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4 Maryland High Schoolers Charged With Hate Crimes After Spray-Painting Racist Graffiti Targeting Black Principal
Alas, the white kids behaving racistly goes on. Last week, four teens were charged with hate crimes after they spray-painted the n-word, swastikas, genitalia and anti-LGBTQ slurs all over a Howard County, Md., high school and targeted the school’s African-American principal specifically. The Baltimore Sun reports that police arrested Seth Taylor, 18; Tyler Curtiss, 18;…
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Trump to Naval Academy Grads: ‘Our Ancestors Tamed a Continent’
I don’t know whose “ancestors” Donald Trump was referring to when he said that they “tamed a continent,” but certainly not mine—nor those of the other hundreds of millions of Americans whose ancestry is not European (pdf). On Friday at a Naval Academy commencement address, your president gleefully proclaimed that “our ancestors tamed a continent,” adding…
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Oberlin’s Main Library to Be Named for Feminist and Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell
Oberlin, one of the first institutions of higher learning to open its doors to both black people and women upon its founding in 1833, has named its main library for civil rights activist and women’s suffragist Mary Church Terrell, who graduated from the liberal arts college in 1884. The school announced this week that the…
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What’s Beef? Drake Immediately Claps Back on Pusha T and Kanye West in a Most Savage Manner
Drizzy Drake brought all the smoke to Pusha T and Kanye West, getting out a clapback to Pusha’s recently released diss track in record time and also issuing a six-figure invoice to the duo for “promotional assistance” and “career reviving.” Pusha, whose West-produced Daytona dropped on Friday and included the Drake diss track “Infrared,” continues…
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Gets Her Very Own Coat of Arms and Shows California Much Love
And it don’t stop. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has been bestowed her very own coat of arms, Kensington Palace announced on Friday. In a statement, the palace said that Meghan Markle “took great interest in the design,” which shows California a lot of love. The coat includes golden poppies from California, and the blue…
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#BikingWhileBlack: NAACP and Black Motorcyclists Sue Myrtle Beach, SC, for Discrimination During ‘Black Bike Week’
The NAACP has joined with a couple and another man to sue the city of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and its Police Department over what they deem the discriminatory treatment of thousands of black motorcycling enthusiasts who descend on the city for “Black Bike Week” on Memorial Day weekend each year. As it happens, there are…
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Louisiana Prosecutors Try but Can’t Stop Ex-Felons From Regaining Voting Rights
Despite a last-ditch effort to overturn a recent bill restoring voting rights to ex-felons in Louisiana, legislators in the Statehouse recently passed a bill doing just that, another victory for criminal-justice reform. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that of the 70,000 ex-felons who served time in Louisiana prisons and who are currently on probation or…
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Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser Adopts Newborn in Surprise Announcement
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser recently shared some exciting and unexpected news: Her family has expanded by one! Bowser announced via social media Monday night that she has adopted a newborn. “It is with great joy and excitement that I share with you that late last year, I decided to begin the adoption journey,” Bowser…
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Woman Reunited With Abandoned Baby She Found 20 Years Earlier
Finally some good news, dammit! Twenty years ago, a woman jogging heard the cries of a newborn baby as she ran the trails of Altadena, Calif. The little boy, half buried in the dirt, was so fresh that his umbilical cord was still attached. Just hours old, the little guy was exposed to the elements…
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Snoop, Please Spare Us Your Rage About Trump, Mr. ‘Bitches Ain’t Shit’
Nigga, you? (In Nas’ “Ether” voice.) Ever since Snoop Dogg came forward with some very scathing public words for Kanye West, something has been stuck in my craw. Yes, it’s true, I’m a die-hard Kanye West fan, but this ain’t about him. Fuck him. Truth be told, I used to love Snoop with all my…
