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Ain’t Nothing Funny: Nassau County School District Says Video of White Students Using the N-Word, Wearing White Hood Was Meant to Be a ‘Joke’
The school district says they did not discipline the students because the video was taken during the summer, before the school year began.
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Head of Prep School Who Uninvited Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Taking a Leave of Absence
David Beare and the board of trustees say disinviting Hannah-Jones from the Massachusetts prep school was a “shameful mistake.”
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Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Donates $1.34 Million to Cancel Medical Debt
The donation will help eliminate the medical debt of 108,000 people across the South who owe more than $210 million combined.
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U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion Robinson
In 2016, Robinson died with 76 bullet wounds. Now five years later, U.S. Marshal Eric Heinze and Officer Kristopher Hutchens are indicted for felony murder.
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Civil War Era Law Used by Slave Catchers and Lynch Mobs to Be Used by the Three Men in Ahmaud Arbery Trial
The 1863 citizen’s arrest law was repealed in May of this year, but the defense plans to use it anyway.
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Letitia James Will Announce Run for NY Governor, Sources Say: Report [Update: It’s Official. She’s Running]
James, who is currently New York’s attorney general, is expected to announce her run in the coming days.
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How My Mom Used the New Peloton x Beyoncé Classes to Say She Missed Me
One weekend of classes from the Source Your Power series brought this mother-daughter duo back together for the first time in months.
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Man Arrested and Charged in Vandalism of George Floyd Statue in New York City
Michael Beals was charged after allegedly throwing paint onto the George Floyd Statue in Union Square Park.
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‘An Avid Swimmer Doesn’t Drown Himself’: Jelani Day’s Family Disagrees With Coroner’s Report That Says He Drowned
Day’s mother, Carmen Bolden Day, says that her son never would have gone into those woods where his car and belongings were found.
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Judge Decides That Prosecutors Cannot Call the People Kyle Rittenhouse Is Accused of Shooting ‘Victims’
Judge Bruce Schroeder also decided that Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys can call the victims ‘rioters,’ ‘arsonists’ or ‘looters.’
