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Large Number of NYC Voters Report Receiving Faulty Absentee Ballots
While there is never a great time for a pandemic to hit, one occurring during an election year—making in-person voting a health risk—has certainly got to be one of the worst. In New York City, voting has gotten off to a concerning start as multiple people have reported receiving faulty absentee ballots. NBC News reports…
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Kobe Bryant Crash Prompts New California Law Aimed at First Responders
On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) approved a bill that makes it illegal for first responders to take unauthorized pictures of deceased people at crime and accident scenes. The bill was prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others. Shortly after the Jan. 26 crash, reports emerged…
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Pittsburgh Medical Students Rewrite Hippocratic Oath to Recognize Systemic Racism, COVID-19 and Police Violence
We’ve all heard the calls to declare racism a public health crisis. Well, a group of medical students in Pittsburgh, Pa., have taken things a step further and rewritten the Hippocratic Oath to include acknowledgments of racism, the pandemic and victims of police violence and racial violence. CNN reports that the group of class of…
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Georgia Cop Pleads Guilty to Using Unneccessary Force on Black Man During Traffic Stop
A former Atlanta area cop is forbidden from working in law enforcement again after pleading guilty to using unnecessary force on a Black man during a 2017 traffic stop. ABC News reports that former officer David Rose surrendered his law enforcement certification as a part of the plea deal he struck with the district attorney.…
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The 'Dindu' Conspiracy: Donald Trump, America and an Inanimate Object Called Whiteness
Herman Tucker didn’t do anything. In 1964, when members of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan abducted and murdered James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner (pdf) for the egregious crime of registering Black people to vote, many of the residents of Philadelphia, Miss., knew the names of the people involved but did…
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Armed Campus Police in Texas Bombard Black Student’s Dorm Room After Classmates File False Report
Lashondra Evans can’t stop thinking about all that could have gone wrong the night campus police showed up at her daughter’s dorm room. It had been only a few weeks since 17-year-old Christin Evans’ parents saw her away to college. She had been recruited to cheer at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas,…
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Delonte West Checks Into Rehab Facility After Mark Cuban Picks Him Up At Gas Station, Offers Help
Former NBA player Delonte West has struggled in recent years in the aftermath of his basketball career, and now, things might finally be turning around for him thanks to an old friend. From ESPN: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban picked up Delonte West at a Dallas gas station on Monday and is attempting to help…
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Gabrielle Union and NBC Have Reached 'An Amicable Resolution' Regarding America's Got Talent Complaint
Several months after Gabrielle Union filed a harassment complaint against the America’s Got Talent producers, it seems the actress and the show’s network have reached a resolution. The Root received the following joint statement from Union and NBC: “We’ve reached an amicable resolution. NBC Entertainment appreciates the important concerns raised by Gabrielle Union and remains…
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Ohio Man Charged With Fraud After Allegedly Spending More Than $200,000 in BLM Donations on Luxury Items
By now, the entire world has heard of a little thing called the Black Lives Matter movement, which exploded after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others this year. Since Floyd’s death in May, the momentum of the movement against systemic racism in policing has been nonstop. But where most people see…
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Daniel Cameron Says He Will Release Grand Jury Recordings in Breonna Taylor Indictment After Juror Calls Out Process
Did Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron tell the truth about his office’s presentation to the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case? We could soon find out. Hours after a jury member accused Cameron of using the grand jury as a “shield to deflect accountability and responsibility,” the attorney general announced Monday that he will…