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  • Facebook’s Ad-Targeting System Allows Exclusion by Race

    Advertisers on Facebook are able to use an ad-targeting system that allows them to exclude black, Hispanic and other ethnicities from seeing ads. According to a report by ProPublica, the social network allows advertisers to target users by their interests or backgrounds but also includes an option to exclude what it calls “ethnic affinities.” Federal…

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  • Study: Black Students Feel Less Welcome at Schools With Excessive Suspensions

    A new study published by the American Psychological Association finds that black students who attend a high school where they are disproportionately suspended more than their white counterparts feel that their school is less fair and less welcoming. The study, “A Multilevel Examination of Racial Disparities in High School Discipline: Black and White Adolescents’ Perceived…

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  • President Obama Grants Another 98 Commutations for October

    President Barack Obama made a commitment to use his clemency authority through the remainder of his time in office, and on Thursday he honored that commitment by granting another 98 commutations. Combined with the 102 commutations he granted at the beginning of October, that brings his total for the month to 200, and his total…

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  • Report: More Than 100 Militarized Police Raid #NoDAPL Resistance Camp

    Hundreds of militarized police were deployed Thursday to a resistance camp built by Native American water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannonball, N.D. Democracy Now! reports that photos and multiple videos posted to Facebook Live show over 100 officers in riot gear—flanked by multiple mine-resistant ambush-protected military…

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  • Twitter Cuts Vine, the Source of Some of the Funniest Videos on the Internet

    After four years of us getting our lives, six seconds at a time, Twitter announced Thursday that it will be shuttering Vine for good. No reason was given, but the announcement came just hours after the social media company announced that it was cutting 9 percent of its jobs. For those who have been under…

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  • #CoatSwitching Is Trending Nationally on Twitter, and This Is Why

    As a native and current resident of Los Angeles, I have no idea what #CoatSwitching is. I don’t even own a coat. I have a nice, warm hoodie and a cute sweater collection, and that’s about it. I do, however, know what code-switching is. I am a code-switching master. I can go from that Valley…

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  • University of Wis. Student Facing 30 Charges Related to Sexual Assault

    A University of Wisconsin student is facing 30 charges related to the sexual assault of four women, and prosecutors say that more charges could be on the way. Alec Cook, 20, was charged last week with sexually assaulting an acquaintance. The Washington Post reports that on Oct. 12, a female student went to police in…

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  • Report: Delta Connection Pilot Arrested for Trying to Fly While Intoxicated

    The Rapid City (S.D.) Police Department says that a pilot scheduled to fly a Delta Connection flight out of South Dakota’s Rapid City Regional Airport was arrested Wednesday morning on charges that he was intoxicated. RCPD has arrested a Skywest Airlines Pilot for SDCL 50-13-17, operation of an aircraft while intoxicated. Press Release will be…

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  • DeRay Mckesson Says He's Voting for Hillary Clinton

    Activist, organizer and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson announced that he is voting for Hillary Clinton for president in an op-ed penned for the Washington Post on Wednesday. “Our engagement in democracy comes in many forms—we engage in democracy in protests, in board meetings, in classrooms and, importantly, at the ballot,” Mckesson wrote. Mckesson said…

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  • Money Collection From National Guard Members Repaying Bonuses Is Suspended

    On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter ordered the Pentagon to suspend efforts to collect money from California National Guard members who were told they had to repay erroneously issued enlistment bonuses. The Washington Post reports that Carter announced steps to resolve the cases of thousands of guardsmen who received bonuses during the wars in Iraq…

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