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74-Year-Old Black Woman Sues Oklahoma City Cops Who She Said Broke Her Arm During Arrest Last Summer
When we talk about systemic racism in policing, we’re not just talking about shootings, lethal chokeholds and…
Zack Linly
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Zack Linly is a poet, performer, freelance writer, blogger and grown man lover of cartoons
Apr 14
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Two North Carolina police officers have been suspended pending an investigation into an incident partially caught on…
Apr 14
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Kim Potter, the now-former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic…
Apr 11
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I’m not an anti-vaxxer. In fact, I truly believe that most anti-vaxxers are pseudointellectual faux-spriracy…
Apr 11
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I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again anyway: White conservatives are annoying AF. Their dedication…
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I’m not sure how I feel about the idea that Black people can’t be racist in general, but there is one hill I have no…
Apr 10
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When we talk about systemic racism in America, one aspect tends to get left out of the discussion: Black people are…
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A daycare center in Roswell, Ga., has come under fire after being accused of feeding white children first while all…
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At this point, I really only have one question for police officers across the nation: Why are you like this?
Apr 9
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Apparently, Sunday, April 11, is the day white people across the country have set aside for white fragility rallies…
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Apr 8
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This week, United Airlines’ flight school, United Aviate Academy, announced that it is now accepting applications…
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There are certain things you just never expect that you need to explain to people. You shouldn’t need to tell adults…
Apr 8
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In today’s episode of Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Hate Crime Charges, a Paradise, Calif., woman is facing hate…
Apr 7
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From the death of Daniel Prude to the pepper-spraying of a 9-year-old Black girl, one thing is becoming increasingly…
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White Lies Matter is a group that claimed responsibility for the disappearance of a Confederate monument in Selma,…
Apr 4
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Apparently, there is no place in America a Black person can go without experiencing racism—not even to the border of…
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Donald Trump is a con artist—and he wouldn’t even be a good one if his marks were smarter than a box of dull hammers…
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It appears that a lot of police officers think that being led in a car chase justifies them beating the shit out of…
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I agree with The Root’s Jay Connor’s advice to Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant on how to handle online taunts and…