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Following Michael Brown Protest, Shots Fired as Car Hits Protester
On late Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a young man was hit by a vehicle at a protest in Ferguson, Mo. Within 30 seconds of the collision, a series of gunshots erupted and could be heard along West Florissant Avenue, as reported by the New York Daily News. The incident, captured on video, involved…
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Gwen Ifill Wins John Chancellor Award
On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced that Gwen Ifill has been awarded the 2016 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Ifill is the first African-American recipient in the award’s 21-year history. She not only is a political journalist but also serves as the co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, as…
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Gabby Douglas Only Has 1 Job—and It Isn’t to Fix Her Hair to Please You
Let’s begin with what really matters: Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, the first African American to win the individual all-around event at the Olympics in 2012, earned yet another gold medal last night as part of “the Final Five,” Team USA’s contingent of fierce, female gymnasts. This is Douglas’ third gold medal and her second…
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I Want to Travel Solo for My Birthday, but My Boyfriend Wants to Tag Along
I’m turning 30 this year and wanted to go away by myself. I told my boyfriend about it. He said, “OK,” then asked, “Where are we going?” Should I take it to mean he doesn’t want me to go solo? I made it pretty clear that I wanted to go by myself. I don’t want…
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1 Year Later: BLM Protester Who Interrupted Bernie Sanders’ Rally Discusses the Moment and the Movement
It’s been a year since Mara Willaford and I jumped up onstage with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in what would become one of the most controversial Black Lives Matter actions to date. Filled with naivete about the impact we would make and conviction around the urgency of the fight for black lives, we did the…
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Dear Mike: Another Year Has Passed and We’re Still Fighting for You
I started my time at Advancement Project one year ago. My first big assignment came only three weeks after my first day: I was being sent to Ferguson, Mo. As the leader for our youth-criminalization work, I would manage the national media and communications efforts for the one-year commemoration of Mike Brown’s death. I hadn’t…
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Chicago Gang Leaders Allegedly Plotting an Attack on Police
After the fatal police shooting of Paul O’Neal in Chicago, police say that leaders of three West Side gangs met to discuss an attack on the Chicago Police Department. An alert was issued to the Chicago Police Department a day after the supposed meeting took place, insinuating that leaders of the Vice Lords, Black Disciples…
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Judge Considers Adult Charges in High School Student’s Homicide
During a Delaware Family Court hearing Monday in Wilmington, a video was shown featuring a fight in a high school bathroom in April that left 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis dead on the ground. The video was shown to decide whether or not her alleged attacker, another 16-year-old girl, should be brought up on adult homicide charges, CBS News…
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NBC's Al Trautwig Apologizes for Rude Comments About Simone Biles' Parents
On Sunday, Al Trautwig mentioned Ron and Nellie Biles as being gymnast Simone Biles’ grandparents rather than as her parents. In response to his comment, a woman, Emily Mingus, tweeted at Trautwig saying, “Hey @AlTrautwig stop calling her PARENTS her grandfather and his wife. A. Nelly is more important than ‘his wife’ B. THEY ARE HER…
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Brazil’s New Black Power Movement
The new black power movement in Brazil is big. Brazil is known for its beautiful beaches, beautiful women, samba, sun and celebration. For decades, millions have enjoyed the music, food, dance and culture of the fifth-largest country in the world, especially now as the nation has taken center stage as host of the 2016 Olympics…
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