Social Justice
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Why Does LeBron James Have to Keep Telling White People He Will Not Shut Up and Dribble? This Time, It's a Fellow Athlete
It’s been more than three years since Fox News white supremacy-wench Laura Ingraham went full KKK-Karen on her show and told NBA superstar LeBron James to stay away from the social and political commentary game and to just “shut up and dribble” for the game that he knows. James responded by not only refusing to…
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Black Lives Matter Global Network Reveals Its Finances Amid Criticism for Lack of Transparency
Black Lives Matter is multiple things; it’s a statement, a movement, a network of local organizations and a global network. Like anything that is a lot of things all at once, BLM has seen its share of messaging issues and clashes between activists and organizers with different visions of what the movement is and should…
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WNBA Partners With Anthem to Address Social Justice, Health Inequities
Aside from being exceptional athletes, the WNBA is full of players who’ve made it their mission to serve as catalysts for change. That’s why the league’s latest partnership should come as no surprise. On Tuesday, four teams—the New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks, Atlanta Dream, and the Indiana Fever—unveiled an unprecedented multi-year partnership with insurance…
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In the Fight for Black and Brown Lives, the Obama Foundation's My Brother's Keeper Alliance Has Answered the Call
In the immediate aftermath of the officer-related death of George Floyd, countless corporations openly pledged to address racism within their workplaces and poured resources into supporting social justice initiatives throughout the country. And while those ongoing efforts have thus far yielded mixed results, there are also organizations that have faithfully been doing the work long…
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NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Launches Scholarship for 50 Future Civil Rights Attorneys After Receiving $40 Million Anonymous Donation
Somewhere in the world, some person or persons proved their commitment to the fight against racial injustice in America by donating $40 million to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The donation was made anonymously, so the civil rights organization doesn’t even know who to thank for their generous show of put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is energy, but…
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Question for 2021 America: Is This MLK’s Dream?
It seems like a lifetime ago when America elected its first Black president. I mean, 2020 alone lasted for like six years, so it makes sense that the extraordinary phenomenon that was Barack Obama’s presidency feels like a distant memory—especially since America would spend the next four years reminding us that it’s still America. I…
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Meet Two Unapologetic Chicago Activists Calling for Defunding Police to Save Black Lives
Chicago is a key site in the movement against the epidemic of police violence that continues to leave the lives of Black people in its wake. From the killings of Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police Department officers to the more recent video evidence of the department’s outrageous mistreatment of Black women like…
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LeBron James and More Than a Vote Release Ad Calling Out the Double Standard in Police Response to Capitol Riot
“IT WAS NEVER ABOUT WHAT WE DID, IT’S ABOUT WHO WE ARE!” That’s what LeBron James captioned a Friday tweet promoting an ad that addresses the double standard that Black people all saw and have not been shy about calling out regarding how police responded to the massive wypipo meltdown at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.…
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LeBron James, Milwaukee Bucks Speak Out After District Attorney Declines to File Charges In Jacob Blake Shooting
Time and time again, we’ve seen police officers go unpunished for unruly behavior that targets the Black community, so while Tuesday’s announcement that the officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake will not be facing any charges wasn’t exactly surprising, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t any less infuriating. We can all recall the historic…
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Boston Removes a Statue Depicting a Free Black Man Kneeling Before Abraham Lincoln, and It Only Took Them 150 Years!
Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston since 1879, further proving that America has had a white savior complex since before any of us were born. According to NBC Boston, the statue, a replica of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C., was finally…
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