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Damon Weaver, Child Reporter Who Interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House, dies at 23
Damon Weaver, the young, gifted and Black student reporter who interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009, died on May 1, at the age of 23, according to his family. The cause of the young man’s death has not been released, but his sister, Candace Hardy, confirmed Thursday that he died of…
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'You Left Us': Another Proud Boy Turns Out To Be Not So Proud of His Former Cult Leader Donald Trump
Here’s a question: Why are the Proud Boys still a thing? I’m not asking why the organization still exists—clearly, Black Jesus lost a bet against Hueless Lucifer to make that happen—I’m asking why they still call themselves “Proud Boys.” TF do they have to be proud of? They couldn’t be proud of their leadership choices.…
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Video Footage Shows What Led to Death of Schizophrenic Black Man Who Was Taken to Charleston Jail From Mental Health Facility
On the morning of Jan. 5, 2021, 31-year-old Jamal Sutherland died at the Charleston County jail in Charleston, S.C. He was there because he had been arrested the previous night on misdemeanor assault charges after allegedly being involved in a fight at the mental health facility where he was being treated. Already, I have questions.…
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Booted From Tulsa Race Massacre Commission After Signing Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation
Last week, The Root reported that Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law yet another Republican white fragility bill prohibiting teachings in K-12 schools that include conservative’s favorite new boogie man Critical Race Theory or any other race-based curriculum that causes “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” to (white) students. The bill pushed by people…
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Investigation Concludes That Despite Hospital Staff's 'Lack of Empathy and Compassion,' No One Is Responsible for Dr. Susan Moore's Death
On Dec. 20 of last year, Dr. Susan Moore died from COVID-19 complications just weeks after she posted a viral Facebook video in which she complained that her doctor and the staff at Indiana University North Hospital dismissed her pain, refused her adequate care and failed to believe that she knew what care she needed…
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McMichaels Attorneys Want to Exclude Jailhouse Phone Calls, Including One That Appears to Refer to Ahmaud Arbery Shooting as a 'Good Deed'
On Wednesday, attorneys for Greg and Travis McMichael, two of the three men involved in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, asked a pre-trial judge to allow Arbery’s past arrests into evidence because apparently the victim’s past is supposed to shed some kind of light on why he fought back against his attackers lynchers pursuers instead…
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Connecticut High School Student Arrested Over Alleged Racist Snapchat Post Directed at Black Classmate
A 16-year-old high school student in Fairfield, Conn., was arrested last week over a racist Snapchat post allegedly directed at another student. School officials and police are still investigating the incident, and the principal of the school has announced the creation of a new organization to address racism and other forms of discrimination amid the…
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Republicans Introduce Federal Bills to 'Restrict the Spread' of Critical Race Theory as CRT Continues to Live in Their Heads Rent-Free
At this point, Republicans are Haley Joel Osment curled up underneath his covers whispering to Bruce Willis, “I see Critical Race Theory.” They’re convinced that you can’t get Critical Race Theory wet or feed it after midnight, otherwise it will spread and gremlin-ize Americans everywhere into hating their country as well as their whiteness. They…
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Newly Released Bodycam Footage Shows Capitol Rioters Attacking a Police Officer. But Blue Lives Matter, Amirite?
We all know that during the whiny wypipo rebellion at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a lot of MAGAts abandoned their “back the blue” mentality for a new “attack the blue” stance. Well, newly released police bodycam footage taken from one of the attacked Capitol police officers—not the one who was killed, but a…
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Defense Attorneys Want to Put Ahmaud Arbery on Trial for His Own Killing by Introducing Past Arrests Into Evidence
If attorneys for defendants in trials that involve white supremacy and Black death are nothing else, they are consistent. Their strategy is very much basic: Put the negroes who aren’t alive to defend themselves on trial. The strategy likely aided in setting free the killers of Trayvon Martin and Breonna Taylor. It didn’t work in…