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House Democrat Seeks Reparations for Immigrants Impacted By Trump’s Policies
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Head of Indianapolis Art Museum Resigns After Tone-Deaf Job Posting For Someone to Maintain Institution’s ‘Core, White Art Audience’
There’s already evidence of telling slip-ups from organizations trying, and failing, to authentically show a commitment to diversity and inclusion so many of them publicly professed during the racial justice reckoning of 2020. Such is the case of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, which last week issued a job posting for a new…
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Florida County Commissioner Prioritized COVID-19 Vaccine for County’s 2 Richest Zip Codes, Then Created a 'VIP List'
It’s no secret that a lot of Republicans are evil—probably most Republicans—but Florida Republicans are like Satan’s own personal task force sent on unholy missions to keep the most underserved and underprivileged in the state at the back of literally every line ever. I’m not sure what else to call it besides evil when a…
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6 Capitol Officers Suspended (With Pay) for Behavior During Jan. 6 Insurrection; 29 More Under Investigation
While the behavior of many of the police officers who faced the enormous mob of Trump supporters and QAnon adherents at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been lauded—cops like Eugene Goodman, the Black Capitol officer credited with leading the violent insurgents away from the Senate chambers—it’s hard to forget the images of some…
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The Best Example of the Sneaky Evil of Copaganda? The 'Redemption' of Reginald VelJohnson's Kid-Killing Cop in Die Hard
When watching any television show or movie depicting police officers, it’s not hard to see why this sort of copaganda is so consistently effective. The presence of law enforcement on screen usually means there’s also an entity present that the law enforcement is attempting to stop, and this gives you a quick and clean demarcation…
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Prince Markie Dee of Pioneering Hip-Hop Trio The Fat Boys Dead at 52
Prince Markie Dee, one of the founding members of the hip-hop trio The Fat Boys has died at the age of 52. No cause of death has been officially confirmed at this time. “Forever in my Heart. Prince Markie Dee was more than a rapper; he was one of my very best and closest friends,”…
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Arizona Republican Says 'American Citizens' Should be Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccine, Not 'Hispanics'
White conservatives are annoying. It’s not because they’re racist—at this point, we’re all used to racism and conservatism being the peanut butter and jelly of American politics—it’s that they’ve created a system for saying racist shit then claiming they were misunderstood because what they said wasn’t actually what they said. It’s not a system that…