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Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley Sleep Outside the U.S. Capitol to Protest End of Pandemic Eviction Freeze
Like the people, the American government isn’t a monolith. Some politicians actually do care. Rep. Cori Bush is a prime example.
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Ronald Greene's Death Prompts Internal Investigation Into Louisiana State Police Unit's Handlings of Black Motorists
The in-custody death of Ronald Greene and the beatings of other Black men have put Louisiana State Police Troop F under investigation.
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Illinois Set to Become First State to Bar Police Officers From Lying to Minors to Coerce Confessions
The state of Illinois is on its way to becoming the first in the nation to bar police officers from lying to minors during interrogations. In an effort to prohibit the manipulative tactics cops often use to coerce confessions that often turn out to be false confessions—to which people under the age of 18 are…
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Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration Event Canceled Because Reparations Demand for Survivors Was Too High
For Black America, the demand for reparations is always an uphill battle. Even when lawmakers and other elected officials appear to be for reparations, it often seems like they’re only half-in. For example, there’s never any proposed legislation that green lights actual monetary compensation for descendants of slavery; it’s always a commission to examine the…
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2 Tacoma Police Officers Charged With Murder and a 3rd Charged With Manslaughter in Death of Manuel Ellis
Weeks before George Floyd was murdered by ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, another Black man in Tacoma, Wash., died in police custody shortly after telling the officers who were restraining him, “I can’t breathe.” That man was 33-year-old Manuel Ellis, and on Thursday, two of the police officers involved in his death were charged with…
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Vanessa Bryant Called Deputies Out for Sharing Photos of the Crash That Killed Her Husband and Daughter. LA County Is Being Whiny About It
Attorneys representing Los Angeles County are reportedly complaining about an Instagram post made by Vanessa Bryant in March that they said puts sheriff’s deputies in the county at risk. The deputies whose names are revealed in the post are accused of taking and sharing photos from the helicopter crash site that killed her husband Kobe,…
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Jemele Hill Accidentally Got Involved in the Kwame Brown Saga and Valuable Lessons Were Learned
By now, you’re all aware of the internet smoke wars revolving around former NBA player Kwame Brown, but here’s a quick recap anyway. Cash shit got talked about Brown and his less than illustrious pro-basketball career on a recent episode of Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s podcast, All of the Smoke. Gilbert Arenas had the…
