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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New DNA Examination in ‘Atlanta Child Murders’ Case
The families of more than 20 victims have been waiting four decades for some semblance of justice.
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Former White House Press Secretary, Who Never Gave a Press Briefing, Suddenly Has a Lot to Say
Stephanie Grisham served as Trump’s press secretary for 9 months before being fired in April 2020.
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Auntie Unfiltered Discusses the 'Panic After the Panny'
We have been waiting more than a year for the world to open back up. Now that it’s here, are we truly ready?
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Blue Lives Only Matter When They Are Killing Black People
The headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always. Every time a Black person has been killed extrajudicially by a police officer, the Blue Lives Matter crew comes out in full force to defend policing, which in and of itself is a power structure built and steeped in racism and white supremacy. You…
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Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…
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White Man Convicted of Killing Black Army Lt. Richard Collins III Sentenced to Life in Prison
The white man who stabbed and killed a Black U.S. Army lieutenant at a bus stop in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison. Sean Urbanski stabbed Richard Collins III as Collins stood at a bus stop on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park with friends around 3 a.m. on…
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'Million Maga March,' (White) Women for Trump, and ‘Stop the Steal’ Marches to Descend on Washington, D.C. This Weekend
As Donald Trump continues his refusal to accept the results of this year’s presidential election, his supporters are ratcheting up their efforts to try and shout down and talk over the voice of the American people by marching in our nation’s capital on Saturday in support of their little friend who is basically fired but…
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New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle Declared 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' by Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice has declared New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle “anarchist jurisdictions,” setting the stage for federal funds to be withheld from those locales until they comply with the wishes of Donald Trump. NBC New York reports the Justice Department cited “New York City’s rising gun violence, cuts to the…
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Auntie Unfiltered: On Generational Trauma and Healing
How many of you got beatings when you were younger? How many of you are still trying to heal from them? How many of you are still trying to heal from your childhood period? Last week, Lauryn Hill’s daughter Selah posted a two-hour video on Instagram where she discussed her upbringing. She talked about her…
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White People Have Weaponized ‘I Feel Threatened’ the Same Way They Have Weaponized the Police
This won’t be long, because I am not going to belabor the point. Much in the same way white people have weaponized the police against Black bodies, they have also adopted the language of those who protect and uplift whiteness and white supremacy—the police. Historically, we’ve seen that the only thing a cop needs to…
