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Jimmy Fallon Addresses the Hate He Helped Donald Trump Normalize
Remember during election season, when Donald Trump appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon? When the talk show host playfully ruffled Trump’s hair and didn’t even attempt to challenge him on his views or politics? Or racism? Or xenophobia? Or sexism? Or the fact that many of his supporters are white supremacists? Well, it…
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Interview: How Corey Long Fought White Supremacy With Fire
The images that flashed before our eyes on television and social media from this weekend’s racist rallies and counterprotests were ones filled with rage, hatred and sadness. The world bore witness to the results of an election filled with hostility and fearmongering, which gave the people who elected a racist demagogue into office the balls…
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OWN’s New Docuseries Released Shares the Stories of Formerly Incarcerated Men and Women Re-Entering Society
The first 90 days after being released from incarceration are said to be the hardest. And a new documentary on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN will take a look at the lives of several men and women re-entering the world after being in prison. Released will present autobiographical portraits of formerly incarcerated individuals as they walk out…
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Zendaya Stars in Bruno Mars’ ‘Versace on the Floor’ Music Video
Seriously, it’s Monday; this weekend has been a total shit when it comes to the news. Let’s just sit and watch Bruno Mars and Zendaya in his new video for “Versace on the Floor.” And here’s my 4-year-old niece’s opinion about the song: We’re more of a Banana Republic kinda household.
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Bruno Mars Donates $1,000,000 to Help Flint, Mich., During Water Crisis
On Saturday, Bruno Mars performed for a sold-out crowd at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan, and after his show, the 24K Magic singer announced his donation of $1 million to help with the water crisis in Flint, Mich. Mars told the crowd that he and the show’s promoter, Live Nation, would be donating…
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GoDaddy Bans Nazi Website Daily Stormer After Charlottesville, Va., Victim Post
GoDaddy no longer wants to host the Daily Stormer on its servers. The known white supremacist site angered the hosting company after it posted a defamatory post mocking the death and appearance of Heather Heyer, the woman killed at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. On Sunday, GoDaddy posted on Twitter…
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Shonda Rhimes Takes ShondaLand to Netflix
Shonda Rhimes, probably the most prolific TV producer in the history of ABC, is moving on and taking her ShondaLand productions to Netflix. But don’t fret—some of your favorite shows, like Grey’s Anatomy, will continue to air on ABC while Rhimes’ new slate of shows head to Netflix. Rhimes said that.she was looking for an…
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Are These Some of the White Supremacists Who Assaulted Deandre Harris in Charlottesville, Va.?
Updated Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, 7:12 p.m. EDT: It looks as though the internet has identified one of the assailants involved in the beating of Deandre Harris as Daniel (Dan) Borden from Mason, Ohio. Earlier: When it comes to sleuthing, nothing beats the keen eyes of people on the internet. And after this weekend’s neo-Nazi…
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Interview: 20-Year-Old Deandre Harris Speaks Out About Being Assaulted by White Supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.
Twenty-year-old aspiring hip-hop artist Deandre Harris moved to Charlottesville, Va., from Suffolk, Va., two years ago for a job opportunity as an instructional assistant in the special education program at a local high school. But nothing could prepare him for what he experienced Saturday afternoon, when he took part in a counterprotest against the Unite…
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White Supremacists Beat Black Man With Poles in Charlottesville, Va., Parking Garage
An unidentified group of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., attacked and beat a black man with poles in a parking garage. The photo above, which was taken and posted to Twitter by Zach D. Roberts, a writer and photographer with Nation of Change, captures the violence that occurred during Saturday’s “Unite the Right” white supremacist…
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