Florida Politician’s Career Is Cooked After Being Caught Spewing Racist Slurs in Viral Video
No Room for ICE: How Faith Leaders are Fighting Fascism
Black Detroit Police Commissioner Already in Trouble After Less Than a Month in Office—But He Refuses to Resign!
Ray J Breaks His Silence on Some Scary Health News
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Texas Man Sends Racist Threat to High School Students, Gets Indicted
I have to be honest, y’all. As soon as I saw the mugshot for Kenneth Petersen (above) I just knew, in my heart of hearts, that this dude has probably called someone the N-word on Call of Duty. I just know it. Courier Post reports that last week the Burlington County Prosecutor’s office has indicted…
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20 LAPD Officers Are Now Under Investigation For Falsifying Gang Labels
Tonight in news that’s shocking to no one, cops lie. Wild, I know. CNN reports that 20 officers are currently facing investigation as a result of falsely labeling people as gang members. The Root wrote about this earlier this month, reporting that the investigation initially began when last year a citizen in San Fernando Valley…
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Republican Lawmaker Makes Lewd Comments to Journalist
Another day, another example of a Republican politician engaging in flat out foul behavior. Michigan State Senator Peter Lucido, 59, has garnered controversy this week. CBS News reports that while being a interviewed on Wednesday by reporter Allison Donahue, the Senator reportedly told Donahue and a group of children visiting from a local all-boys catholic…
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Boxed Out of the Ballot: Florida Supreme Court Rules Formerly Incarcerated Must Pay Outstanding Fees Before Voting
In November 2018, Florida voters moved to restore voting rights to 1.4 million convicted felons following their release. Amendment 4 to the state constitution was seen as a major victory for civil liberties advocates, who have been fighting across the country to restore the political voices of the formerly incarcerated. But a Republican-controlled legislature quickly…
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Black History, According to White People
Mithridates the Great was one of the Roman Empire’s greatest foes and claimed to be a descendant of Alexander the Great, who died by poisoning. Mithridates’ father died from poison. His father died from poison. His mother tried to poison him. Needless to say, Mithridates the Great was obsessed with poison. So, the king created…
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DC Fire Department Launches Investigation After Picture Surfaces of Recruits Flashing Possible White Power Signs
I’ve never been a gang member or a white supremacist before, but apparently hand gestures come along with the territory. But while I rarely hear of anyone losing their job for being affiliated with the Crips or Bloods, unless you’re the president of the United States, blatant racism is typically grounds for immediate termination. To…
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Chicago Pastor Charged With Stealing Almost $1 Million to Splurge on a Bentley
Prosperity gospel is a controversial religious belief in which adherents equate material wealth or an opulent lifestyle with the will of God. It’s rooted in pro-capitalist and Pentecostal thought traditions and explains why pastors like Jesse Duplantis feel comfortable begging their flocks to cough up $54 million for a fourth private jet. But while this exploitative…
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Michael Bloomberg Claims He Pushed Racist ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policy Because He Wanted to Help Black People
One of the most appalling statistics I’ve ever read about racial profiling comes from a 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union report on the NYPD’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy. In 2011, the NYPD searched 168,126 young black men (between the ages of 14 and 24). Depending on your knowledge of the relationship between crime, race, and…
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Tennessee Governor to Sign Adoption Bill Targeting LGBTQ Couples
So I guess the takeaway here is that Republicans don’t like kids. I mean, how else do you explain this? NBC News reports that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced plans to sign a bill into law that would protect taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they discriminate against LGBT…
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Rocky Johnson, WWE Hall of Famer and Father of Dwayne Johnson, Has Died at 75
It’s a sad night for wrestling fans, as one of its greatest legends has died. NBC News reports that legendary wrestler Rocky Johnson has died at age 75. Johnson got his start wrestling in the 1960s with the National Wrestling Alliance, like his father-in-law Peter Maivia before him. He would later join Wrestling Entertainment in…