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  • #ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired

    On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…

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  • Hillary Clinton to Address 2016 NABJ-NAHJ Convention

    Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will go to Washington, D.C., to address the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists at the largest joint convention of black and Latino journalists since 2008, as reported by BuzzFeed News. The convention will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. “It is notable that Democratic presidential nominee…

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  • To Conservatives Outraged Over Nude Photos of Melania Trump: Where Were You When Michelle Obama Faced Racist Attacks?

    Some say the New York Post went too far. The Sunday cover of the newspaper, which had endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the New York primary, featured a controversial image of his wife. Under the headline “Melania Trump Like You’ve Never Seen Her Before” (NSFW), she was shown completely nude, save for a…

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  • Beenie Man Denied Entrance to Canada After Contracting Zika Virus

    Dancehall great Beenie Man appears to be the highest-profile person to contract the mosquito-borne Zika virus, according to a recent Instagram post. Because of his illness, Beenie Man (born Anthony Moses Davis) was forced to cancel his performance at rapper Drake’s OVO Fest in Toronto tonight. In his IG post, the Jamaican artist explained that…

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  • Black Lives Matter Movement Recruits Other People of Color: Report

    From the beginning, Black Lives Matter supporters have included protesters and activists of all races. In a recent campaign, people of color are turning to their own communities and recruiting them to the BLM fight as well, the Associated Press reports. Like the rest of the country, the especially explicit deaths of Philando Castile and Alton…

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  • Twitter Destroys Donald Trump With #TrumpSacrifices

    In what has become an almost predictable cycle—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a ridiculous, insulting comment, and he is condemned by Democrats, some Republicans, the press and social media. And then he backtracks. See the Russia/Putin/Hillary Clinton/Democratic National Committee email-hack debacle for a recent example. This time, sensing that lawyer Khizr Khan got the best…

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  • Democratic VP Pick Tim Kaine Has Attended a Black Church for More Than 30 Years

    They say the 11 o’clock hour on Sunday morning is the most segregated time in America. Breaking with that tradition, Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has attended an integrated (well, technically, “black”) church for more than 30 years. Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, have been parishioners of St. Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Church…

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  • Demarjay Smith: ‘The Young Jamaican Trainer’ Gives the Best Motivational Speech of All Time

    We’re going to let y’all finish, but Demarjay Smith, 9, known in these internet streets as “the young Jamaican trainer,” has the best motivational speech of all time. You may have seen this pint-size dynamo on the Ellen DeGeneres Show last year after his father posted a video of him that went Insta-viral and has gained…

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  • Goodbye, Payday Loans; Hello, Helpful Tech Startups and Other Options for 'Distressed Borrowers'

    Right now in America, millions of consumers are considered “distressed borrowers.” These are people who can’t qualify for a credit card, get a mortgage to buy a home or take out an affordable personal loan to cover an emergency expense. And because the options that are available—typically, payday or car-title loans—don’t report to major credit…

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  • St. Louis Reporter Loses Job After Sick Michael Brown Joke

    In more news of just how sick American racism is and, further, how it permeates every single aspect of American life, a St. Louis TV reporter got the boot after he posted a crass “lead diet” joke on Facebook around the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. According to reports, after it was announced that…

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