation For Allegedly Separating Classes By Race

    Atlanta Elementary School Under Investigation For Allegedly Separating Classes By Race

    A Black mother claims Mary Lin Elementary School was separating Black and white students into different classrooms and not asking families

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 2, 2022
  • Civil Rights Groups Call On the House To Do Something About Racist Insular Cases

    Civil Rights Groups Call On the House To Do Something About Racist Insular Cases

    A group of civil rights advocates led by the ACLU believes the Democratic House majority can raise awareness for people living in U.S., territories.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 2, 2022
  • San Francisco Police Pave the Way For Robots To Apply Deadly Force In Extreme Situations

    San Francisco Police Pave the Way For Robots To Apply Deadly Force In Extreme Situations

    The measure still requires a second vote next week and the mayor’s approval before moving forward.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 1, 2022
  • Lebron James Asks Media To “Keep the Same Energy” For Jerry Jones As They Did For Kyrie Irving

    Lebron James Asks Media To “Keep the Same Energy” For Jerry Jones As They Did For Kyrie Irving

    The Los Angeles Lakers forward spoke about a photo of the Cowboys’ owner at 14 watching Black teenagers integrate into a high school in 1957.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 1, 2022
  • ICE Accidentally Leaks Names and Data of More Than 6,000 Immigrants Online

    ICE Accidentally Leaks Names and Data of More Than 6,000 Immigrants Online

    The Excel spreadsheet containing the names, case status, and detention location of 6,252 asylum seekers was on a website for five hours.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    December 1, 2022
  • Virginia’s NAACP Chapter Is Calling For the State to Disband It’s Election Integrity Unit

    Virginia’s NAACP Chapter Is Calling For the State to Disband It’s Election Integrity Unit

    A Freedom of Information Act request by the NAACP found there were no instances of voter fraud found by the unit/

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    November 30, 2022
  • Providence R.I.’s Reparation Money Might Potentially Go to White People

    Providence R.I.’s Reparation Money Might Potentially Go to White People

    Aside from automatically going to Black and Native American citizens, an income requirement could benefit half of Providence’s white residents.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    November 30, 2022
  • The DOJ Is Requesting A Manager Oversee the Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis Response

    The DOJ Is Requesting A Manager Oversee the Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis Response

    The Department of Justice also filed a complaint against Jackson on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for unclean water.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    November 30, 2022
  • Black Vietnam Vet Alleges Veteran Department Has Been Discriminating Against Black Soldiers For Decades

    Black Vietnam Vet Alleges Veteran Department Has Been Discriminating Against Black Soldiers For Decades

    Conley Monk Jr. claims that VA improperly denied his claims for disability benefits and housing assistance because of his race.

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    Murjani Rawls






    Published

    November 29, 2022
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