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Report: George Soros Spent $33,000,000 to Bankroll Ferguson Protests
Liberal billionaire George Soros has donated $33 million to social-justice groups in recent months in an effort to draw attention to police violence in the black community in cities like Ferguson, Mo., according to the Daily Mail, citing a report at the Washington Times. Ferguson ignited a national debate about police violence in August after…
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22-Year-Old NJ Mom Allegedly Lit Newborn on Fire
A 22-year-old New Jersey woman has been arrested on charges of intentionally burning her newborn girl alive, the New York Daily News reports. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier of Pemberton Township, N.J., in Burlington County was charged with one count of murder in the infant’s death, the report says. She is accused of pouring a flammable liquid on…
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Watch: St. Louis County Police Chief Apologizes to Man Mistakenly Arrested and Beaten
A St. Louis County, Mo., police chief has apologized to a 22-year-old student who was brutally beaten by police officers who were pursuing another man, according to Raw Story, citing a report at KMOV Channel 4. The incident began Thursday while officers were pursuing a suspect named Anton Simmons on Interstate 70 outside St. Louis.…
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Martin Luther King Jr. on Racial Injustice
Editor’s note: We’ll be featuring a quote from the iconic civil rights leader every day until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Read about an effort to portray Martin Luther King Jr. authentically on-screen here.
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Chicago Teen Charged With Mom’s Murder in Indonesia Can Use $1,560,000 Trust Fund to Pay Lawyers
Cook County Judge Neil Cohen ruled Friday that Heather Mack, 19, can access a $1.56 million trust fund to hire a defense attorney as she fights charges in Indonesia that she assisted in the premeditated murder of her mother, the Chicago Tribune reports. Three months before Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s violent death while vacationing on the…
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Video May Hold Clues to Death of NJ Man Found in Car Trunk
Police investigators are hoping to question an unidentified man last seen wearing a blue coat with a fur-lined hood who was caught on surveillance video leaving the luxury vehicle of a slain 24-year-old New Jersey man, according to the New York Daily News. Video shows the man leaving the car of the victim, Jordan Johnson,…
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Bill Cosby Has Jokes for Colorado
Despite protests planned over a spate of sexual assault allegations against him, beleaguered comedian Bill Cosby plans to perform Saturday on a Denver stage, one day after a successful turn at another Colorado venue, the Associated Press reports. Cosby, 77, has two shows scheduled in Denver, where protesters are expected outside the downtown venue, the…
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Oscars President Answers Hollywood Diversity Criticism
The first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday denied that Hollywood has a diversity problem, describing the dearth of color among nominees as happenstance, the Associated Press reports. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, responding for the first time to the controversy, told the news outlet that the all-white acting slate…
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After the Charlie Hebdo Attack, Can a Divided France Achieve Egalité, Fraternité and Diversité?
Paris: French President François Hollande gave a stirring speech about diversity this week. The topic would hardly raise an eyebrow in the U.S., but it’s a rare occurrence in France, which has struggled to integrate immigrants from North and West Africa into its ideal of the colorblind republic. He spoke at the solemn funeral service for three…
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Martin Luther King Jr. on Police Brutality
Editor’s note: We’ll be featuring a quote from the iconic civil rights leader every day until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Read more of The Root’s coverage of police brutality here.
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