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Snoop Dogg Will Help Raise Money for Water in Flint, Mich., by Appearing at Fundraising Celebrity Basketball Game
Long Beach, Calif., rapper and entertainer Snoop Dogg will be on hand with other celebrities to help raise money for the Flint, Mich., water crisis during the second annual Hoop 4 Water celebrity basketball game next month. According to MLive, the event is organized by the Morris Peterson Jr. Foundation and is scheduled to take…
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Federal Judge Blocks Ark. Executions
Updated Saturday, April 15, 2017, 9:12 a.m. EDT: A federal judge has blocked the executions of six men in Arkansas, throwing into doubt whether the state will be able to carry out the executions before the expiration date of a controversial drug used in lethal injections, according to the New York Times. The ruling by…
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Baltimore’s Consent Decree Calls for Improvements to Civilian Review Board, but There Isn’t One
When the city of Baltimore reached its agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on the terms of a legally binding consent decree, one of the things the city promised to do was make improvements to its Civilian Review Board, an independent oversight committee made up of city residents. There’s just one problem: There is…
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Black Women in DC Bring to Life the Untold Stories of Overlooked Black Women in Civil War History
A group of black women in Washington, D.C., are part of an acting troupe that gives voice to the nameless, faceless black women of the Civil War in a different spin on re-enactment groups. Female Re-Enactors of Distinction, or FREED, was founded in 2005 in association with the African American Civil War Museum in D.C.,…
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#Flint: Queen Latifah, Jill Scott to Star in Lifetime Film on City’s Water Crisis
In news from the “Why weren’t we told this before?” section, Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Betsy Brandt and Marin Ireland are all set to star in the upcoming Lifetime original movie Flint, based on the Michigan city’s lead-contaminated-water crisis. Deadline reports that Queen Latifah will also serve as executive producer on the project. It will…
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NY Attorney General Blasts Trump’s Signing of Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood
Just a week after leading a coalition of 16 attorneys general from across the country in opposing an Ohio state law that would defund Planned Parenthood and other health-service providers, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman had strong words Thursday for Donald Trump, who signed legislation that would allow states to withhold federal funding…
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2 Months After Tenn. Police Officer Shot and Killed Jocques Clemmons, Investigation Into Death Continues
Jocques Clemmons, 31, was shot and killed by Nashville, Tenn., Police Officer Joshua Lippert on Feb. 10, and two months after his death, the investigation into the shooting continues, leading to the Nashville NAACP’s call for more police accountability as well as a citizens review board. Tennessee NAACP President Gloria Sweet-Love told News Channel 5,…
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L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies Shoot and Kill Man During Burglary Investigation
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man early Wednesday morning after he reportedly reached for a handgun inside his vehicle during a South Los Angeles burglary investigation, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reports that deputies were responding to a vehicle burglary in the area of 91st Street and Compton Avenue at about…
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Just Removed Some Huge Consumer Protections for Student Loan Borrowers
While we were all distracted by other things Tuesday, Betsy DeVos used her powers as education secretary to roll back some key policy memos issued by the Obama administration that strengthened consumer protections for student loan borrowers. The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Department of Education is in the process of issuing new contracts…
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Body of 1st-Ever Female Muslim Judge in US Found Washed Up Along Hudson River
The first Muslim woman in U.S. history to become a judge was found dead Wednesday afternoon when her body washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River in New York City. Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, was the first African-American woman to be appointed to the state’s Court of Appeals, where she served as an…
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