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White Fragility Leads to White Violence: Why Conversations About Race With White People Fall Apart
Why do conversations about race fall apart when we have them with white people? I have been thinking about this for the last few weeks, ever since I attempted to speak with Grey’s Anatomy actress Ellen Pompeo about it on Twitter. As with many conversations I’ve had on race with white people, that one quickly…
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Former SC School Resource Officer Will Not Face Civil Rights Charges for Throwing Student Out of Her Desk
The former South Carolina school resource officer who violently grabbed a female student and threw her out of her desk in October 2015 will not face civil rights charges, the Justice Department announced Friday. Charleston’s Post and Courier reports that the DOJ said there is insufficient evidence to bring civil rights charges against former Richland…
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Steve Harvey Sits Down to Talk About Changing the Inner City With Donald Trump and Ben Carson
TV Host Steve Harvey met with President-elect Donald Trump for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York City on Friday and took to Twitter to explain why. The host of Family Feud and The Steve Harvey Show said in his Twitter statement that he was asked by President Barack Obama to meet with Trump…
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Obama Surprises Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom
The greatest bromance ever told got even sweeter Thursday when President Barack Obama shocked Vice President Joe Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Biden and the president had gathered with others for what was described as a final tribute to the vice president, the Washington Post reports. Obama began by delivering a…
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#Flint: Government, Independent Experts Say Water System Improving; Residents Skeptical
At a town hall meeting Tuesday night meant to update the public on the status of Flint, Mich.’s water system, government and independent experts told the gathered crowd that the city’s lead-contaminated water system is improving. But after a year of being told one thing and later finding out another, the people were unmoved. Flint’s…
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Baltimore and the Department of Justice Release Details of Consent Decree Agreement
The U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Baltimore announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement on a court-enforceable consent decree that will bring sweeping reforms to the Baltimore Police Department. The Justice Department made the full 227-page consent decree available on its website and states that its purpose is to “ensure that…
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President Obama Ends ‘Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot’ Policy for Cuban Migrants Seeking Residency
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he has ended the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy that allowed Cubans reaching U.S. soil to stay and become automatically eligible for American residency, while those found at sea were sent back home to Cuba. “Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify…
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Report: Chelsea Manning on Obama’s Short List for Commutation
Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, has been put on President Barack Obama’s short list for a possible commutation. “I have more hope right now than I have the entire time since she was sentenced,” Manning’s aunt, Deborah Manning, told NBC News. “I do…
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Activist Roy Innis, Leader of Congress of Racial Equality, Dead at 82
Roy Innis, the national leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, died Sunday in New York City at the age of 82, according to the New York Times. A statement from CORE said that the cause of death was complications of Parkinson’s disease. As the Times notes, Innis had been a national leader of CORE…
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US Department of Justice, City of Baltimore Reach Agreement on Policing Reforms
The city of Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice have come to terms on policing reforms that will be part of a formal consent decree pending approval by the city’s spending panel Thursday. A U.S. District Court judge will also have to approve the consent decree before it becomes binding, the Baltimore Sun reports.…
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