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  • Congressional Black Caucus Struggling With Question of Whether to Admit Afro-Dominican Congressman

    Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the first Dominican American elected to Congress and who succeeded former Rep. Charles Rangel in representing New York’s 13th District, identifies as a “Latino of African descent”—and that designation is a cause for debate among members of the Congressional Black Caucus who question whether Espaillat qualifies as an African American. Politico…

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  • Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters

    A judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to disclose documents and video revealing the surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters at the city’s Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015. The New York Daily News reports that protester James Logue challenged the NYPD’s denial of a Freedom of Information Act request that…

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  • L.A. City Council Approves $1,500,000 Settlement in Police Killing of Ezell Ford

    Just two weeks after Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to press charges against the two Los Angeles police officers responsible for shooting and killing Ezell Ford, the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Ford’s family. Ford’s 2014 killing came just days after Michael…

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  • Jeff Sessions Has Been Confirmed as US Attorney General

    Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was confirmed as the next U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, just one day after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was silenced as she offered criticism of Sessions’ questionable past regarding racism and race issues in general. The New York Times reports that the Senate voted 52-47 to confirm, and no Republicans broke…

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  • Harvard Law Review Elects 1st Black Female President in Its 130-Year History

    The Harvard Law Review has elected the first black woman to serve as president in the legal journal’s 130-year history. ImeIme A. Umana, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., will serve as the 131st leader of the organization. The Harvard Crimson reports that as an undergraduate at Harvard, she double-majored in government and African-American studies. She…

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  • Tornadoes Touch Down in La., Wreak Havoc in Areas Hit Hard by Hurricane Katrina

    Multiple tornadoes touched down in southern Louisiana Tuesday, downing power lines and ripping houses from their foundations as they passed through. CBS News reports that a spokesman for Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon. Danielle Manning, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that tornadoes touched down in at…

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  • Black Police Officer Becomes Tulsa, Okla.’s 1st-Ever Community Resource Officer

    Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Amley “Popsey” Floyd, who became famous after his Facebook post in response to the shooting death of Terence Crutcher went viral, will have a new full-time role for the Tulsa Police Department as its first-ever Riverside community resource officer, according to a news release. NewsOn6 reports that Floyd’s new job will…

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  • #NoDAPL: US Army Corps of Engineers Issuing Final Permits Allowing Pipeline to Move Forward

    After nearly a year of protests, debates, legal battles and government stalling and backpedaling, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant an easement needed for construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue, despite the fact that critical environmental-impact studies have not been completed. As CNN reports, President Donald Trump signed executive actions just…

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  • Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Claims He Always Wins—but at What Cost?

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke Monday at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and laid out his thoughts on the Democratic Party and its prospects for taking back national power again, saying that it needs to take a “chill pill” because the return to power won’t happen anytime soon. “It ain’t gonna happen in 2018,” Emanuel…

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  • Trump Accuses Media of Covering Up Terrorist Attacks

    The presidential hyperbole train continued its run through America Monday when President Donald Trump, speaking to the U.S. Central Command, claimed that the media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks. According to the Washington Post, Trump went off his prepared remarks to make his claim. “You’ve seen what happened in Paris and Nice.…

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