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Kamala Harris Reintroduces Bill Addressing the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris reintroduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (Maternal CARE) Act on Wednesday, her 2018 bill that seeks to address the ongoing black maternal health crisis. “Black mothers across the country are facing a health crisis that is driven in part by implicit bias in our health care system. We must…
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Chicago High School Reprints Yearbooks Due to Students Making One Too Many White Nationalist Hand Gestures
If you’re one of the lucky souls who purchased an original printing of the 2018-2019 Oak Park and River Forest High School yearbook, you’ve been treated to as many as 18 photographs featuring hand gestures associated with white nationalism. Because kids say do the darnedest things. Congratulations! However, the Chicago Sun Times reports that administrators…
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Lawsuit Alleges Buffalo Wild Wings Managers Gave the Green Light to Refuse Black Customers
Perhaps you’ve heard the stories about how black people don’t tip, without deconstructing the reasoning as to why that might be. Or perhaps you’re just one of many racist managers at Buffalo Wild Wings who’ve relied on this stereotype to justify refusing black customers. Either way, the Kansas City Star reports that a Buffalo Wild…
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Maxine Waters Rips Ben Carson, HUD for 'Actively Causing Harm'
Ben Carson’s stint as secretary of Housing and Urban Development has been marred by questionable conduct, his piss poor work ethic and an unprecedented degree of incompetence, but Congresswoman Maxine Waters is about to make things a lot worse for him. After unveiling his dastardly plans to evict undocumented immigrants and reduce rental assistance, Auntie…
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Mississippi Mayor Offers Drug Dealers and Gang Members $10,000 to Get the Hell Out of His City
If you’re a drug dealer, “wannabe criminal” (apparently the pros are exempt) or gang member in Clarksdale, Miss., now’s your time to cash out because Mayor Chuck Espy has $10,000 with your name on it. In his efforts to eradicate crime in the city, Espy says you ain’t gotta go home, but you gotta get…
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Nipsey Hussle Takes Us 'Higher' in Final Music Video
DJ Khaled’s latest star-studded scream-fest, Father of Asahd, has arrived, and with it comes the video for the lead single, “Higher.” Directed by Eif Rivera, the song features John Legend and self-proclaimed “Slauson Boy” Nipsey Hussle musing over a soulful production crafted by StreetRunner, Tarik Azzouz and DJ Khaled himself. The video was shot in…
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Pittsburgh School District Under Fire After Active Shooting Drill Gunman Wears Arabic Garb
The Penn-Trafford School District is in deep shit after their active shooting drill training video hit the Internet, featuring the “shooter” adorned in traditional Arabic garb. “To stereotype the shooter is appalling given the data on active shooters and the recent shootings at the Tree of Life and Christ Church,” Elaine Linn, board secretary of…
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SATs Invite Controversy With New 'Adversity Score'
After a week full of terrible ass ideas comes the news that the College Board—the organization responsible for administering SATs—will bestow students with an “Adversity Score” based upon their socioeconomic status. And if this sounds like another terrible ass idea, it’s because it is. Per CNN: The score takes into account information from the student’s…
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Okay, So Harriet Tubman Might End Up on the $20 Bill After All
Remember when Harriet Tubman was supposed to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill? If you don’t, I don’t blame you—since the Trump administration seemed to forget too. So here’s a quick refresher. The idea was originally proposed by the Obama administration in 2016, with the announcement that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing would…
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Free Smoke: Mom Invites 'Any Mom, Any Sister' to 'Catch These Hands' After Daughter Is Bullied at School
Here’s a long list of people you should never fuck with: 1. Black mothers. 2. Their kids. Unfortunately, some students at Niguel Hills Middle School in Orange County, Calif., decided to do exactly that and almost lost life and limb in the process. Because when Christian Tinsley found out her daughter was being bullied and…
