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Flint, Mich.’s Water Crisis Continues; Latest Events Prove It’s Far From Over
The people of Flint, Mich., still do not have clean water, and there does not appear to be a definite end in sight to the need for water filters and bottled water for everything from bathing to cooking more than a year after Mayor Karen Weaver called a state of emergency because of elevated lead…
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Widow of Gunman in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges
The widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges against her in connection with the shooting. Noor Zahi Salman, 30, stood before U.S. District Judge Donna Ryu in a California courtroom as she entered her plea. According to the Orlando Sentinel, prosecutors say that Salman knew about Omar Mateen’s plan…
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Chicago Cop Charged With 1st-Degree Murder in Off-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man
A Chicago police officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in the off-duty shooting of an unarmed man earlier this month. Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, told the Chicago Tribune that Cook County prosecutors filed charges against Lowell Houser in the shooting death of 38-year-old Jose Nieves…
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Suspected Orlando, Fla., Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Captured and in Custody
The man accused of shooting and killing Orlando, Fla., Police Lt. Debra Clayton was captured and taken into custody Tuesday after a nine-day manhunt. Markeith Loyd, 41, was found and captured in an abandoned home in West Orlando at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and the Orlando Sentinel reports that Clayton’s handcuffs were used to take him…
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Polls Show Donald Trump Has Low Favorability Ratings Going Into His Presidency; He Calls Them Fake and Rigged on Twitter
Orange Foolius Donald Trump is just days away from his Jan. 20 inauguration, and recent polls show that he has the lowest favorability rating of any incoming president in the last 40 years. A new ABC News/Washington Post poll (pdf) shows that only 40 percent of Americans view Trump favorably and 54 percent view him…
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Repealing Major Parts of Affordable Care Act Would Cause 18,000,000 to Lose Coverage in 1st Year
According to a report released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday, repealing portions of the Affordable Care Act would cause 18 million people to lose their coverage in the first year, and that number would increase to 32 million by the year 2026. The budget office created the report by analyzing the probable…
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Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Calls CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill a ‘Jigaboo’ on Twitter
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke proved that he is, in fact, the real-life embodiment of Stephen from Django when he took to Twitter on Tuesday to attack CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill after Hill said “mediocre Negroes” are being used as “photo ops” for Donald Trump. Hill appeared on Monday’s edition of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.…
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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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Rep. John Lewis Doesn’t See Trump as a Legitimate President
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) says he doesn’t see Donald Trump as a legitimate president, and he will not be attending next week’s inauguration. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press, Lewis was asked by Chuck Todd if he would try to forge a relationship with the president-elect. “I believe in forgiveness; I…
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