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Linda Brown, Whose Landmark Lawsuit Led to School Desegregation, Dead at 76
Linda Brown was a third-grader who was barred from attending an all-white school in her neighborhood. Her father, Oliver, filed a lawsuit that would become the basis of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, which led to the desegregation of schools. Brown died in Topeka, Kan., on Sunday. She was 76.…
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It’s the Little Things
Editor’s note: This is part 3 of a multipart series. Catch up with part 1 and part 2. I was on a high for the entire week after our encounter. I got back home to Los Angeles and did everything with a grin on my face. I felt like I was walking on a cloud.…
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#StephonClark: While Activists Take to the State Capitol, NBA Player Offers to Pay for Funeral
On Friday afternoon, about 100 activists gathered at the California state Capitol in Sacramento to protest the death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was killed by police in his own backyard Sunday night. The Los Angeles Times reports that the activists gathered at the west steps of the Capitol just after 1 p.m. on Friday.…
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Trump Ousts McMaster and Replaces Him With Warmonger John Bolton
As of Thursday, Donald Trump is on his third national security adviser. He has ousted Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and replaced him with former American Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton, a known warmonger and Fox News contributor. As the New York Times reports, McMaster—who never had a good relationship with Trump—was meant…
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If You So Scared, Why Are You the Police?
“The officers feared for their lives, so they shot … ” So many police shootings contain this narrative. Scared police officers in a stressful situation. They were afraid. They thought he had a gun. He ran. He was coming at them. Again and again, the narrative fed to us is that these trained professionals were…
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Why ‘He Should Have Just Complied’ Does Not Apply to Stephon Clark
Since reporting Tuesday night on the shooting death of Stephon Clark at the hands of the Sacramento Police Department, I have gotten many of the same responses from people both on Twitter and in the comments section on The Root. Why didn’t he just comply? Why was he running from the police? Why was he…
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Instagram Is Changing the Order of Your Feed Again
Instagram announced Thursday that it is once again making changes to “give you more control over your feed and ensure the posts you see are timely.” The company announced two big changes on its blog—one that puts you in control of when your feed refreshes and one that ensures the most recent posts “are more…
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Stephon Clark Shooting Video Released by Police
The two police officers responsible for Stephon Clark’s death in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday night shot him within three seconds of encountering him, according to video footage released by the Sacramento Police Department. Bodycam footage from one of the two officers, footage from the sheriff’s helicopter overhead, and the 911 call and dispatch audio were…
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California Police Shoot and Kill Unarmed Black Man in His Own Backyard
Police in Sacramento, Calif., shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own backyard Sunday night after mistaking his cellphone for a weapon. In their initial press release regarding the incident, police said that officers were responding to a report of someone breaking car windows near the home where a man, later identified as…
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White Writer Calls Black Panther ‘Hollywood’s Worst Nightmare,’ Blames It for White People’s Problems
A writer for Forbes magazine wrote an article Tuesday in which he described Black Panther as “Hollywood’s worst nightmare” and lamented how the film’s success was ruining it for other movies due to come out. He learned the hard way that what you not gon’ do is be careless with your words while speaking on…
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